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Report from Caritas

2023-04-27T17:51:32Z

Sofia.camaglia:

Caritas is a very active religious organization in Georgia, yet it refrains from anything that 'takes sides' in order to achieve its goal: to help those in need, whoever they may be.

Since February 2023 we have been collaborating in its activities as volunteers. Primarily we take care of the elderly and children with family problems. Our work takes place in Didube, in the largest of Caritas' facilities in Tbilisi, where there are offices, the elderly section, the children's section, the orphans' section, a dozen art and vocational workshops, a canteen open to all, a clothes sorting center, a church and outdoor play spaces, including a soccer field.

A typical day of ours starts at 1.30 p.m., for the preparation of tables and dishes for the elderly's lunch. There we help Sister Monika, originally from Poland but in Georgia for more than 20 years: she has been through a lot here, from the wars of independence to the Covid pandemic. Ala, a janitor dedicated to cleaning the institute, often helps her with these tasks, but there is a lot of work and the 15 or so elderly who attend Caritas daily are demanding. After that, we stay for a few hours to entertain the nice group by chatting and dancing. There are two gentlemen playing piano, Volodya and Giorgi, so in the common room, we enliven their afternoon a bit by dancing together to opera and 60s-70s Russian and Georgian music. [[File:The hall in the center for the elderly.jpg|thumb]]

The group is diverse, with a majority of women. They are over 80 with strong and complex life stories, mostly from Georgia, Armenia, Ukraine, Russia and Belarus. Unfortunately, the language gap is deep, despite the fact that they don't care much, as they often continue to speak to us in Georgian and narrow Russian dialect even if we tell them we don't understand.

Many of them have sincere affection for us and care to make us part of their vicissitudes, even if it means speaking in gestures. Raisa, for example, bought a little notebook to learn Italian so that she could communicate with us. One day, she took us by the hand and led us to the room where she sews. She moved the balls of wool and opened two paper packages containing her photos: she showed them to us one by one, telling us about them. Broken with emotion, she stopped when she found the photo of her first husband, married when she was 19. They separated, but she did not tell us why. She had an equally strong reaction when she showed us the photo of her son: the muscles in her face hardened, painting a stern expression on her face, which she justified by saying that she had a son, but now has none. Just a few days earlier we were told that she had been beaten and kicked out of the house by exactly the latter. These are intense, very delicate moments of intimacy. [[File:Moments in Caritas.jpg|thumb|Moments in Caritas]]

Volodya, on the other hand, was a partisan. When we meet him in the hallway he always stands at attention tapping his heels and shouting "wellà," playfully. He is over 90 years old and has been in numerous wars, for which he says he fought in Austria, Croatia, and Georgia. He has his own peculiar and grotesque theories about the people who frequent Caritas, but he remains a lovable guy. He has been here for 20 years.

Zima was a principal of a Tbilisi school whose name we could not figure out. The elegant bearing and the care in clothing encouraged us to think that this was the case. She came to Caritas to avoid loneliness, and her only concern as she knits is to find someone in her family whom she can marry to us. [[File:Zima.jpg|thumb|Zima]]

Karina, for her part, lives on the street, has no fixed abode, but her dream is to leave for Italy and become a singing teacher. She is a lady with quirky ways and is always a bit on her own. Sister Monika told us that during the time of the Covid pandemic - so the elderly could not go to the cafeteria and she had to travel to bring meals to each of their homes - Karina was always hard to find, because she would not say where she would be and would be found in different places every day.

Finally, pianist Volodya, a Georgian who lived in Ukraine and studied at the conservatory. He gladdens our afternoons with his virtuosity, so much so that just singing a song to him causes him to play it using the black and white keys. He is an introverted gentleman, but very appreciative and affectionate: his face never lacks a shy smile, which embellishes his heavenly eyes. Sitting comfortably on the couch, a lady from the Institute, waves us over and sighs that Volodya never married to be near his sick mother: "he was a handsome man, what a pity". [[File:Volodya.jpg|thumb|Volodya]]

With the help of Sister Monika and other volunteers who come occasionally and speak English, we are managing to delve into their stories. It is not an easy job, because before the language, what is needed is to create a relationship of trust and friendship that will entice the elderly to share their private stories, which they very often tell with suffering.

Once we say goodbye to them and leave the door of the institute behind us, we cross a small courtyard and enter another one, which opens to flights of stairs leading to the children's after-school area. It consists of about 8 classrooms, where children play or study according to the day's schedule. At either end of the hallway are an art lab on one side, and a theater and room used for traditional Georgian dance classes on the other. There are desks, blackboards, games, and books in each of the rooms, but very often the children are taken outside to play, except on rainy days, of course. The service runs from morning until evening, and is designed to relieve struggling families of the thought of children, and to get them off the streets, if not from abusive parents or distressed backgrounds. For example, there are three little brothers aged 5 to 7 living in an abandoned train car, alone with their mother struggling to find work to feed them.

Sometimes the sanitary conditions are equally critical. For this reason, Caritas provides a workshop for aspiring hairdressers, and cuts hair (as well as washes) all children and parents free of charge. There are also workshops in carpentry, plastic arts, ironworking, and others, but we do not participate in them. Actually we could, but the children so need to play and have our attention and affection, that simply following them in the activities they already do with teachers seemed unfair.

The work at Caritas is a lot and tiring: sometimes we leave the salmon-pink structure of Didube totally distraught, but it is certainly rewarding, and fatigue has never made us turn back from our decision to volunteer here.

Identificare le emozioni

2023-04-27T17:01:04Z

Sofia.camaglia:

In quanti non danno un nome a quello che provano, o lo fanno in modo superficiale e sbrigativo solo per togliersi la domanda dalla testa? Eppure, non si tratta di manie organizzative o di controllo, tantomeno di mettere un’etichetta: saper identificare ciò che si prova vuol dire esserne consapevoli, svolgere quel processo che inesorabilmente porta ad analizzare le cause che hanno provocato ciò che percepiamo, per capire come comportarsi di conseguenza. Invece, spesso succede che si evita questo passaggio introspettivo, minimizzandolo e svalutandolo. [[File:Plutchik wheel.jpg|thumb|La ruota di Plutchik ]]

Qualche giorno fa, io e la mia collega abbiamo seguito un workshop chiamato ‘Emotions identified’, tenuto dal nostro mentor del progetto ESC. L'obiettivo dello strumento fornitoci era quello di accogliere il dominio emotivo nel processo di apprendimento e di autosviluppo personale e sociale, in modo da renderlo più olistico. Ciò perché, secondo il metodo, identificare le emozioni è parte di un percorso di riflessione di qualità per capire cosa sta accadendo dentro di noi ed essere consapevoli dei propri bisogni.
Ci ha consegnato due dischi, con descrizioni più o meno approfondite dei possibili sentimenti, secondo due schemi, uno semplice e uno complesso. Dopodiché, ci ha fatto selezionare quali pensavamo di aver esperito durante il periodo del progetto ESC, e ci ha fatto parlare di ognuna di esse: cosa pensi abbia causato questa emozione? Come hai reagito? E così via.

Quel che ho notato è che non è che non riusciamo a capire le emozioni, ma che spesso ci mancano le parole adatte che ci soddisfino nel nostro tentativo di riconoscere degli stati complessi, come se affetti da alessitimia. Il fatto è che parlare di sé, delle proprie sensazioni, non è facile e richiede tempo e forza di volontà, ma, come per la maggior parte dei problemi relazionali, la scelta migliore da fare è dargli voce. Piangi, ridi, fantastica, connettiti con il mondo: cos’altro rende speciale l’uomo se non la sua capacità di comunicare? In tutti i suoi modi possibili.

Identificare le emozioni

2023-04-27T16:59:45Z

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Report from Caritas

2023-04-27T16:58:00Z

Sofia.camaglia:

Caritas is a very active religious organization in Georgia, yet it refrains from anything that 'takes sides' in order to achieve its goal: to help those in need, whoever they may be.

Since February 2023 we have been collaborating in its activities as volunteers. Primarily we take care of the elderly and children with family problems. Our work takes place in Didube, in the largest of Caritas' facilities in Tbilisi, where there are offices, the elderly section, the children's section, the orphans' section, a dozen art and vocational workshops, a canteen open to all, a clothes sorting center, a church and outdoor play spaces, including a soccer field.

A typical day of ours starts at 1.30 p.m., for the preparation of tables and dishes for the elderly's lunch. There we help Sister Monika, originally from Poland but in Georgia for more than 20 years: she has been through a lot here, from the wars of independence to the Covid pandemic. Ala, a janitor dedicated to cleaning the institute, often helps her with these tasks, but there is a lot of work and the 15 or so elderly who attend Caritas daily are demanding. After that, we stay for a few hours to entertain the nice group by chatting and dancing. There are two gentlemen playing piano, Volodya and Giorgi, so in the common room, we enliven their afternoon a bit by dancing together to opera and 60s-70s Russian and Georgian music. [[File:The hall in the center for the elderly.jpg|thumb]]

The group is diverse, with a majority of women. They are over 80 with strong and complex life stories, mostly from Georgia, Armenia, Ukraine, Russia and Belarus. Unfortunately, the language gap is deep, despite the fact that they don't care much, as they often continue to speak to us in Georgian and narrow Russian dialect even if we tell them we don't understand.

Many of them have sincere affection for us and care to make us part of their vicissitudes, even if it means speaking in gestures. Rejia (?), for example, bought a little notebook to learn Italian so that she could communicate with us. One day, she took us by the hand and led us to the room where she sews. She moved the balls of wool and opened two paper packages containing her photos: she showed them to us one by one, telling us about them. Broken with emotion, she stopped when she found the photo of her first husband, married when she was 19. They separated, but she did not tell us why. She had an equally strong reaction when she showed us the photo of her son: the muscles in her face hardened, painting a stern expression on her face, which she justified by saying that she had a son, but now has none. Just a few days earlier we were told that she had been beaten and kicked out of the house by exactly the latter. These are intense, very delicate moments of intimacy. [[File:Moments in Caritas.jpg|thumb|Moments in Caritas]]

Volodya, on the other hand, was a partisan. When we meet him in the hallway he always stands at attention tapping his heels and shouting "wellà," playfully. He is over 90 years old and has been in numerous wars, for which he says he fought in Austria, Croatia, and Georgia. He has his own peculiar and grotesque theories about the people who frequent Caritas, but he remains a lovable guy. He has been here for 20 years.

Zima (?) was a principal of a Tbilisi school whose name we could not figure out. The elegant bearing and the care in clothing encouraged us to think that this was the case. She came to Caritas to avoid loneliness, and her only concern as she knits is to find someone in her family whom she can marry to us. [[File:Zima.jpg|thumb|Zima]]

Karina, for her part, lives on the street, has no fixed abode, but her dream is to leave for Italy and become a singing teacher. She is a lady with quirky ways and is always a bit on her own. Sister Monika told us that during the time of the Covid pandemic - so the elderly could not go to the cafeteria and she had to travel to bring meals to each of their homes - Karina was always hard to find, because she would not say where she would be and would be found in different places every day.

Finally, pianist Volodya, a Georgian who lived in Ukraine and studied at the conservatory. He gladdens our afternoons with his virtuosity, so much so that just singing a song to him causes him to play it using the black and white keys. He is an introverted gentleman, but very appreciative and affectionate: his face never lacks a shy smile, which embellishes his heavenly eyes. Sitting comfortably on the couch, a lady from the Institute, waves us over and sighs that Volodya never married to be near his sick mother: "he was a handsome man, what a pity". [[File:Volodya.jpg|thumb|Volodya]]

With the help of Sister Monika and other volunteers who come occasionally and speak English, we are managing to delve into their stories. It is not an easy job, because before the language, what is needed is to create a relationship of trust and friendship that will entice the elderly to share their private stories, which they very often tell with suffering.

Once we say goodbye to them and leave the door of the institute behind us, we cross a small courtyard and enter another one, which opens to flights of stairs leading to the children's after-school area. It consists of about 8 classrooms, where children play or study according to the day's schedule. At either end of the hallway are an art lab on one side, and a theater and room used for traditional Georgian dance classes on the other. There are desks, blackboards, games, and books in each of the rooms, but very often the children are taken outside to play, except on rainy days, of course. The service runs from morning until evening, and is designed to relieve struggling families of the thought of children, and to get them off the streets, if not from abusive parents or distressed backgrounds. For example, there are three little brothers aged 5 to 7 living in an abandoned train car, alone with their mother struggling to find work to feed them.

Sometimes the sanitary conditions are equally critical. For this reason, Caritas provides a workshop for aspiring hairdressers, and cuts hair (as well as washes) all children and parents free of charge. There are also workshops in carpentry, plastic arts, ironworking, and others, but we do not participate in them. Actually we could, but the children so need to play and have our attention and affection, that simply following them in the activities they already do with teachers seemed unfair.

The work at Caritas is a lot and tiring: sometimes we leave the salmon-pink structure of Didube totally distraught, but it is certainly rewarding, and fatigue has never made us turn back from our decision to volunteer here.

Report from Caritas

2023-04-27T16:57:25Z

Sofia.camaglia:

Caritas is a very active religious organization in Georgia, yet it refrains from anything that 'takes sides' in order to achieve its goal: to help those in need, whoever they may be.

Since February 2023 we have been collaborating in its activities as volunteers. Primarily we take care of the elderly and children with family problems. Our work takes place in Didube, in the largest of Caritas' facilities in Tbilisi, where there are offices, the elderly section, the children's section, the orphans' section, a dozen art and vocational workshops, a canteen open to all, a clothes sorting center, a church and outdoor play spaces, including a soccer field.

A typical day of ours starts at 1.30 p.m., for the preparation of tables and dishes for the elderly's lunch. There we help Sister Monika, originally from Poland but in Georgia for more than 20 years: she has been through a lot here, from the wars of independence to the Covid pandemic. Ala, a janitor dedicated to cleaning the institute, often helps her with these tasks, but there is a lot of work and the 15 or so elderly who attend Caritas daily are demanding. After that, we stay for a few hours to entertain the nice group by chatting and dancing. There are two gentlemen playing piano, Volodya and Giorgi, so in the common room, we enliven their afternoon a bit by dancing together to opera and 60s-70s Russian and Georgian music. [[File:The hall in the center for the elderly.jpg|center|thumb|The hall in the center for the elderly]]

The group is diverse, with a majority of women. They are over 80 with strong and complex life stories, mostly from Georgia, Armenia, Ukraine, Russia and Belarus. Unfortunately, the language gap is deep, despite the fact that they don't care much, as they often continue to speak to us in Georgian and narrow Russian dialect even if we tell them we don't understand.

Many of them have sincere affection for us and care to make us part of their vicissitudes, even if it means speaking in gestures. Rejia (?), for example, bought a little notebook to learn Italian so that she could communicate with us. One day, she took us by the hand and led us to the room where she sews. She moved the balls of wool and opened two paper packages containing her photos: she showed them to us one by one, telling us about them. Broken with emotion, she stopped when she found the photo of her first husband, married when she was 19. They separated, but she did not tell us why. She had an equally strong reaction when she showed us the photo of her son: the muscles in her face hardened, painting a stern expression on her face, which she justified by saying that she had a son, but now has none. Just a few days earlier we were told that she had been beaten and kicked out of the house by exactly the latter. These are intense, very delicate moments of intimacy. [[File:Moments in Caritas.jpg|thumb|Moments in Caritas]]

Volodya, on the other hand, was a partisan. When we meet him in the hallway he always stands at attention tapping his heels and shouting "wellà," playfully. He is over 90 years old and has been in numerous wars, for which he says he fought in Austria, Croatia, and Georgia. He has his own peculiar and grotesque theories about the people who frequent Caritas, but he remains a lovable guy. He has been here for 20 years.

Zima (?) was a principal of a Tbilisi school whose name we could not figure out. The elegant bearing and the care in clothing encouraged us to think that this was the case. She came to Caritas to avoid loneliness, and her only concern as she knits is to find someone in her family whom she can marry to us. [[File:Zima.jpg|thumb|Zima]]

Karina, for her part, lives on the street, has no fixed abode, but her dream is to leave for Italy and become a singing teacher. She is a lady with quirky ways and is always a bit on her own. Sister Monika told us that during the time of the Covid pandemic - so the elderly could not go to the cafeteria and she had to travel to bring meals to each of their homes - Karina was always hard to find, because she would not say where she would be and would be found in different places every day.

Finally, pianist Volodya, a Georgian who lived in Ukraine and studied at the conservatory. He gladdens our afternoons with his virtuosity, so much so that just singing a song to him causes him to play it using the black and white keys. He is an introverted gentleman, but very appreciative and affectionate: his face never lacks a shy smile, which embellishes his heavenly eyes. Sitting comfortably on the couch, a lady from the Institute, waves us over and sighs that Volodya never married to be near his sick mother: "he was a handsome man, what a pity". [[File:Volodya.jpg|thumb|Volodya]]

With the help of Sister Monika and other volunteers who come occasionally and speak English, we are managing to delve into their stories. It is not an easy job, because before the language, what is needed is to create a relationship of trust and friendship that will entice the elderly to share their private stories, which they very often tell with suffering.

Once we say goodbye to them and leave the door of the institute behind us, we cross a small courtyard and enter another one, which opens to flights of stairs leading to the children's after-school area. It consists of about 8 classrooms, where children play or study according to the day's schedule. At either end of the hallway are an art lab on one side, and a theater and room used for traditional Georgian dance classes on the other. There are desks, blackboards, games, and books in each of the rooms, but very often the children are taken outside to play, except on rainy days, of course. The service runs from morning until evening, and is designed to relieve struggling families of the thought of children, and to get them off the streets, if not from abusive parents or distressed backgrounds. For example, there are three little brothers aged 5 to 7 living in an abandoned train car, alone with their mother struggling to find work to feed them.

Sometimes the sanitary conditions are equally critical. For this reason, Caritas provides a workshop for aspiring hairdressers, and cuts hair (as well as washes) all children and parents free of charge. There are also workshops in carpentry, plastic arts, ironworking, and others, but we do not participate in them. Actually we could, but the children so need to play and have our attention and affection, that simply following them in the activities they already do with teachers seemed unfair.

The work at Caritas is a lot and tiring: sometimes we leave the salmon-pink structure of Didube totally distraught, but it is certainly rewarding, and fatigue has never made us turn back from our decision to volunteer here.

File:The hall in the center for the elderly.jpg

2023-04-27T16:57:09Z

Sofia.camaglia:

The hall in the center for the elderly

File:Moments in Caritas.jpg

2023-04-27T16:53:02Z

Sofia.camaglia:

Moments in Caritas

File:Volodya.jpg

2023-04-27T16:51:33Z

Sofia.camaglia:

Volodya

File:Zima.jpg

2023-04-27T16:50:20Z

Sofia.camaglia:

Zima

Report from Caritas

2023-04-27T16:47:47Z

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Emotions identified

2023-04-27T16:25:16Z

Sofia.camaglia:

How many do not name what they feel, or do so in a superficial and hasty way just to get the question out of their heads? Yet, it is not a matter of organizational or control mania, much less of putting a label on it: being able to identify what one is feeling means being aware of it, carrying out that process that inexorably leads to analyse the causes that generated what we perceive, in order to figure out how to act accordingly. Instead, what often happens is that we avoid this introspective step, minimizing and devaluing it.

A few days ago, my colleague and I attended a workshop called 'Emotions Identified’ by our ESC project mentor. The goal of the tool provided to us was to accommodate the emotional domain in learning and personal and social self-development to make it more holistic. This is because, according to the method, identifying emotions is part of a quality reflective journey to understand what is happening inside us and be aware of our needs. [[File:Plutchik wheel.jpg|thumb|Plutchik wheel]]

He handed us two discs, with more and less in-depth descriptions of possible feelings, in line with two patterns of self-examination, one simple and one complex. After that, he made us select which ones we thought we experienced during the ESC project period, and he had us talk about each one: what do you think caused this emotion? How did you react to it? And so on and so forth.
What I noticed is that it is not that we fail to understand emotions, but that we often lack the right words that will satisfy us in our attempt to recognize complex states, as if suffering from alexithymia. The fact is that talking about oneself, about one's feelings, is not easy and takes time and willpower, but, as with most relationship problems, the best choice to make is to voice them. Cry, laugh, fantasize, connect with the world: what else makes humans special if not their ability to communicate? In all its possible ways.

Emotions identified

2023-04-27T16:24:33Z

Sofia.camaglia:

How many do not name what they feel, or do so in a superficial and hasty way just to get the question out of their heads? Yet, it is not a matter of organizational or control mania, much less of putting a label on it: being able to identify what one is feeling means being aware of it, carrying out that process that inexorably leads to analyse the causes that generated what we perceive, in order to figure out how to act accordingly. Instead, what often happens is that we avoid this introspective step, minimizing and devaluing it.

A few days ago, my colleague and I attended a workshop called 'Emotions Identified’ by our ESC project mentor. The goal of the tool provided to us was to accommodate the emotional domain in learning and personal and social self-development to make it more holistic. This is because, according to the method, identifying emotions is part of a quality reflective journey to understand what is happening inside us and be aware of our needs. [[File:Plutchik wheel.jpg|center|thumb|Plutchik wheel]]

He handed us two discs, with more and less in-depth descriptions of possible feelings, in line with two patterns of self-examination, one simple and one complex. After that, he made us select which ones we thought we experienced during the ESC project period, and he had us talk about each one: what do you think caused this emotion? How did you react to it? And so on and so forth.
What I noticed is that it is not that we fail to understand emotions, but that we often lack the right words that will satisfy us in our attempt to recognize complex states, as if suffering from alexithymia. The fact is that talking about oneself, about one's feelings, is not easy and takes time and willpower, but, as with most relationship problems, the best choice to make is to voice them. Cry, laugh, fantasize, connect with the world: what else makes humans special if not their ability to communicate? In all its possible ways.

Emotions identified

2023-04-27T16:23:36Z

Sofia.camaglia:

How many do not name what they feel, or do so in a superficial and hasty way just to get the question out of their heads? Yet, it is not a matter of organizational or control mania, much less of putting a label on it: being able to identify what one is feeling means being aware of it, carrying out that process that inexorably leads to analyse the causes that generated what we perceive, in order to figure out how to act accordingly. Instead, what often happens is that we avoid this introspective step, minimizing and devaluing it.

A few days ago, my colleague and I attended a workshop called 'Emotions Identified’ by our ESC project mentor. The goal of the tool provided to us was to accommodate the emotional domain in learning and personal and social self-development to make it more holistic. This is because, according to the method, identifying emotions is part of a quality reflective journey to understand what is happening inside us and be aware of our needs.

He handed us two discs, with more and less in-depth descriptions of possible feelings, in line with two patterns of self-examination, one simple and one complex. After that, he made us select which ones we thought we experienced during the ESC project period, and he had us talk about each one: what do you think caused this emotion? How did you react to it? And so on and so forth.
What I noticed is that it is not that we fail to understand emotions, but that we often lack the right words that will satisfy us in our attempt to recognize complex states, as if suffering from alexithymia. The fact is that talking about oneself, about one's feelings, is not easy and takes time and willpower, but, as with most relationship problems, the best choice to make is to voice them. Cry, laugh, fantasize, connect with the world: what else makes humans special if not their ability to communicate? In all its possible ways.

[[File:Plutchik wheel.jpg|thumb|Plutchik wheel]]

File:Plutchik wheel.jpg

2023-04-27T16:23:24Z

Sofia.camaglia:

Plutchik wheel

Emotions identified

2023-04-27T16:13:36Z

Sofia.camaglia:

How many do not name what they feel, or do so in a superficial and hasty way just to get the question out of their heads? Yet, it is not a matter of organizational or control mania, much less of putting a label on it: being able to identify what one is feeling means being aware of it, carrying out that process that inexorably leads to analyse the causes that generated what we perceive, in order to figure out how to act accordingly. Instead, what often happens is that we avoid this introspective step, minimizing and devaluing it.

A few days ago, my colleague and I attended a workshop called 'Emotions Identified’ by our ESC project mentor. The goal of the tool provided to us was to accommodate the emotional domain in learning and personal and social self-development to make it more holistic. This is because, according to the method, identifying emotions is part of a quality reflective journey to understand what is happening inside us and be aware of our needs.

He handed us two discs, with more and less in-depth descriptions of possible feelings, in line with two patterns of self-examination, one simple and one complex. After that, he made us select which ones we thought we experienced during the ESC project period, and he had us talk about each one: what do you think caused this emotion? How did you react to it? And so on and so forth.
What I noticed is that it is not that we fail to understand emotions, but that we often lack the right words that will satisfy us in our attempt to recognize complex states, as if suffering from alexithymia. The fact is that talking about oneself, about one's feelings, is not easy and takes time and willpower, but, as with most relationship problems, the best choice to make is to voice them. Cry, laugh, fantasize, connect with the world: what else makes humans special if not their ability to communicate? In all its possible ways.

Emotions identified

2023-04-27T16:12:15Z

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2023-03-22T08:11:43Z

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2023-03-22T08:11:13Z

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Below is a short list of forum etiquette that should be followed when using any online forum.
# Behave the same way you would when talking to people in real-life.
# Avoid chat slang or inappropriate vocabulary.
# When creating a new post, create a short descriptive subject for the topic of or reason for the post.
# Try your best to spell all words correctly and use proper punctuation. However, also realize that no one is perfect.
# Give your post some time to get responses or answers to the question. Continuously bumping a message or nagging other members to respond does not help and is usually frowned upon.
# Do not WRITE IN ALL CAPS as it makes you appear like you're yelling.
# Read the "Readme first" posts or other sticky posts before creating a new post.
# Respect all other members on the forum.
# Try not to go into too great of detail or making a post more than three paragraphs long.
# Don't reply to old threads or necropost.
# Abide by the rules created by those running the forum.

Discuss

2023-03-22T08:02:43Z

Sofia.camaglia:

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title = Start a conversation/ Ask your question
| Name [] *
| Organization * []
| Your message [textarea] *
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Check the conversation already going on the Forum.

Discuss

2023-03-22T08:02:18Z

Sofia.camaglia:

<noinclude>
{{#CI form:
title = Start a conversation
| Name [] *
| Organization * []
| Your message [textarea] *
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</noinclude>

Check the conversation already going on the Forum.

Discuss

2023-03-22T07:59:19Z

Sofia.camaglia:

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title = Start a conversation
| Name [] *
| Organization * []
| Your message [textarea] *
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Discuss

2023-03-22T07:58:47Z

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Forum/Archive 1

2023-03-22T07:56:48Z

Sofia.camaglia:

Welcome to the Forum, the area where ESC volunteers can ask questions, share their experiences, and discuss topics of mutual interest.

Please, be sure to read the [https://wikiyouth.eu/wiki/Forum_Etiquette?venotify=created Forum etiquette] before participating!

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Forum/Archive 1

2023-03-22T07:54:31Z

Sofia.camaglia:

Welcome to the Forum, the area where ESC volunteers can ask questions, share their experiences, and discuss topics of mutual interest.

Please, be sure to read the [https://wikiyouth.eu/wiki/Forum_Etiquette?venotify=created Forum etiquette] before posting!

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Forum/Archive 1

2023-03-22T07:53:27Z

Sofia.camaglia:

Welcome to the Forum, the area where ESC volunteers can ask questions, share their experiences, and discuss topics of mutual interest.

Please, be sure to read the [https://wikiyouth.eu/wiki/Forum_Etiquette?venotify=created Forum etiquette] before posting!

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Forum/Archive 1

2023-03-22T07:52:41Z

Sofia.camaglia:

Welcome to the Forum, the area where ESC volunteers can ask questions, share their experiences, and discuss topics of mutual interest.

Please, be sure to read the [https://wikiyouth.eu/wiki/Forum_Etiquette?venotify=created Forum etiquette] before posting!

[[Discuss|{{Clickable button|Discuss|color=green}}]]

Forum/Archive 1

2023-03-22T07:52:26Z

Sofia.camaglia:

Welcome to the Forum, the area where ESC volunteers can ask questions, share their experiences, and discuss topics of mutual interest.

Please, be sure to read the [https://wikiyouth.eu/wiki/Forum_Etiquette?venotify=created Forum etiquette] before posting!

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Forum/Archive 1

2023-03-22T07:52:03Z

Sofia.camaglia:

Welcome to the Forum, the area where ESC volunteers can ask questions, share their experiences, and discuss topics of mutual interest.

Please, be sure to read the [https://wikiyouth.eu/wiki/Forum_Etiquette?venotify=created Forum etiquette] before posting!

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Main Page

2023-03-22T07:50:30Z

Sofia.camaglia:

==WikiYouth is the collaborative platform for volunteering opportunities in EU and neighboring countries==
[[File:Esc.jpg|right|frameless]]

''Wikiyouth is a EU portal that fosters networking of organizations and volunteers, where:''

* sending organizations can advertise volunteer opportunities in the language of their local community
* organizations can find partners
* organizations can create corporate pages where to present their headquarters, staff, projects, and activities
* both organizations and '''volunteers can document ESC activities and learning outcomes''', in perfect Wikimedian style as a valuable non formal training and learning opportunity
* '''volunteers can register their testimonials and inspire other volunteers'''



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2023-03-22T07:50:08Z

Sofia.camaglia:

Forum/Archive 1

2023-03-22T07:48:59Z

Sofia.camaglia:

Forum etiquette

2023-03-22T07:48:20Z

Sofia.camaglia:

Forum etiquette

2023-03-22T07:47:43Z

Sofia.camaglia:

Below is a short list of forum etiquette that should be followed when using any online forum.
# Behave the same way you would when talking to people in real-life.
# 2. Avoid chat slang or inappropriate vocabulary.
# 3. When creating a new post, create a short descriptive subject for the topic of or reason for the post.
# 4. Try your best to spell all words correctly and use proper punctuation. However, also realize that no one is perfect.
# 5. Give your post some time to get responses or answers to the question. Continuously bumping a message or nagging other members to respond does not help and is usually frowned upon.
# 6. Do not WRITE IN ALL CAPS as it makes you appear like you're yelling.
# 7. Read the "Readme first" posts or other sticky posts before creating a new post.
# 8. Respect all other members on the forum.
# 9. Try not to go into too great of detail or making a post more than three paragraphs long.
# 10. Don't reply to old threads or necropost.
# 11. Abide by the rules created by those running the forum.

Forum etiquette

2023-03-22T07:47:27Z

Sofia.camaglia:

Below is a short list of forum etiquette that should be followed when using any online forum.
# 1. Behave the same way you would when talking to people in real-life.
# 2. Avoid chat slang or inappropriate vocabulary.
# 3. When creating a new post, create a short descriptive subject for the topic of or reason for the post.
# 4. Try your best to spell all words correctly and use proper punctuation. However, also realize that no one is perfect.
# 5. Give your post some time to get responses or answers to the question. Continuously bumping a message or nagging other members to respond does not help and is usually frowned upon.
# 6. Do not WRITE IN ALL CAPS as it makes you appear like you're yelling.
# 7. Read the "Readme first" posts or other sticky posts before creating a new post.
# 8. Respect all other members on the forum.
# 9. Try not to go into too great of detail or making a post more than three paragraphs long.
# 10. Don't reply to old threads or necropost.
# 11. Abide by the rules created by those running the forum.

Forum etiquette

2023-03-22T07:47:09Z

Sofia.camaglia: Created page with "Below is a short list of forum etiquette that should be followed when using any online forum. 1. Behave the same way you would when talking to people in real-life. 2. Avoid chat slang or inappropriate vocabulary. 3. When creating a new post, create a short descriptive subject for the topic of or reason for the post. 4. Try your best to spell all words correctly and use proper punctuation. However, also realize that no one is perfect. 5. Give your post some time to g..."

Below is a short list of forum etiquette that should be followed when using any online forum.
1. Behave the same way you would when talking to people in real-life.
2. Avoid chat slang or inappropriate vocabulary.
3. When creating a new post, create a short descriptive subject for the topic of or reason for the post.
4. Try your best to spell all words correctly and use proper punctuation. However, also realize that no one is perfect.
5. Give your post some time to get responses or answers to the question. Continuously bumping a message or nagging other members to respond does not help and is usually frowned upon.
6. Do not WRITE IN ALL CAPS as it makes you appear like you're yelling.
7. Read the "Readme first" posts or other sticky posts before creating a new post.
8. Respect all other members on the forum.
9. Try not to go into too great of detail or making a post more than three paragraphs long.
10. Don't reply to old threads or necropost.
11. Abide by the rules created by those running the forum.

Forum/Archive 1

2023-03-22T07:42:38Z

Sofia.camaglia:

Welcome to the Forum, the area where ESC volunteers can ask questions, share their experiences, and discuss topics of mutual interest.

Please, be sure to read the Forum etiquette before posting!

Forum/Archive 1

2023-03-22T07:42:26Z

Sofia.camaglia: Created page with "Welcome to the Forum, the area where ESC volunteers can ask questions, share their experiences, and discuss topics of mutual interest. Please, be sure to read the Forum etiquette before posting!"

Welcome to the Forum, the area where ESC volunteers can ask questions, share their experiences, and discuss topics of mutual interest.
Please, be sure to read the Forum etiquette before posting!

Main Page

2023-03-22T07:32:08Z

Sofia.camaglia:

Main Page

2023-03-22T07:31:39Z

Sofia.camaglia:

==WikiYouth is the collaborative platform for volunteering opportunities in EU and neighboring countries==
[[File:Esc.jpg|right|frameless]]

''Wikiyouth is a EU portal that fosters networking of organizations and volunteers, where:''

* sending organizations can advertise volunteer opportunities in the language of their local community
* organizations can find partners
* organizations can create corporate pages where to present their headquarters, staff, projects, and activities
* both organizations and '''volunteers can document ESC activities and learning outcomes''', in perfect Wikimedian style as a valuable non formal training and learning opportunity
* '''volunteers can register their testimonials and inspire other volunteers'''



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2023-03-22T07:30:56Z

Sofia.camaglia:

==WikiYouth is the collaborative platform for volunteering opportunities in EU and neighboring countries==
[[File:Esc.jpg|right|frameless]]

''Wikiyouth is a EU portal that fosters networking of organizations and volunteers, where:''

* sending organizations can advertise volunteer opportunities in the language of their local community
* organizations can find partners
* organizations can create corporate pages where to present their headquarters, staff, projects, and activities
* both organizations and '''volunteers can document ESC activities and learning outcomes''', in perfect Wikimedian style as a valuable non formal training and learning opportunity
* '''volunteers can register their testimonials and inspire other volunteers'''



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Istituto cultura italiana (NGO)

2023-02-15T16:00:57Z

Sofia.camaglia: PageProperties update

Istituto cultura italiana (NGO) is a non-profit organization operating in the linguistic and literary field, active in Tbilisi (Georgia). It has two complementary aims, that is promotion of Italian culture and language in Georgia, with an inclusive and democratic orientation, and of Georgian culture at abroad, and specifically in Italy and other European countries.
From the beginning of its activities the organization has combined its cultural offer with an information processing work, with a strong emphasis on media literacy and the conscious use of new technologies. [[File:Logo Istituto di Cultura Italiana.png|thumb|Istituto Cultura Italiana Logo]] [[File:Cultura italiana logo .png|thumb]]

=CILS certificate=

[[File:Cils Logo.jpg|thumb|Cils Logo]]
Since 2022 we entered into an agreement with University for Foreigners of Siena for the provision of CILS certificates of Italian language.
With the official CILS certificate students can:
comply with the requirements to obtain scholarships provided by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (they require a B1 level)
enroll to a University course in Italy (required level, B2)
comply with the requirements to obtain a residence card permit in Italy (required level, A2)

=European voluntary service - European solidarity corps=

Since 2016 Istituto cultura italiana joined the European voluntary service programme (EVS, following ESC) hosting European young people in Georgia to foster intercultural exchange, contributing to the renovation of democratic, educational, social, and civil structures in Georgia, and involve young people in activities useful both for the local community, and for their personal and professional growth.

During several projects, we have been leading an editorial board with volunteers for digital publishing, we have been organizing a language club and intercultural exchange involving the local community, organized workshops and lectures at other organizations and institutions, and carried out daily work on media-literacy and the conscious use of new technologies.

The most recent activities have focused in the learning and the preparation of a MediaWiki installation, completed with all Wikisource tools, and prospective activities are expected to include open-air initiatives in the social-care and societal/environmental fields.

Istituto cultura italiana (NGO)

2023-02-15T15:59:57Z

Sofia.camaglia:

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2023-02-15T15:57:26Z

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Istituto cultura italiana (NGO)

2023-02-15T15:55:33Z

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