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In Montopoli in Valdarno, in the hamlet of Capanne, municipality, associations, citizens and professionals got together, in order to complete the project of a new kindergarten, that could serve the whole community. It is an innovative and leading experience, that brought together with abundant enthusiasm adults and kids; sharing is here a specific element of novelty, in particular with regards to the way things are done.

Read more: A school thought extra for “them”

An overcrowded women’s prison. The local community’s opinion on the “City Project” and actions to be taken in respect to prisoners’ rights, while working with government institutions and achieving concrete results.

From Londrina (Brasile) - by Paolo Balduzzi

Read more: The Londrina Prison

The Igino Giordani Association was officially born on Monday, 13 July 2009.  Founded on the principles and actions of the great writer, politician and journalist, one of the first people to make the ideal of fraternity his own, the association will unite the most varied initiatives at the service of the city.

from Paolo Balduzzi - Rome

Read more: The Igino Giordani Association in Rome is born

The words of a speech given by Chiara Lubich to young people in 1970, are a strong topic even today.  This is the experience of Rosario Cabrero, a Spaniard from Cordova, a member of an association in her town.

By Rosario Cabrero - Cordova (Spain)

Read more: In the feast with 300 children

Small and large testimonies from a land torn by ethnic conflicts, where fraternity becomes an occasion for social rehabilitation. And where the hatred slowly leaves the room for hope of a final reconciliation.

From Belgrade - Serbia

Read more: In the Balkans between pain and hope

Elianta and Maria are two friends who have decided to live for the others.  Within their community they started a prayer group to defend their Archbishop from political injustice.  Against all odds they continue fighting for justice..

Read more: A Prayer for an Innocent Archbishop

A pediatrician’s action in a Recife hospital: Agreement with her colleagues who wish to live fraternity, making them more aware of their patients’ problems. In this way a project for correct nutrition develops that involves the whole region.

from Maria Aparecida de Araujo - Recife (Brazil)

Read more: Education in infant nutrition in a city

Read more: Active citizenship in Gela

Read more: A school of peace in Columbia

Read more: Rebuilding a country through education

The couple Joseph and Amata own a bakery, which boosts of a long tradition. They strive to promote brotherhood in their environment, knowing that their work is beneficial to all the community of their area. To achieve their objective they sometimes need to go ‘against the current’ with respect to the accepted customs. This has proved to be the right way to go on many occasions, especially difficult ones.

by Joseph e Amata - Korea

Read more: Korea: Promoting brotherhood in a bakery

This is the experience of a protagonist in the educational project ‘Colouring our city’ that was promoted in Goa, India. The project was divided into three phases, and its aim was to address the dramatic conditions in which the poor people live. The institutions and many schools welcomed this initiative; many young people discovered the many hidden talents they possessed, and much more.

Read more: Voices from the Gange

In this Argentine city, one of the strategic centres of the country’s life, a project took place in 2005 intended to be ‘by young people for young people.’ It was based on the practice of the ‘Golden Rule.’ - Unexpected results after more than four years of activity:

Text put together by Paolo Balduzzi

Read more: The ‘Let’s colour the city’ project at Rosario, Argentina

As a result of a wrong regional law many young boys and girls entrusted to social services, are likely to remain in the streets until they reach a mature age.  A community of the Missionaries of St Jerome at Cagliari undertakes to start a fund to change things, and are successful in doing it.

By Sister Paula and Sister Veronica – Cagliari (Italy)

Read more: The Somasche Sisters at the service of young people

Sister Malgorzata’s arrival at a grey institutional building which houses abandoned children in Bardo in Poland’s Lower Silesia.  With the help of the other sisters, she manages to change the lives of the children, involving them in a project that captures the imagination of the whole city.

From Sister Malgorzata - Bardo (Polonia)

I am Sister Małgorzata, from the Sisters of Mary Immaculate. I live in Bardo and I work as a teacher in an orphanage.

Read more: Kewin, Patricia… when the orphanage came to life.

After the last presidential elections, Kenya suffered dramatic moments. During the fights among different factions, some persons died, and others were wounded. The work of the youth that in that country live for the universal brotherhood, and therefore for the reconciliation among different ethnic groups.

Read more: The Upatanisho Concert”- The Reconciliation Concert

For once, “making an omelet” means saying something positive.  It happened in Naples, in the suburb of Forcella, where the work of a nun and the community help young people and their families going through a tough time.

By Sister Anna Pasinetti - Napoli (Italia)

Read more: With “the Kite ” in Naples once again we can fly.

Sister Angiola follows closely many difficult situations involving children in Italy and other parts of the world. Here she narrates how the abandonment of three Ethiopian children by their parents set in motion a city’s generosity.

Read more: To be a mother, or even more

“We Colour Our City” is an educational project in India, a land of many contrasts, rich and diverse that no other part of the world has the fascination to attract thousands of tourists.  The youth education has the fundamental role to present a more livable city of today and tomorrow.

by Mary Calleja - Mumbai (India)

Read more: On The Ganges River

“Faced with the facts of life I find myself giving advice to people according to how I feel at that particular moment (...) nevertheless when I start my counselling with charity, I never make a mistake.” (Igino Giordani).  This is what Angela Taschini, an Italian lady from the Piedmont region, together with her husband, Enzo, did to help a young couple in difficulty.

Read more: A new “home” for Alexander and Christina