Countering the causes of xenophobia and intolerance with the tools of a 'bottom-up' culture, favouring educational and information paths that contribute to the growth of 'global' citizens for whom 'diversity' is a resource.
Promoting and supporting with appropriate tools for the population a better knowledge and experience of the themes of migration, reception and integration starting from self-telling as a tool for knowledge and encounter with the Other.
These are some of the objectives of the 'DIMMI di Storie Migranti' project, financed by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), and implemented by Un Ponte Per together with 46 partner organisations throughout Italy, Iraq and Lebanon.
The project will particularly target students in Italy (over 5,000), secondary schools and universities; teachers and lecturers (over 450); migrants (over 400) and local communities in Campania, Lazio, Lombardy, Tuscany, Veneto and Sicily.
In fact, numerous workshop activities dedicated to migrants are planned, as well as specific school and university training on the topics of countering xenophobia and storytelling techniques.
The collection, preservation and valorisation of migrant stories that can directly show the complexity of migratory phenomena, integration and reception pathways underway, through the development of expressive channels and tools that enhance the telling of migrants' personal stories, will be fostered at the national level.
The collaboration with communication and information realities will allow the creation of a narrative web platform on which to collect and disseminate the stories collected: DIMMI
At the same time, activities will be carried out to raise awareness and provide information to citizens on the issues of reception and migration.
Thanks to the contribution of the many partner organisations, school and university twinning will also be set up between schools in Italy and community centres or classrooms in both Iraq and Lebanon, where Un Ponte Per has been working for years.
