Harraga is an Arab word designating young people who are ready to put their whole life at stake to migrate, burning borders to create a new life.
RAGAZZI HARRAGA – Social inclusion processes for unaccompanied minors in Palermo aims to improve the reception system of unaccompanied minors by valuing their resources and potential, improving models facilitating the protection of children’s rights in Italy, providing youths with learning and professional opportunities and housing solutions.
Amongst its activities, Ragazzi Harraga promotes 5 different workshops, which will involve 240 minors and youngsters living in Palermo, so as to foster and support cooperation with local youths.
Thus, our workshops rely on gender and ethnic diversity. At the end of each workshop, participants will receive a skills portfolio.
Workshops are targeted at young men and women living in Palermo, both Italian and migrants, aged between 15 and 20.
As the end of the first cycle of workshops is approaching, we dare say it was an intense and fun learning experience for all the participants.
At the beginning of April 2018, we will deliver a second cycle of workshops.
Managed by CESIE, Libera Palermo e Nottedoro, the workshops will start according to the following schedule:
In Aprile 2018 applicants will have the opportunity to join:
- a dance workshop, which will be held every Tuesday in Santa Chiara, 14:30 to 17:30;
- a workshop on human rights and social cohesion, which will be held every Thursday in Santa Chiara, 10:15 to 13:15;
- an intercultural workshop that will take place every Friday at bottega n.3, Cantieri Culturali della Zisa, Bibliothèques Sans Frontières, 14:30 to 17:30.
If you are interested in one of these workshops, please fill in the application form below, or send an email to migration@cesie.org.
In September 2018
We will run two workshops (time and locations will be announced at a later stage):
- I-video workshop;
- Creative expression workshop;
The application process for these two workshops will start in June – July 2018.
The maximum number of participants per workshop is 25. Please note that the platform may not be able to process your request, if the application limit has been exceeded. But don’t worry! We will implement a third cycle of Ragazzi Harraga workshops.
About RAGAZZI HARRAGA
RAGAZZI HARRAGA is funded via Never Alone, per un domani possibile. Reception and welcome of unaccompanied minors and young people arriving alone to Italy [promoted by Fondazione Cariplo, Compagnia di San Paolo, Fondazione con il Sud, Enel Cuore, Fondazione CRT, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Cuneo, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo, Fondazione Monte dei Paschi di Siena] and supported by Posteinsieme Onlus, Sodalitas Social Innovation and Altran.
The project activities are managed by the following partners:
- CIAI – Centro Italiano Aiuti all’Infanzia Onlus (Coordinator);
- Municipality of Palermo– Assessorato alla Cittadinanza Sociale;
- Associazione Santa Chiara;
- Cooperativa Libera…mente;
- CPIA Palermo 1;
- Libera Palermo;
- Nottedoro;
- SEND;
- CESIE.
For further information concerning the scope of Ragazzi Harraga project, please contact Alessandra Sciurba, alessandra.sciurba@ciai.it.
For further information concerning the workshops, please contact migration@cesie.org.
