This letter was sent to Messaggero Veneto
November 22, 2009 Thursday, November 12 has been published on this
a newspaper article entitled-The "voluntary" involves young people. " Partial data were reported on the text and / or inaccurate and I think that information should be correct and complete. No doubt who wrote it was in good faith and considered, perhaps with a little 'superficiality, only the last part the project, without bothering to know its history. But I think some clarification is fair because volunteering is a good example of how voluntary organizations can constructively highlight weaknesses in the system, proposing possible solutions, promote the establishment of networks with institutions and ensuring the continuity of projects over time. The Anffas Alto Friuli is an association which takes care of loading and families of people with intellectual disabilities and / or relational, but not only, and the Governing Board for many years, it was clear how important it was to target young people 'internal solidarity of the schools to sensitize them to and voluntary. The idea was actually exposed to two other volunteers, both active in the disability field, Dinse Une Man and Community Renewal, which will have been joined.
The collaboration of these three groups, with the partnership of Carnia Special Team, thanks to funding from the Volunteer Service Center, was born the first volunteer. E 'was also requested that the participation of ASS3 Alto Friuli, especially the municipal social services, recognizing that the educational validity of the proposal has been made available functional unit educator and social education. Textually report the reasons for the first project. "The idea and of course 'was born from a previous experience gained in a high school in Tolmezzo, which involved students in counseling work during a course of computer science for young people. At the end of the course all the boys were satisfied, and some have proposed to continue the experience. With this project we plan to respond, stimulate and motivate young people to draw closer to the voluntary sector, given this opportunity a chance to grow, one way to look around 360 degrees and find that not only are their problems, understand their emotions and learn to value each other, to relate to others, learn to recognize the needs of others and often bring out hidden potential. "
So, in school year 2004-05, voluntarily and was presented and played in all institutions of higher Tolmezzo. The project involved three phases.
The first of four meetings with the 3rd classes and / or 4 'to promote among students the culture of solidarity, promotion of diversity, reflection on the value of volunteering for the personal growth of every child. "
The second concerned a specific training of volunteers and consisted of 7 sessions 3 hours each in which, through theoretical and practical-experiential moments, it was analyzed and reflected on personal needs and motivations, communication and relationships with others, awareness of their abilities and responsibilities.
In the third stage was a meeting with people involved in volunteering, can bring significant testimonies about their experiences, motivations and political action. Voluntarily has been appreciated in schools and repeated the following year, in the first two phases, the same associations with the refinancing of the CSV and cooperation of the SSC, with some minor modifications derived from the analysis of the strengths and critical areas identified during its first implementation. During the school year 2006-07, and Anffas DUM, contributed to a regional notice provided for in Article 8 of the 12 LR on volunteering for the funding necessary for the performance, exactly the case, the third edition of the project.
E 'in the following year was that the associations, not the ASS3 that "they thought, activated and strongly desired" voluntarily gave way. Or because, within the needs of associations, like ideas, are always many, but people willing to translate them into action are few and always the same, either because it is often difficult to coordinate between organizations, either because it was already ample evidence viability of the project and it seemed that the SSA was concerned to give continuity. And so it was. The rest we read the article.
Let me still to offer readers some food for thought on action to promote cultural and social voluntary organizations can play and how it can be fruitful cooperation with the institutions of the same. The knowledge of the needs, experiences, knowledge are different, but if there is a tendency towards a common goal, the well-being of everyone, and work together produces better results and optimize the increasingly scarce resources. A few steps on the very road of joint planning between social institutions and volunteering here into meat is done, but the mishaps are still there and the goal is still a long way off. There work for everyone. Elisa
Barazzutti president Anffas Alto Friuli onlus
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