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.

Sailing as a means to forget illness

Cristina Barbetta

The initiative Les Voiles de l’Espoir comes to its ninth edition. It is a charity week on a sailing boat in Côte d'Azur dedicated to children with tumours and leukemia.

MuMo: art that children can enjoy

Cristina Barbetta

It’s the first travelling contemporary art museum for children. Launched in 2011, it has travelled to France, Africa, Belgium, Switzerland and Spain. It is for free and it is especially targeted to children who don’t have access to culture.

The Freebird Club, sharing economy tailored to the needs of elderly people

Cristina Barbetta

Social isolation and loneliness can be a problem for elderly people, but a new platform allows the elderly to travel, as guests in houses of hosts selected on the basis of common interests.

France, a help to youth tourism

Cristina Barbetta

France has put at disposal 700,000 euros to favour the mobility of about 2500 young people who come from disadvantaged areas, in 32 departments. Associations of disadvantaged areas can apply.

Italian NGOs under attack, unfortunately not an isolated case

Staff

Italian NGOs have come under attack on efforts to save migrants’ lives in the Mediterranean. The Italian case is unfortunately not isolated, and we witness worrying cases across Europe.

Concerts de Poche, the greatest performers suitable for all

Cristina Barbetta

The association Concerts de Poche brings great performers where music normally doesn’t arrive: in schools, in rural areas, in outskirts, involving all types of public, particularly young people, isolated or disadvantaged people.

Singa, the association making refugees feel at home

Cristina Barbetta

Singa is an association, that was born as citizen movement in France in 2012, promoting the meeting between refugees and the hosting country, thanks to their passions and to different projects.

South Sudan: Intense fighting around Kodok forces up to 25,000 people to flee without humanitarian support

Staff

Over the last few days, close to 25,000 people have been displaced by intense fighting between Government and Agwelek opposition forces around the town of Kodok.

NGOs saving lives in the Mediterranean are under attack

Ottavia Spaggiari

This week Italian Deputy Lower House Speaker, Luigi Di Maio, defined NGOs saving lives at sea as “taxis for migrants". This was only the last of a long series of attacks to non-governmental organisations rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean, after Frontex’ accusations of being “a pull factor” for traffickers and the allegations of colluding with smugglers made by Catania chief prosecutor, Carmelo Zuccaro