“Istituto Comprensivo Statale” in Ozzano Emilia (BO)
The "CORRADO E BRUNO MARIA ZAINI" FOUNDATION and FATRO support various projects within the "ISTITUTO COMPRENSIVO STATALE" in Ozzano Emilia (BO): The “Book Festival” project, operating through all three types of schools at the Institute, to sensitize pupils to the importance of reading, through reading workshops and interactive teaching. The event this year will be dedicated to the subject of emotions and will culminate with the presentation of the work by the pupils in the “school's pathway” which connects schools at the Institute, on 14 May 2015. In the course of the week, various outside experts, together with the teachers, are involved in all the classes at the Institute to offer workshop activities that make reading activities stimulating and pleasant. You can see the materials from past editions at the site of the Institute (www.icozzanoemilia.it). The project will be presented at the next edition of "HANDImatica" as an example of multimedia and inclusive teaching; 3 extracurricular theatre workshops for the second and third classes of the first level of the secondary school. The third class will work in particular on the subject of Historical Memory and the Holocaust. The workshop will terminate with an event open to everybody on the occasion of the Day of Memory on 27th January 2015. However, the second class will work on the subject of emotions and their workshop will conclude with an event in May, again open to everybody; The extracurricular English courses last 10 hours to prepare the third classes of the first level of the secondary school for the external Key English Test, overseen by the University of Cambridge. Last year, all the pupils who followed the course passed the final examination; The extracurricular English courses lasting 10 hours to prepare the third classes of the first-level of the secondary school for the external Key English Test, overseen by the University of Cambridge. Last year, all the pupils who followed the course passed the final examination; The mathematical improvement workshops for the third classes of the secondary school, to take part in the National Problem Solving Olympics organized by the Ministry of Education, University and Research; Theatre, music and art workshops for Nursery School pupils. VISIT THE SITE
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BSMT - The Bernstein School of Musical Theater
The "CORRADO E BRUNO MARIA ZAINI" FOUNDATION supports the BSMT - The Berstein School of Music" school. Founded in 1993, the BSMT arose as a school of Musical Theatre to prepare artists in singing, acting, and dance according to the Anglo-Saxon model of Triple Threat Performance, that is to say, a Three-dimensional artist. In a few years, the school became a reference point for study and training in Musical Theater repertoire. More particularly, it is currently one of the few national facilities able to provide complete and interdisciplinary training in the field of the performing arts. Together with this avant-garde role in professional training, the BSMT also plays an important part in the artistic and cultural landscape, thanks to the programming and production of Musicals, and international masterpieces, often disregarded by Italian producers as they are not considered commercial. To inform the public of the existence of a completely different musical repertoire, in 2013 the BSMT inaugurated the first festival of Musical Theater in Italy (A Summer Musical Festival) with the double purpose of promoting the cultured musical but more particularly favoring meeting points between students and graduates on the one hand, and professionals and other operators in the world of entertainment on the other. VISIT THE SITE
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“Musica Insieme” Foundation
Since 1987, FATRO has supported the "MUSICA INSIEME" Foundation, one of the most important Italian concert enterprises, whose commitment to the field of the various aspects of musical production and organization is characterized by the vast range of its activities The principal season is the "Concerti di Musica Insieme", for many years held at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna and then, since 2003, at the Teatro Manzoni, after its inauguration as the new Bologna auditorium.The "Concerti di Musica Insieme" is an international reference point today, as much for the artists as for operators in the field generally. Its programme not only regularly includes the most important artists, but also all those talents making their debut on the international scene. It is thus becoming the place where the various repertories, finding themselves very welcome, are closely and expertly examined. Musica Insieme pays special attention to the dissemination and spread of musical culture and the education of public tastes.They have produced many of these events over the years, expressly to educate those who did not usually go to concert halls and make these events accessible to these people. More specifically: "Musica Insieme in Ateneo", a concert season organized since 1997 jointly with the University of Bologna and directed principally at students; "Musica per le Scuole" (Music for Schools), a series of concerts for middle school pupils, each prepared as a lesson-conference at schools; and "MICO-Musica Insieme Contemporanea, a review dedicated to the music of our days, the concerts are introduced by meetings with the authors and with the artists in the program."Musica Insieme" FoundationGalleria Cavour 3 - 40124 Bologna VISIT THE SITE
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“Gruppo Musicale” Association
The "CORRADO E BRUNO MARIA ZAINI" FOUNDATION supports the "Gruppo Musicale" (Musical Group) Association in Ozzano dell'Emilia - Bologna. A contribution to the socio-cultural and didactic activities of the Association, such as the School of Music, the Master Class for instruments or singing, and musical reviews such as "Suoni e Armonie" and "Preludio a Suoni ed Armonie". The "Gruppo Musicale" Association in Ozzano dell'Emilia was born in 1989 and incorporates the School of Music (which was founded previously in the 70s) and "la Banda", to which "Corale Adulti" was added in December 1998. VISIT THE SITE
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Il Giardino degli Angeli
The "CORRADO E BRUNO MARIA ZAINI" FOUNDATION support the Non-Profit Organisation "IL GIARDINO DEGLI ANGELI" ("THE GARDEN OF ANGELS").On 1st February 2009, the Non-Profit Organisaton "IL GIARDINO DEGLI ANGELI" was established and has social use and solidarity purposes exclusively.The idea to establish an association came to someone after the tragic experience of losing a child and after creating a garden in Castel San Pietro Terme, with the collaboration of many other people, called "IL GIARDINO DEGLI ANGELI".This place is dedicated to the loving memory of those "who left us too soon". Its purpose is to start socially useful actions aiming to protect and promote human values for the benefit of some of the weakest categories of people, in particular aiming to help and support children in trouble and their families in a concrete way. The target beneficiaries are: children affectd by congenital metabolic diseases; children with serious and/or rare diseases in general; people with very serious physical and/or psychiatric disabilities. A unique Garden since values and feelings are found through in plants and the environment. VISIT THE SITE
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“Eclissi di Lana”
The "CORRADO E BRUNO MARIA ZAINI" FOUNDATION supports The "Eclissi di lana" Cultural Association. The "Eclissi di lana" Cultural Association, with its theatre workshops, has long been involved in training and education outside and inside the School. The purpose of the workshops is to increase the capacity of children to communicate and socialize, with special attention to the emotions which, through this type of experience, they are able to feel and communicate. The workshops do not finish merely with presenting a show, but also more specifically concern the procedure for the processes which lead to the representative forms of reality. The "Officine Teatrali" project brings children together in a suitable communicative space for activating forms of cultural, intellectual, and human interaction and encouraging respect for others, identifying their own in theatrical space, a place for growth and for coming together.The Association also cooperates with the "Jolly" cinema and theatre activities in Castel San Pietro Terme, Bologna. VISIT THE SITE
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Vehicles for transport of disabled persons
1) SOCIAL SERVICES, MUNICIPALITY OF OZZANO DELL'EMILIA The "CORRADO E BRUNO MARIA ZAINI" FOUNDATION and FATRO have taken part in the Guaranteed Mobility Project by PMG Italia. The new means of transport for disabled and elderly persons has 9 seats and one place for a wheelchair and has been delivered to the Social Services of the Municipality of Ozzano dell'Emilia.For further information contact: www.pmg-italia.it - www.comune.ozzano.bo.it 2) ANT FOUNDATION The ANT Foundation, together with various entrepreneurial organizations in Ozzano dell'Emilia, amongst which the "CORRADO E BRUNO MARIA ZAINI" FOUNDATION and FATRO, have joined together for the mobility of less fortunate people. Thanks to this initiative, the ANT Foundation - the principal non-profit making organization in Italy in the field of free home care to people suffering from tumors and oncological prevention - has received the loan of a suitability equipped vehicle, which can also transport wheelchairs to be used in support of its activities in the community.For further information contact: www.ant.it
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A glass of milk for the children of Hanga
"A glass of milk for the children of Hanga” is the name of the solidarity initiative which the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Bologna and SIVTro-VSF I (the Italian Society of Tropical Veterinary Science and Zootechnics for International Cooperation - Veterinarians Without Frontiers, Italy), in partnership with the "CORRADO E BRUNO MARIA ZAINI" FOUNDATION, has started at the livestock farm of the Benedictine Community in the village of Hanga, in southern Tanzania.Although, over time, the project has progressively expanded its range of action, the name summarises the initial objective of the idea, that is to say, to favour an increase in milk production at the animal housings of the abbey in Hanga, to be able to ensure a sufficient supply of this nutritious food for the children of the school and for dispensary patients.In consideration of this purpose, the project concentrated on and specially developed the livestock farm; the project involved, amongst other things, an improvement in the organization and management of the farm, the preparation of suitable dietary plans, the training of animal-housing staff, health controls (particularly TBC and Brucellosis) on the cattle present on the farm, the purchase of new cows with better milk yields than those already present in the herd, renovation of the buildings of the outside paddocks and the milking barns, the sending and installation of a refrigerated tank for storage of the milk after milking and the related purchase of an electrical generator for this, and still more. VISIT THE SITE
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Dormitory for the children in Hanga (Tanzania)
Hanga is a small village in southern Tanzania, in the region of Ruvuma, two days from Dar es Salaam: this is where the Benedictine Abbey is located ("Ora et labora" is their motto in Latin, “Pray and Labour” in English, “SALA NA KAZI” in Swahili).“Elimu ni mali”, that is to say, “Education is a virtue”. This short but significant phrase in Kiswahili, can be frequently seen on the stones bearing the name of the village school in Tanzania. Consequently, an awareness of the importance of education is very much alive in this country, even though the objective conditions certainly do not make its realization easy.The considerable support of the "CORRADO E BRUNO MARIA ZAINI" FOUNDATION is very much in accordance with this principle. It has entirely financed the construction of a new dormitory for the children who attend the school of Hanga but come from faraway villages. The realization of this complex of buildings is a step forward of fundamental importance, favoring the education process in rural and disadvantaged zones where the lack of adequate infrastructure further penalizes an educational system that is deficient from many points of view.The old structure, too small and inadequate, was no longer able to meet the new needs of pre-primary and primary schools, thus preventing it from fully exploiting the potential of the educational complex, which is actually "avant-garde" in its Tanzanian context. The new dormitory enables children who are not resident of the village of Hanga to attend the school on a continuous basis and to have comfortable accommodation for the entire school period.At the present moment, 160 children are housed in the dormitory, while a further 110 remain (but obviously with more space) in the old dormitory. VISIT THE SITE
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Children's library of Hanga (Tanzania)
On 5th August 2017, The village of Hanga's new library was opened. This was achieved thanks to the contribution of the "CORRADO E BRUNO MARIA ZAINI" FOUNDATION and the Episcopal Conference of Italy, and it is named after Carlo Collodi, the author of Pinocchio. VISIT THE SITE
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Educational support
Together with the veterinary/livestock project, the generosity of many friends and benefactors has favored the start of a project within the project. This is an initiative directed at paying the costs for the education of native children or charity boys at the state school in the village; a sort of "remote support".A targeted provision of the funds will ensure that they will be able to complete their entire primary school education.This initiative is of considerable importance because it allows school access to those children who, coming from the poorest families, would be excluded from even basic literacy.The support initiatives for the study are implemented with excellent discretion to protect the children's privacy and to avoid any feeling of unfairness developing between those who are cared for and those who are excluded whilst not in any way living under conditions of well-being, are excluded.One aspect which we noted with great pleasure was the care and rigor employed with the selection criteria for the children who would benefit from the support. Unlike what might be generally thought considering the conditions of great need, the choice of the beneficiaries for our initiative is very judicious and, notwithstanding a certain availability of funds, the number of children identified is limited to the most serious cases and not expanded ad hoc, about the funds collected. This confirms the conscientiousness and professionalism of our interlocutors to those who wish to send money for this clearly defined purpose. Obviously, from what has been said above, part of the funds collected must be set aside to ensure the continuity of support until the end of primary school education. VISIT THE SITE
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“For play and for charity” calendar
The calendars since 2005: 2005 - The male students of the Bologna Faculty of Veterinary Medicine2006 - The female students of the Bologna Faculty of Veterinary Medicine2007 - The Children of Hanga (Tanzania)2008 - The male Professors of the Bologna Faculty of Veterinary Medicine2009 - The Women of Hanga (Tanzania)2010 - The Wild Animals of Africa2011 - The female Professors of the Bologna Faculty of Veterinary Medicine2012 - Drawings by the Children from the schools in Hanga being taught by the Students of the Bologna Faculty of Veterinary Medicine2013 - Lessons in hygiene for the children of Hanga, held by Students from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Bologna2014 - The calendar of blood-donor dogs from the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, produced by the Veterinary Medicine Students in Bologna2015 - The calendar of Veterinary Medicine students of Bologna for the new library of Hanga2016 - The animals in the day-to-day life of Hanga2017 - The cows in the stall at HANGA2018 - The adventures of PINOCCHIO told by the children of HANGA Since 2003, many students or new graduates have donated their experience in the veterinary sector in Hanga, promoting the development of businesses in the farm of the village.The calendar is an active contribution to the achievement of this project. VISIT THE SITE
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