Author: Maria Arias

John Paul II Foundation / Articles posted by Maria Arias (Page 2)

by
Press
April 15, 2025

/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 26-05-2024 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=".svg"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} /*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 26-05-2024 */ .elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px} Villa Pettini, “Segni di speranza” Nuovo progetto di Fondazione Giovanni Paolo II, Punto Famiglia Villa Pettini, Qoelet per l’inclusione, l’autonomia, il supporto familiare e la comunità locale Sarà presentato il 16 aprile alle ore 19 nella sede di via di Monsorbi 25 (Montevarchi) Al via a Villa Pettini a Montevarchi un nuovo progetto: “Segni di speranza”. Sarà presentato ufficialmente durante la serata di mercoledì 16 aprile nella sede di via di Monsorbi (Montevarchi, Arezzo) dai vari enti che hanno unito le forze per sostenere l’affermazione di una “comunità solidale”, ovvero la condivisione di valori per accompagnare la crescita e l’inclusione attiva di giovani, richiedenti asilo e famiglie. A Villa Pettini, la Fondazione Giovanni Paolo II si occupa di accoglienza e integrazione di nuclei familiari di richiedenti asilo. Il Punto Famiglia Villa Pettini, col...

by
Press
April 12, 2025

/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 26-05-2024 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=".svg"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} /*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 26-05-2024 */ .elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px} IL DIALOGO PER UN MONDO NUOVO Gli studenti di sei scuole della Toscana progettano il futuro Lunedì 14 aprile a Il Fuligno di Firenze la conclusione del percorso didattico della Fondazione Giovanni Paolo II con Ufficio Scolastico Regionale e Fondazione Giorgio La Pira Si avvia alla conclusione il progetto formativo “Dialogo per un mondo nuovo” per l’anno scolastico 2024/25, promosso dall’Ufficio Scolastico Regionale per la Toscana, la Fondazione Giovanni Paolo II, e la Fondazione Giorgio La Pira, in attuazione del Protocollo d’Intesa sull’educazione alla pace e all’Intercultura. Cinque istituti scolastici superiori e una scuola media di quattro province (Siena, Firenze, Arezzo e Pisa) hanno aderito all’iniziativa di quest’anno con l’obiettivo di valorizzare, fin dalla giovane età, il dialogo come strumento di comunicazione e comprensione reciproca, nonché come spazio per il confronto, la...

by
Magazine, News
April 8, 2025

Not one, but multiple overlapping crises are gripping the Middle East, putting millions of people to the test. Famine, conflict and forced migration have made food insecurity chronic. In Gaza, 85 percent of the population struggles to feed itself; in Iraq, 40 percent of arable land is threatened by desertification. Political instability has made the Middle East the macro-region with the highest number of displaced people in the world. For example, Lebanon is home to more than 1.5 million Syrian refugees, despite its collapsing economy; in Palestine, 1.7 million people have lost their homes. In addition to the basic rights to nutrition and housing, the right to education has also taken a back seat. In Lebanon, many schools have closed, leaving 30 percent of school-age refugees uneducated. In Iraq, by contrast, a lack of teachers and funding makes access to schooling even more difficult. People with disabilities remain on the margins: less than 2 percent of...

, , , , ,

by
Magazine, News
April 8, 2025

In Lebanon, where agricultural power is concentrated in the hands of a few, the John Paul II Foundation puts people back at the center: farmers are once again given the right to be protagonists of their own future. Our growth model seeks to help farmers in the poorest areas not only to improve productivity and make production chains more efficient, but aims for real structural change in order to promote their autonomy and inclusion in markets. The Middle East crisis is threatening the survival of Lebanese small farmers. Without direct access to markets, they are forced to sell their products through middlemen who impose unfair and illegal conditions. In this way they risk becoming the fragile link in the chain and becoming trapped in a perpetual state of vulnerability. Food insecurity has reached alarming levels: according to the Lebanese Ministry of Agriculture, 1.65 million people...

, ,

by
Magazine, News
April 8, 2025

In Jordan, there is still no shared approach to educating the hearing impaired. In fact, public and private schools use different methodologies, creating unevenness in learning levels. The John Paul II Foundation, with the support of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) and in collaboration with Studio In - experienced professionals in pedagogy, is promoting an innovative approach to the education of hearing-impaired people through the "Let's Feel Good" project. The initiative also aims to improve the perception of deafness in society by fostering quality inclusive education. The project offers teacher training based on new teaching approaches adopted in public and also private schools. The goal is to deepen knowledge of both the neurophysiological basis of deafness, devices (hearing aids, cochlear implants) and recovery tools (speech-language rehabilitation). In this way, professionals in the field will be able to better understand the behaviors and needs of people...

, ,

by
Magazine, News
April 8, 2025

With the "Christmas in Palestine" campaign we raised 40,000€, thanks to donations from our supporters. This sum will fund a new cycle of the "A Safe Place" project, with 3 workshops in theater therapy, drama therapy and music therapy at "House of Peace" in Bethlehem. In February alone, about 40 children from "SOS" Villages, including orphans from the Gaza conflict, participated in the activities. Involving both Gaza and Bethlehem children is a key achievement for us: thanks to our workshops, they are acquiring tools to cope with and overcome the traumas of war. Conscious breathing teaches the rhythm of music, but it also helps calm the anxiety that pervades them at the sound of sirens. Closing their eyes tightly before going on stage also helps them imagine a colorful world away from the rubble. Learning to express emotions such as anxiety, sadness and anger is the first step to coping with them and imagining a future of life....

, , ,

by
Magazine, News
April 8, 2025

Renovations at the "House of Peace" in Bethlehem are progressing at full speed! Thanks to the generosity of a loyal donor, we will soon have new spaces to accommodate even more Palestinian children. The structural intervention concerns a hitherto inaccessible area, which needed complete restoration to become a functional environment. Thus the John Paul II Foundation will be able to continue to ensure a better future for children and their families. The space will be dedicated to training and psychological support: a "Safe Place" where children will be able to express themselves and educators will be able to do their work better. We are counting on the work being completed as soon as possible to inaugurate a new phase of the "Peace House" at Easter time: a perfect time to celebrate the hope of a better future for children....

, , ,

by
Magazine
April 8, 2025

On June 1, 2024, AID project 012970-01-3 "In Action for your Rights! Protecting the Christian minority and creating a culture of human rights in Iraq," funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS). This is the third project that the John Paul II Foundation is carrying out in Iraq on behalf of Christians, drawing on a fund allocated by the Italian government for the protection of the freedom of Christian minorities in crisis contexts. The initiative takes place in the country's two most important cities: Baghdad, the political and administrative capital, and Basra, the economic capital. In Baghdad, 20 women have already completed a vocational training course as hairdressers, while 13 workers from the Rehabilitation Center of "Caritas Iraq" have followed a path to retrain their skills supported by Italian experts. A total of 400 students and teachers were involved in a training cycle in 4...

, ,

by
Press
April 2, 2025

/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 26-05-2024 */.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=".svg"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} /*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 26-05-2024 */.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px} 20 anni dalla morte di Giovanni Paolo II Il ricordo della Fondazione che porta il suo nome Sono trascorsi venti anni da quando ci ha lasciato Giovanni Paolo II. Anche oggi il suo pensiero, che ha ispirato questa Fondazione a lui intitolata, ci interpella. Nel suo discorso al vertice mondiale sull'alimentazione promosso dalla FAO il 10.06.2002, Papa Wojtyla diceva: “Oggi più che mai si impone l'urgenza che, nei rapporti internazionali, la solidarietà diventi il criterio ispiratore di ogni forma di cooperazione, nella consapevolezza della destinazione universale dei beni che Dio creatore ci ha affidato”. E su questo la Fondazione Giovanni Paolo II si impegna quotidianamente in tutti i luoghi in cui è presente, dalla Palestina al Libano, dalla Giordania al Senegal, dall'Iraq ai progetti portati avanti in Italia. Perché lo sviluppo non è solo questione...

by
Press
March 19, 2025

/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 26-05-2024 */.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=".svg"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} /*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 26-05-2024 */.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px} Consegna ufficiale in Libano di 24 europallets di apparecchi elettromedicali Sono il dono di Esaote alla Fondazione Giovanni Paolo II per la popolazione del Libano, supportata da tempo con interventi in ambito sanitario Sono arrivati a destinazione a Beirut i 24 europallets di apparecchi elettromedicali e sanitari: saranno distribuiti agli ospedali e laboratori medici libanesi attraverso il Vicariato di Beirut dei Latini con la collaborazione del Contingente Italiano di stanza in Libano. Parte del materiale è destinato anche a strutture sanitarie siriane, in particolare l’ospedale Italiano di Damasco. Il rappresentante legale in Libano della Fondazione Giovanni Paolo II Monsignor Cèsar Essayan e il capo-progetti per il Libano Stefano Baldini hanno consegnato il materiale in una cerimonia ufficiale alla presenza delle autorità diplomatiche, militari e governative libanesi. Presenti, tra gli altri, anche Alessandra Piermattei dell’Agenzia...

Sign up for newsletter