In a society where reading and writing skills are often taken for granted because they are considered elementary, one must realise that access to education is a privilege, not the entire world population can afford. The inability to read or write is referred to as illiteracy. According to the UNESCO’s Institute for Statistics, even if…
Jessica’s experience Jessica is a 26-year-old girl who has always been passionate about and fascinated by Brazil and its culture. That is why she studied the Portuguese language and literature at University in Venice. After she graduated, she spent three months (April-July 2017) volunteering in Brazil with Aiesec organisation. Aiesec is a non-profit, independent, non-party,…
Despite global and national recognition of children’s rights, Kenya still faces many challenges such as poverty, limited access to drinking water and healthcare, violence against children, child marriage, and female genital mutilation. Unfortunately, Kenya is also scourged by one of the world’s worst HIV and AIDS epidemics. The knowledge and tools for preventing HIV transmission are available worldwide, but…
Mr. Caia is a Professor of Italian Sign Language at Ca’ Foscari University, in Venice. He was born in 1976 in Siracuse (Sicily) from deaf parents and he is deaf himself. In his family, they all use Italian Sign Language to communicate with each other. They found out about his deafness when he was attending…
Since 2017, Vicolo Bolognetti 2, in Bologna, has been the home of Làbas, a well-known community centre in the city, which houses several projects: after-school for children, work desk, legal desk, music workshop, bicycle workshop, Italian school, and many others. In this article, we will focus on the Italian language school Newén and the differences between…
France, Spain, Germany, Italy, and the UK, after the lockdowns and the slowdown in the number of contagions, are dealing with a new rise of the curve. New measures are being adopted, from the shutdown of discos in Italy to the compulsory use of masks in France, to mass testing for travelers. However, there’s still…
