Resilienza & Sport
Milan, ITALY
Target
Giovani a rischio di abbandono scolastico
Obiettivi
Contrastare l’abbandono scolastico nelle aree rurali più svantaggiate, promuovendo l’accesso all’istruzione per bambini e bambine a rischio di esclusione
Partner
FRASI ONG, Shanti Moviment ong, Vanaprastha School, Cattolica per lo Sport
Resilienza & Sport is a development cooperation project aimed particularly at students with good academic performance who however are at risk of dropping out of school due to difficulties such as distance (living 5 km away from the school), familial issues such as domestic violence, child marriage or unemployement of a parent.
The intervention is been realized in close collaboration with local partners and educational institutions, adapting to the specific needs of each context.
In 2023, in India, at the Vanaprastha School of Krishnagiri (Tamil Nadu), was built a sport field to promote a healthy way of life and offer to the children a recreational safe space inside the school. The main role of the Association in this project has been the fundraising needed for the construction of the field and the organisation of workshops toward the PE teachers, focused on the psychological well-being and the role of the sport in the mental health of children.
This educational environment promotes the social cohesion and encourage the teenagers to remain in school, riducing domestic isolation and the dispersione in the street. Following the realisation of the field, the school has introduced volleyball and football practices, actively involving the children in group activities.​
​In Sri Lanka, the project answered to a local crisis related to the raising of gas and transport prices providing, between 2023 and 2024, 200 bicycles equipped with kits (helmet, lock).
The Association has collaborated with its local partner and the police for the creation of a booklet on safe driving and a pamphlet with basic notions for the maintenance of the bicycles, knowledge acquisted thanks to the experience of the “Ragazzi al Centro” project, done in Italia, a bicycle workshop. Also, the Association has contributed to organise maintenance courses and the making of a space dedicated to the custody of the bicycles in the schools.
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Attraverso queste azioni, il progetto promuove la resilienza e il benessere psico-fisico dei bambini, rafforzando la coesione sociale e sostenendo la permanenza scolastica nelle comunità più vulnerabili.