Les Cuistots Migrateurs, the migrants' catering

Cristina Barbetta

2 Parisian entrepreneurs put together a team of chefs refugees , “to change the view on migrants and to enhance the cultural background they bring, their competence and their authentic and unknown cuisines”.

Riace, a utopia turned into reality

Cristina Barbetta

A boat full of migrants arrives on the shores of the Calabrian village of Riace, historic place of migration. The little town welcomes the migrants, who are seen as a resource, not as a threaten. This is the story told in the documentary "Un paese di Calabria" (“ A village of Calabria”).

Anti-trafficking system on the verge of collapse in northern Italy

Ottavia Spaggiari

An increasing number of migrant women arriving in Italy are being forced into prostitution but the budget cuts are making it impossible for the anti-trafficking system to help them

Money Mechanics, MyBnk’s latest winning project

Cristina Barbetta

The English charity has won the People's Postcode Lottery, in partnership with the Royal Association for Deaf People (RAD) and The Royal London Society for Blind People (RLSB)

Launch of new call for projects: “ It is my heritage”

Staff

France has launched the plan "It's my heritage", aiming at enabling all those people who don’t have access to the diversity of the French heritage (architecture, archive, museums, monuments, landscapes…) to discover it.

All the events to never forget

Staff

A list of the most important events to honor the victims of the holocaust, in Europe and beyond

From Turin to Ouagadougou: Terra Madre comes to West Africa for the first time

Cristina Barbetta

Terra Madre, Slow Food's international event, will be held on the 3rd and 4th February in Ouagadougou. It will be organised by the Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity in the framework of the initiative Fondazioni For Africa Burkina Faso.

Corruption: here is the global picture

Staff

Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index 2016 analyses the levels of corruption country by country, portraying a concerning global picture where no country is immune to closed-doors deals and conflict of interest

President Trump: a civil society galvanizer

Ottavia Spaggiari

While the first decisions of President Trump shake the achievements’ of the environmentalist movements and threaten women’s rights, civil society sees an outburst in activism and participation

A report describes who the young refugees stranded in Greece really are

Staff

Published by the Mercy Corps and Norwegian Refugee Council, a new study explores the needs and vulnerabilities of the estimated 18,000 young women and men who are stranded in the Greek limbo