{"id":97366,"date":"2025-10-10T11:05:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T09:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/addiopizzo.org\/?p=97366"},"modified":"2025-10-10T11:05:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T09:05:50","slug":"sailing-towards-a-better-future-sailing-for-social-inclusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/addiopizzo.org\/en\/slider-en\/sailing-towards-a-better-future-sailing-for-social-inclusion\/","title":{"rendered":"Sailing towards a better future, \u201cSailing for Social Inclusion\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

On August 29th, marking the thirty-fourth anniversary of Libero Grassi\u2019s death, the ninth edition of the initiative \u201cSailing for Social Inclusion\u201d took place in collaboration with the Lega Navale Italiana<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n

The sailing event aboard offshore boats\u2014including the Ionia 97, entrusted to the LNI of Catania and named after Libero Grassi<\/strong>\u2014involved young people from the Kalsa<\/strong> and CEP<\/strong> neighborhoods, where educators from Addiopizzo and the collective center\u00a0San Giovanni Apostolo<\/a>\u00a0work throughout the year.<\/p>\n

Thanks also to support from the Otto per Mille fund of the Tavola Valdese<\/strong>, this initiative brought together 50 boys and girls<\/strong>, accompanied by our educators and Alfredo Chiodi, grandson of the entrepreneur murdered by Cosa nostra. The boat trip is part of a broader effort and of\u00a0a series of activities and interventions to combat educational poverty and delinquency<\/a>\u00a0that Addiopizzo has been carrying out for some time in the historical center of Palermo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It is not enough to accompany and support traders and entrepreneurs in reporting intimidation and extortion if we do not also commit to eliminating the pockets of urban and social decay<\/strong> that contribute to the spread of delinquency and organized crime<\/strong>.\u00a0Since 2015, in particular in the Kalsa neighborhood<\/a>\u00a0where Addiopizzo\u2019s office is located, volunteers and staff from the Association have been working to promote access to spaces and moments of sociability<\/strong> as well as fundamental rights such as education,\u00a0health<\/a>, housing, and employment<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Support programs for schooling<\/strong> at Addiopizzo headquarters, medical check-ups<\/strong>, and sports inclusion activities<\/strong> at the San Basilio gym, provided by the \u201cRita Borsellino\u201d comprehensive institute<\/strong>, are aimed at diverting those living in Piazza Magione from negative paths.<\/p>\n

Urban regeneration and exploration projects<\/a> and inclusion activities capture the need and desire to change perspective, to cross the boundaries of a space that is joy and pride but can sometimes become a labyrinth without exit for the young people who grow up in Kalsa<\/strong> and who, in this place, are forced to face neglect and abandonment.<\/p>\n

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