Change Please, when the homeless become baristas

Cristina Barbetta

The entrepreneur Cemal Ezel and The Big Issue, the world's most widely circulated street newspaper sold by homeless people, have launched a social enterprise helping the homeless, training them as baristas.

Porto, youth and seniors together to build change

Cristina Barbetta

It’s called Aconchego and it’s the intergenerational programme of the city of Porto: elderly people who suffer from loneliness and isolation provide housing in their homes to university students, who need accommodation at low prices. The model has been replicated in Lisbon and Coimbra

Nikosia. Free radio, free minds

Cristina Barbetta

It’s called Nikosia and it’s the first radio in Spain produced by people suffering from mental problems. The aim? FIght against the stigma surrounding psychiatric problems. Radio Nikosia is supported by many personalities. Among them singer and activist Manu Chao.

The ship Aquarius rescues 371 people in a day: here’s how it went

Daniele Biella

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

Social Enterprise World Forum arrives in New Zealand

Staff

Since its 2008 debut in Scotland, it has been a mainstay for the global sector. The Social Enterprise World Forum is the annual international event for social enterprises from all over the world to come together, share wisdom, build networks and discuss how to create a more sustainable future

A forest is planted in Zambia thanks to internet users’ gifts

Staff

It is an initiative of the startup Anona, specialist of the “free gift” on the internet, that has launched a campaign to finance the planting of a forest in Zambia. In only one day the amount to plant 6400 trees has been collected.

Farmerline, the app helping African farmers

Cristina Barbetta

Farmerline is a start up founded in Ghana in 2013 by computer scientist Alloysius Attah. It sends voice messages to over 200,000 farmers in 10 different countries.

Prevent radicalisation: the role of civil society

Cristina Barbetta

The European Economic and Social Committee (Eesc) has organised a public hearing on “The role of civil society in the prevention of radicalisation of young people” in its headquarters in Brussels. The aim? Clarify how EU policy-makers can help civil society practitioners to successfully prevent radicalisation.

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.