TURKEY - Izmir Third Comenius

Meeting 21st -25th October 2013

Learning Active European Citizenship

Voluntary Associations

HOPE FOR THE FUTURE

THE THIRD FORUM OF VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATIONS

Our Institute I.T.C.G. “Fermi” hosted the Third Forum of Voluntary Associations on 4th June 2013 in our schoolyard. Several non-profit organizations (about 18) in the humanitarian, social, environmental, medical and other fields participated in this event to provide education, information about their activities and awareness about particular issues.One of the aims of this event was to promote the value of volunteering.

18 Voluntary Organizations took part in the event:

AVOAUSERAVIS FRATRESANFFASIL GABBIANOL’ALBAAIDOVITE OnlusFARE AMBIENTEAVIPPPUBBLICA ASSISTENZAUNITALSICENTRO DIURNO PontederaCONTROLUCEIL CHICCO DI SENAPESAN VINCENZO DE’ PAOLIAGRICOLTURA SOCIALE

Several volunteer teams made presentations, set up staffs event booths to explain and show the goals of their work. They provided the public (mainly students and teachers) with educational material about their causes and campaigns, answered questions and dispelled common myths about many issues. 

ECOSAVE JAThis non-profit organisation plans and produces

handicarfts (bibs, aprons and other objects) using recycled materials.

Filiera CortaShort food supply chain

FILIERA CORTA – Short Food Supply ChainIt is a term used to identify a broad range of food production-distribution-consumption configurations, such as farmers’ markets, farm shops, collective farmers’ shops, Community supported agriculture, solidarity purchase groups. A food supply chain can be defined ‘short’ when it is characterized by short distance and/or small number of intermediaries between producers and consumers.

Una strada per la vita – Camminando sulle ruote

(A road for life – Riding on wheels)

A simple recipe: a sidewalk made of wood, a wheelchair for disabled people and five minutes to live a particular experience.

Students are invited to ride on a wheelchair to face physical barriers in order to overcome cultural and social barriers.

Those without disabilities have the opportunity to see the world through disabled people’s eyes and to gain a better understanding of the issues that affect people with special needs.

Pubblica Assistenza e Misericordia

These associations are organized on a volontary basis.

Their activities include: road rescue service, patient and disabled people transport, first aid education and training of the public.

They also provide treatment of an unconscious casualty, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, getting to know and operating the AED (Automated External Defibrillation).

UNITALSIIt is a non-profit association which was founded in Rome in 1903, to transport sick and disabled people to Lourdes (France) and the Holy House of Loreto (Italy).

It is a voluntary organisation based on Christian values and principles.

It also helps older adults and sick people daily.

IL POLIEDRO

IL POLIEDROThe Poliedro Centre is a non-profit organisation in Pontedera.

It provides adults, disabled people with social activities, recreations, education, creative arts, craft workshops, physical health programs and other laboratories and workshops.

The Poliedro centre is linked to the local realities and needs.

Their projects encourage independence, promote responsibility, develop competences and build lifelong friendships in a warm supportive atmosphere.

AIDO – Associazione Italiana Donatori Organi e Tessuti e Cellule

AIDO Associazione Italiana Donatori Organi

It is an association for liver, kidney, pancreas and organ tissue transplant. It strives to eliminate our country’s shortage of human transplant organs. Volunteers help the non-profit organisation to raise awareness about organ donation. They include transplant recipients, patients, donor family members and friends, all of whom are dedicated to educating the community about organ tissue donation and transplantation.

FARE AMBIENTEThis non-profit association believes that it is not our choice but our responsibility to protect and preserve the environment for the next generation.

This organizartion is engaged in conducting various activities to increase public awareness on environmental protection.

Everybody should become an active caretaker of the environment.

«I think it’s given me a greater opportunity to define who I am, to expand the way I view things, to see the world through other people’s eyes, and to incorporate my experience into the way I think, live and feel».

( A volunteer’s words about her experience on volunteering)

Istituto Tecnico Commerciale e per Geometri “Enrico Fermi” –

Pontedera (Pisa)

Classes IV ASI and V CG

Pontedera, September 2013