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For further details of the projects
and initiatives carried out by
the Costa Crociere Foundation,
see
www.costa-crociere-foundation.com.The Costa Crociere Foundation’s
social projects
COMUNITÀ
DI SANT’EGIDIO
TODAY, TOMORROW,
TONINO
BY FOCUS –
LA CASA DEI DIRITTI SOCIALI
&
COLLAVORIAMO
BY IL LABORATORIO
MATECHEF
BY
CIES
(CENTER FOR
TRAINING, EDUCATION
AND DEVELOPMENT)
During the year the Community distributed over
87,000
hot and cold
meals
in the
soup kitchen in Genoa to those in need, in a familiar and welcoming environment;
indeed, for the homeless, it is important to also provide social fabric and the chance
to interact with other people.
These projects provided study support for NEETs, i.e. young people who are Not
(engaged) in Education, Employment or Training. To date around
400 youngsters
from
all over Italy and many parts of the world have taken part in schemes providing over
2,000 hours of training
and work experience placements for youths who come from
disadvantaged backgrounds and have dropped out of school or are at risk of doing so.
This project provided a highly specialized professional training course in the
culinary industry for disadvantaged youth, using
cooking as a tool for social
integration
leading in 2016 to the establishment of a “social bistrot” in Rome’s
Garbatella district, employing the young trainees.
MaTeChef
is a concrete example
of synergistic integration between the Costa Crociere Foundation and the Company:
Costa’s Corporate Chefs provided their experience and consultancy to make the
bistrot competitive and a going concern.
The Foundation offered
10 merit-based Bachelor’s Degree scholarships
for
young people from underprivileged backgrounds. The path also includes the direct
involvement of Costa Cruises’ management in mentoring activities.
FACULTYOF
ENGINEERING INGENOA
squalor by means of social inclusion of
the disadvantaged.
The Foundation provides resources for
projects
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chosen using a transparent and
impartial evaluation process designed
to select those proposals that are most
effective and in line with the priority areas
for the allocation of funding defined each
year by a Board of experts.
A year after its establishment, the
Costa Crociere Foundation’s program
has expanded with the launch of new
projects all sharing the same ultimate
aims of making a positive impact, helping
to bring about change, enhancing the
empowerment of people and preserving
the natural heritage.
Thanks to the resources made available
by Costa Cruises and its partners, in
addition to environmental projects (see
page 59), in 2015 four new multi-year
social projects, focusing in particular on
the professional training of young people,
were launched, making a total of nine
and boosting efforts to fight poverty and