Year-round volunteering

Given the success of the summer volunteer projects and year-round volunteer projects, the University has decided to offer all students enrolled in a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Single-Cycle Master’s program the opportunity to engage in volunteer activities throughout the academic year. This expands the partnerships and opportunities available to students.

Volunteers will dedicate a maximum of 4 hours per week, throughout both semesters, to hands-on activities that address the diverse needs of the organization where they will be working. The aim is to teach our students how to address the needs and challenges of others by identifying solutions that are inspired by and grounded in real, non-simulated contexts, ensuring the broadest possible involvement and contribution.

Sign-ups

To participate in the activities, you will need to select the activity you wish to undertake using the designated registration form. This form will be sent to your institutional email and will be available on the MYLUISS platform, along with all the information regarding the partners and the individual activities.

General Rules 

For each of the proposed activities, the University Credits designated in the study plan under “Other Activities” will be recognized. Therefore, when completing the study plan, you must select the code SJ1 to obtain credits for this type of activity. However, you can still participate even if you don't request credit recognition.

To have the University Credits recognized, you must have participated in all the activities of the chosen initiative for the entire scheduled period. Additionally, a representative from the non-profit organization must certify your actual participation in the activity. Each student must also submit a report and complete a questionnaire about the activities undertaken (which will be sent via email to your Luiss address).

Partner List

• Binario 95 

The Binario95 center, managed by the social cooperative Europe Consulting ONLUS, was established at Rome's Termini Station. It primarily serves homeless individuals in the area, offering inclusion projects for guests who, due to various hardships, are pushed to the margins of society. The center provides them with a path of welcome, integration, and camaraderie.

• Casa della Mamma

Casa della Mamma is an association that, since 1969, has been welcoming young mothers facing social and economic hardships, along with their children. The educators, social workers, psychologists, and qualified volunteers who work at Casa della Mamma recreate the emotional warmth of a family, enhanced by their specialized expertise. Their goal is to nurture in these young women that deep, yet responsible, love that we increasingly notice is strikingly absent upon their arrival.

• CivicoZero

The social cooperative CivicoZero Onlus partners with Save the Children in a project aimed at unaccompanied foreign minors and young adults in Italy. The program is run by a multidisciplinary team at a day center. There, minors and young adults aged 15 to 21 receive support through basic services, protection, and guidance on their rights, skills, and opportunities. This helps them fully exercise their rights and pave the way for personal growth and integration.

• Community of Sant'Egidio 

The Community of Sant'Egidio is a Christian community founded in 1968, in the aftermath of the Second Vatican Council, by Andrea Riccardi, in a high school in central Rome. Over the years, it has grown into a network of communities with a special focus on disadvantaged areas and their residents. In over 70 countries worldwide, it welcomes men and women of all ages and backgrounds, united by a bond of fraternity in their voluntary, unpaid commitment to the poor and to peace.

• Piccola Casa San Giuda Taddeo

The “Piccola casa San Giuda Taddeo” facility is managed by the Institute of the Carmelite Sisters of St. Teresa of Florence. Since 1924, they have been working to create an environment where girls in need can grow up in harmony, providing them with education, support, and opportunities for social interaction.

The educational model is characterized by a family atmosphere where each staff member contributes to creating a serene environment that fosters and spreads kindness and harmony, making it the connective tissue of the entire community.

• Protettorato San Giuseppe

The Protettorato San Giuseppe, founded over a century ago as a place of refuge for the poorest, especially children, is currently one of the oldest non-profit institutions in Rome dedicated to supporting children and adolescents. The Foundation is a complex organization whose main activities include providing assistance through services, as well as studying, researching, and testing innovative models of intervention to benefit children and families. 

• Quartieri Solidali

Quartieri Solidali is a project sponsored by Caritas to address one of the most overlooked emerging issues, especially in large cities: the loneliness of the elderly. The goal is to form small groups of volunteers, linked to local parishes, who can rebuild the connections between the elderly and the community that have often been lost, giving way to an isolation that is even more difficult to cope with after the lockdown.

• Solaris Onlus

Solaris onlus is a volunteer association founded by family members of psychiatric patients to support their loved ones on their journey toward social reintegration. This perspective requires everyone involved—family members, volunteers, professionals, and patients—to think in a completely different way than what is commonly associated with “volunteering” and “mental illness.” Our approach involves everyone participating on an equal footing, offering a chance to learn about and respect the many differences present, in a journey that supports others while also benefiting each of us. 

• Susan G. Komen

Susan G. Komen Italia is a volunteer-based organization at the forefront of the fight against breast cancer across the country. It was founded in 2000 in Rome as the first European affiliate of Susan G. Komen in Dallas. The Association’s mission is to promote prevention, support women facing the disease, improve the quality of care, and strengthen clinical facilities.

• Un secondo per tutti

Un secondo per tutti is a youth association in Rome’s Municipality II that engages in local volunteer activities focused on food poverty and social exclusion. The Association also aims to foster cooperation among third-sector organizations within the Municipality, supporting their initiatives and encouraging youth participation.

• Wecare

Wecare is an Italian non-profit organization that carries out humanitarian projects to address the basic needs of people facing hardship, poverty, and marginalization, both in Italy and around the world.
Our goal is to build a future where basic needs are met, and we believe in values that benefit the world and enrich the lives of both those who give and those who receive.