The organization that we’re doing our project in, is Caritas located in Jesi, Marche. It is a part of the charity organization Caritas Italiana, which was created in the 1970s. Here, in Jesi the service is mainly focused on helping those finding themselves in difficult social and economical situations, for example people suffering from poverty, or refugees. The local organization is constructed both by workers, local volunteers and volunteers doing servizio civile, and us, people doing European Solidarity Corps.
Caritas Jesi offers a lot of different faculties, such as Food and Clothes Emporium, Canteen, the little clinic, Casa delle Genti and dormitories.
The most notable ways in which we - European volunteers - can help, is by working in some of these faculties and helping other volunteers. We can work in:
- Food Emporium - in this place the work revolves mainly around selecting and cleaning fruits and vegetables, that would later be "for sale", for the people in need. We're also expected to help with stocking the shelves and cleaning.
- Canteen - in which we're preparing the tableware and cutlery for the people, cleaning the kitchen equipment, and preparing some of the food or helping the cooks.
- Clothes Emporium and Warehouse - as Caritas receives clothes donations, in the warehouse we can help by selecting the clothes that are both in good condition and appropriate for the season. Then we also transport them to the clothes emporium in which we're also helping by for example stocking the shelves, and helping with the internal design.
- Casa delle Genti - this is the place to which we're going once a week. It's the place in which we just spend the time with the people in need. We talk with them and listen to their stories, play board games or do sports together.
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