The Campaign Amarsi un po', produced by CILD, narrates the stories of ordinary people who are facing the pandemic still caring for others.
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«Let’s keep the Theaters open! One person every 3-5 even 10 places. But let’s keep them open! » Pleads Ascanio Celestini. «When a prisoner is released, he won’t wait any minute to be out». The 15th of June 2020, AMAT raised the Teatro Gentile’s curtain 1-minute past Midnight and Celestini delighted the public with his 'Radio Clandestina'. «We were distant and yet feeling very close, we all were grateful and moved» says Gilberto Santini, the AMAT director since 2006. «The theatre is needed now even more than ever, as we have to imagine new and different ways to live our lives».
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Emiliano Naticchioni is an engineer and a passionate Tango teacher. Three years ago, at the Sant’Alessio center for Blind People he started a project called ‘Tango Fog’. According to Luisa, going to Tango classes was the long-awaited event of the week; leisure activities are simply vital for who is sightless. When the Covid-19 stopped everything, it was a shock, but 'Tango Fog' stayed alive; at first with classes online, then outdoors, and finally back to school with an individual approach. Distant Tango seems almost a paradox, and still the ‘Tango Fog’ project managed to uphold the desire to dance and share intimacy.
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'When the school bell rang again in September, I saw the kids were happy; I saw the school again, as it should be'. Lucrezia Di Gregorio is a primary school teacher at the 'Magarotto Institut' a school for both hearing and deaf children. During the difficult time of Covid-19 pandemic, the Magarotto students, used to look at diversity as a value, not a barrier, found themselves more united and alike than ever, as they discovered how beautiful it is to be together. How invaluable it is to be able to go to school.
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Stefano Santarelli owns ‘Il Pianeta delle Idee’ a carpentry business in the Umbrian valley. Since 1993, they have made wooden toys and small furniture. When Covid19 changed the Italian entrepreneurs’ world, Stefano and his team decided to produce furnishing items to ensure safety in public spaces. «A local school director asked for our services to refurbish her school to make it safe for the children, but also more colorful: that has been for me a sign of hope».
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During the first lockdown, besides urban police and street cleaners, only delivery riders were crossing Bologna's empty streets. From invisibles they suddenly became indispensable. The 'Fondazione per l'Innovazione Urbana' and the Municipality of Bologna seized the opportunity to create 'Consegne Etiche', a new way of looking at delivery services; no longer exploiting the riders but guaranteeing ethics throughout the supply chain: from the merchant, through the rider, to the end user.
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In Greve, Chianti, Eleonora, Elisa and Michele load their van with books, musical instruments, chairs, colors, imagination, and go out to visit and entertain the little ones forced at home by Covid-19. "We go to the children in isolation and quarantine to make them company and smile with our unique show of fairy tales, music and drawings'
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'Less people with Covid-19 will arrive at the hospitals, more beds will be available for other patients - oncological patients, for instance'. This is what motivated Luigi Cavanna, oncologist at the Piacenza hospital, to start visiting and treating Covid-19 patients at their own home.
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During the Pandemic, thinking of the oval ball helped out and gave back hope to the convicted of the Dozza Prison in Bologna. Stefano is the president and Fiorenzo the coach of the @giallodozza rugby team. "By playing rugby the prisoners have fun, socialize and learn to follow the rules, which is what they didn't do before and the reason why they are in jail; playing rugby is helping them become a better version of themselves.
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Coloriage is a Rome based tailoring workshop that since the outbreak of Covid-19, produces and distributes masks for free while creating a space for inclusion and opportunities.
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During the lockdown, at Ballaro', a difficult neighborhood in Palermo, it became difficult for the most vulnerable people to get a warm meal. 'Moltivolti', a social enterprise that works to build a new egalitarian community, started preparing and distributing up to 150 meals daily.
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Even during the most acute phase of the pandemic, the day labourers continued to work in the fields, ensuring consistent supply of food to our tables. Almost nothing changed in relation to their working conditions. Marco Omizzolo tells us their stories.
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