Together: Let's build the future together

The project supports unaccompanied minor and young-adult migrants (17-19 years) who arrive in Italy alone with the objective of giving them a long-term support towards their economic and social autonomy.

In the regions of Lazio, Piedmont and Sicily, Save the Children has established networks and partnerships with nine partners, among which public bodies, associations and organizations, to plan and carry out support programmes with the full respect of children’s rights, starting from their migratory project, needs, expectations, potential; working side by side with the host community. The aim of teh project is to offer children the chance to re-build their future and give the country the possibility to re-read their faces.

“Together” guides young people who have been involved in training courses and counselling, to the labour market and employment scholarships, supporting them in the care, sports, health and housing aspects. About 1,500 young people have been involved in pathways of Italian and civic education learning: the activities, carried out through the use of social networks and a web radio, aim at enhancing a process of positive integration and facilitating the linguistic learning of words and the knowledge of the workplace organization.

This project implements internship programmes and guidance to housing autonomy for at least 60 young people and is committed to creating a national database of skills for matching the professional profiles of young adults with the needs of the labour market.

The exchange and integration between children migrants and their peer groups in the host community are guaranteed by the implementation, in any city concerned, of a Children’s Council, in which every child can make his/her own contribution to and participate extensively at the best of his/her capacity.

Project partners: Associazione Centro Astalli – Servizio dei Gesuiti per i Rifugiati in Italia, Città di Torino, CivicoZero Società Cooperativa Sociale Onlus, Comune di Catania, Esserci Cooperativa Sociale, Futura ’89 Società Cooperativa Sociale Onlus, Programma Integra, Prospettiva Futuro Società Cooperativa Sociale Onlus, Terremondo Cooperativa Sociale