• Activity period: One week of training, with the schedule to be determined between June 22 and July 6. Two weeks of project activities, which will be agreed upon with the partner and scheduled between July 6 and August 8, 2020.   

• Location of activities: All activities will be conducted remotely 

• Further logistical details will be agreed upon with the partners and communicated in June 2020.    

• Number of volunteers involved: 10/12

The Sinderesi Foundation – Praticare l'etica O.N.L.U.S. is a non-profit organization dedicated solely to fostering social solidarity for the benefit of younger generations.  

Ai.Bi. Associazione Amici dei Bambini is a volunteer association, a non-governmental organization, and an authorized body for international adoptions that has been advocating for every child's right to a family for over 30 years.  

The volunteers' activities will be divided into:

• a two-hour training session: the first lesson, on the ethics of volunteering, will be led by Monsignor Samuele Sangalli, and the second, on what it means to be a volunteer and the charter of values for volunteering, will be presented by Ermes Carretta
• The “World Citizen” Project.  

The project includes the following:

Objectives 

General objective: to promote the rights of children and adolescents by empowering adolescents and young people to become agents of change.

Specific objective: To create an international community of adolescents and young people (ages 11–18) who are separated from their families and/or come from vulnerable backgrounds. These individuals will be trained and connected to  promote initiatives and projects aimed at protecting children, particularly those who have been abandoned. 

Outcome: 

·       Adolescents and young people in Italy, Morocco, Kenya, the DRC, and Bolivia become community ambassadors: they have the knowledge and skills needed to define and implement local and international cooperation and advocacy projects focused on protecting children, especially those who have been abandoned.

·       The local and international community is made aware of the issue of abandoned children and the rights of the child (CRC)

Volunteers will need to collaborate to:

• the design and development of the online platform 
• create and initially manage the project's website and social media channels 
• the creation of all project communication materials
• developing project content
• in the fundraising project 

Sinderesi Foundation Website

Ai.Bi. website