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In September 2024, the new Piarist school in Kinshasa opened its doors, the result of three years of intense networking between Itaka-Escolapios, the Piarist schools of Bilbao and Kinshasa and the Peñascal cooperative.
We are in the final design phase of the Service-Learning project ‘Dreaming Congo’, which will be carried out by the four organisations in April and May 2025.

No one should have to leave their home or family because of war, famine, drought or any other reason. At the same time, all human beings have the right to choose where we want to live our lives and, in any case, we are all entitled to equal protection of all our rights, wherever we are.

At Itaka-Escolapios, committed to the defence of all the rights of all people, we dedicate a large part of our efforts to international cooperation and to the support of communities in their places of origin. We are also convinced that welcoming people who, for whatever reason, are forced to migrate to other countries, apart from being strictly just, is a condition of possibility to carry out educational and pastoral projects based on the Gospel of Jesus.

When more and more arguments are heard against migrants, always against poor migrants, it is more necessary than ever to show the human face of our societies and to reach out to those who are only asking for a chance to restart their lives and to be able to offer the best of their talents.

From Itaka-Escolapios we commit ourselves to continue to deepen our programmes of welcome, literacy, accompaniment and support of migrants, as well as to grow in sensitivity to all that is happening in our societies.

On International Volunteer Day, we celebrate those who, with generosity and commitment, make the world a better place, sowing hope in the hearts of those who need it most; growing with every gesture of solidarity, transforming lives and communities.

THANK YOU!

This academic year 24-25 we intend to promote a Service-Learning project between the Complexe scolaire Saint Joseph de Calasanz (Kinshasa), the school Calasancio – Escolapios (Bilbao) and the Peñascal Coop.
To this end, we are holding several online meetings to reflect together and learn about the ApS promoted in Soria by Ernesto Pastor.

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Today, 25 November, we raise our voices to remember that violence against women remains one of the most devastating violations of human rights worldwide. This day invites us to reflect, make visible and act against all types of gender-based violence: physical, psychological, sexual, economic, or technological. It is an urgent call to build a just, equal and violence-free society.

For those who are no longer here. For those who continue to fight. For a future free of violence.