On board of Aquarius, the ship rescuing people at sea

Daniele Biella

The story of Daniele Biella, journalist of Vita, of the first four days on board of the ship Aquarius of the Ngo Sos Méditerranée

Le Projet Imagine, stories that change the world

Cristina Barbetta

Le Projet Imagine in an NGO that, through videos and documentaries, highlights stories of anonymous heroes, people who act in the shade and do extraordinary things for those who are around them. The aim? Inspire and move to action. The ngo has consultative statute at the UN Economic and Social Council.

Finding Europe at the Libyan border

Ottavia Spaggiari

A reportage from the Seefuchs, a humanitarian vessel operated by the German Ngo Sea-Eye

Phone booths in Times Square tell the stories of immigrants

Cristina Barbetta

It’s called “Once Upon a Place” and it is the last installation from Afghan-American artist Aman Mojadidi, who has rewired 3 phone booths and has put them in Times Square. Picking up the phone visitors can listen to stories of immigrants living in New York: oral stories, presented in form of phone calls. In total the project gathers 70 interviews to people coming from countries from all over the world, from Sierra Leone to Tibet.

HopHopFood, the platform fighting food waste

Cristina Barbetta

HopHopFood is an association that will launch in mid October the first C2C platform in France fighting food waste. The project puts into contact those who have too much food with those who don’t have enough.

European Commission to work on social enterprises

Cristina Barbetta

The European Economic and Social Committee (Eesc) has organised the 2nd European day of Social Economy Enterprises (SEEs) in its headquarters in Brussels. The day has gathered actors of the sector and policy makers to create synergies and explore needed measures.

In somebody else’s shoes through virtual reality

Cristina Barbetta

It’s called The Machine to Be Another and it is a machine allowing couples of people, like Europeans and migrants, to experiment the world from the perspective of the other. The aim? To promote empathy between individuals of different social, cultural and ideological backgrounds.

Adie, microcredit specialist in France

Cristina Barbetta

Adie is the pioneering association for microcredit in France and the largest in the country. Born in 1989, it creates more than 200 new jobs a week and counts 450 employees and 13,000 volunteers.

CIDSE: Change the Planet through your Daily Life

Staff

CIDSE in partnership with the European Economic and Social Committee, Broederlijk Delen, Entraide et Fraternité and Vita organises today a roundtable discussion on the power of citizens to move society towards fairer and more sustainable systems through their own innovative and local initiatives. During the event, CIDSE will release the awards of its first international photo competition “Inspire Change Through Your Lens”.

A social enterprise to make New Zealand 100% accessible

Cristina Barbetta

It’s called Be.Accessible and it has the vision to make the world a place where every person has the opportunity to reach their true potential. Since its foundation, in 2011, the social enterprise has mobilized hundreds of businesses, public spaces, infrastructures, workers and employees.