Don Bosco Ranchibile in Palermo: activities for 100 boys at Community Civic Spaces

Last Updated: March 18, 2024

Don Bosco Ranchibile di Palermo, attività per cento ragazzi a Spazi Civici di Comunità

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From volleyball to archery. But also theater, multimedia laboratory, and psychological support service, counseling, and guidance. At the Don Bosco Ranchibile in Palermo, about a hundred young people take part in Community Civic Spaces, an initiative that includes various free activities with the opportunity to use a concrete space where girls and boys are welcomed and valued, reinforcing the educational values of sport, loyalty, and mutual respect.

It is an initiative promoted by the Minister for Sport and Youth Andrea Abodi through the Department for Youth Policies and Universal Civil Service of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers in collaboration with Sport and Salute SpA, the state-owned company for the promotion of sport and healthy lifestyles.

An activity that involves the Salesian institute in a 360-degree manner and that will continue even after the end of the project. The aim is to create a starting point, a base for an initiative that also aims to look at families and the territory.

A “call for social participation,” aimed at young people aged 14 to 34. The Don Bosco Civic Space started its activity on 18th October and will conclude at the end of the two years provided for in the project. A space open to anyone who wants to join. The leading company of the project is Asd Pgs, Polisportiva Giovanile Salesiana Don Bosco Villa Ranchibile. Working in synergy as project partners are the associations Cgs Cinecircoli giovanili socioculturali, Aps Associazione di promozione sociale e Associazione nazionale di cultura cinemat, the Don Bosco Youth Center and the Municipality of Palermo, Department of Innovation. In addition to these associations, the commitment of many volunteers and professionals is accompanied by a program of activities that, in addition to leisure and entertainment, aim straight for the ambitious goal of social growth of the entire community, driven by the propulsive force of young people.