00:03Educational activities will resume in the last week of September in Armeile, on the outskirts of Sidon, in the south of Lebanon hit by the
00:11Israeli bombings.
00:13Lessons, but not only that. At the center run by Marist and Lasallian missionaries, sports activities and group games will resume.
00:22and the meetings.
00:23This year we have decided to open two new programs to specifically help displaced people. One is dedicated to
00:32children with cancer who are here near Sidon and who come from all over southern Lebanon.
00:38The other is aimed at abandoned elderly people who, due to the war, found themselves in difficulty throughout
00:45the southern part of Lebanon.
00:49The other programs support children in their studies and social life to facilitate their return to school as soon as possible.
00:55school.
00:56The project is called Fratelli and was born in 2015, in particular to bring together the communities of Syrian refugees and
01:04Lebanese.
01:05The support of the 8x1000 to the Catholic Church was decisive from the very beginning, a signature not alternative to the 5x1000 to help
01:13those most in need, even in the Middle East.
01:17A journey to understand and unmask xenophobia, the fear of the foreigner who does not want to see in order to exclude, discriminate,
01:26hate.
01:27This was also the African Diaspora Cinema Festival. A non-profit event now in its tenth edition, which took place
01:34held from 10 to 13 September at the Teatro dell'Affratellamento in Florence.
01:39This year we think is a really very very interesting year, with so many films that have arrived this year from
01:50I think it's almost 50 countries, almost 200 films, out of which 19 films were selected.
01:58Many feature films on the bill, from Somalia in pictures to three black men, from Aisha can't fly to the soul of
02:07'Africa.
02:09Six Italian cooperation organizations, with over half a century of history behind them, have chosen to join their experiences to
02:16amplify your impact on the world.
02:18Terra Aperta was born from this commitment, a foundation that brings together No One Out of Brescia, CEFA and Friends of
02:27People of Bologna, World Center for Reciprocal Development of Livorno, Calcutta PS Mission of Bergamo and Apurimac of Rome.
02:36The goal is to strengthen the capacity to address today's social and environmental challenges, overcoming penalizing fragmentation and duplication.
02:45Besides an emblematic meaning, it is also a very practical meaning and in front of a complex world in which the
02:53the needs of some communities in the world are increasing and resources are decreasing,
02:59In such a context, extra expertise and energy are needed to provide appropriate responses.
03:08The horizon is global. Today Terra Aperta is already working in 22 countries, with 80 ongoing projects and
03:15over 235,000 people reached.
03:20You have until September 30th to participate in the 2026 edition of the Volunteering Call, published by the Conil Sud Foundation.
03:29The initiative is aimed at social promotion organizations and associations active in Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise, Puglia, Sardinia and
03:38Sicily.
03:39Among the priorities set in the Foundation's strategy is the fight against the depopulation of small municipalities in internal areas
03:47of the South.
03:48The call is in fact intended for entities with registered offices and operations in the municipalities of these areas, with a population
03:56no more than 5,000 inhabitants.
03:58Our goal is to ensure continuity for those who work in the field, broaden the range of supported organizations and build communities.
04:07more cohesive and resilient.
04:09Requests for support must be submitted online through the Kairos portal made available by the Foundation.
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