Cecilia Manghi
- 30 nov 2022
- 4 min
Wasa: life through emotions
In 2011 a group of students decided to commit to contributing in a significant and concrete way to the life of a community they met while traveling. This community, composed of 2000 people, is located in the village of Wasa, at the heart of Tanzania. Here, in 2014 a school was founded by the association Students for Humanity, which decided to make this activity its main and focal project. The Vocational Training Center was then established with the purpose of offering the p
Victoire Duret
- 27 nov 2022
- 2 min
"The Wonder": lies and miracles in the aftermath of the Great Irish Famine
Florence Pugh illuminates Sebastian Lelio's film, which relentlessly questions its characters and its viewers. The sight of Florence Pugh displaying her expressive power in an ambitious and complex role is reason enough to recommend watching The Wonder, Chilean director Sebastian Lelio's eighth feature film, which Netflix released on November 16. It's not the only one. Set in Ireland in the aftermath of the Great Famine, The Wonder ventures to the borderline between belief an
Bianca Proverbio
- 23 nov 2022
- 3 min
Volunteering for OSF: Daria's experience
“Opera San Francesco per i poveri” (OSF) is the reality inside the city of Milan that helps people who find themselves in a situation of poverty and need. This institution was founded more than 60 years ago by the community of “Frati Minori Cappuccini” and provides daily a series of services - it satisfies primary needs such as a hot meal, personal hygiene (showers and clean clothes), but it also ensures the right to health through free medical exams and drugs. It can count
Victoire Duret
- 19 nov 2022
- 3 min
COP27: a consensus on the devastation of global warming, but no major announcements
The world is “on a highway to climate hell, with its foot on the gas pedal”. During his speech on Monday, November 7, at the opening of the leaders' summit that was supposed to give impetus to the two weeks of negotiations of the COP27 held in Sharm El-Sheikh, the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, multiplied the warnings with shocking formulas, calling for more action to fight against global warming. "Humanity has a choice: cooperate or perish. It is either a pact of cl
Miriam Picci
- 16 nov 2022
- 4 min
59th Venice Biennale: Simone Leigh gets Lion’s Share featuring female African diaspora
From being the first Black woman to represent the United States at the International Art Exhibition, to the 8-meters-high bronze sculpture “Brick House” that has earned the Golden Lion for best Best Participant - Leigh leaves no stone unturned striving to portray the forgotten history of Black Femme subjectivity, conceptually and materially. “The Milk of Dreams” of Venice Biennale Evocative, magic, brilliant - the “most momentous Biennale in living memory” according to The Gu
Carlo Vittorio Matrone
- 12 nov 2022
- 4 min
Has the Tigray War really ended?
The Ethiopian government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) reached a ceasefire agreement to end the indefinite trail of death that the internecine war had been dragging on for two years now. Let's find out what happened. The signing of a historic agreement In Pretoria, South Africa, thanks to crucial mediation by the African Union, the Ethiopian government and Tigray regional forces agreed on November 2nd to a “permanent cessation of hostilities”. Indeed, this i
Edoardo Villa
- 9 nov 2022
- 4 min
Incendies – Villeneuve’s movie inspired by the Lebanese civil war
Movies can often reveal the worst human side, especially those who show us scenes of war and the reality of it. It occurred to me recently to watch a 2011 movie from the celebrated Canadian director Denis Villeneuve, who these days is more acclaimed for science fictions such as Arrival, Blade Runner 2049 or Dune. However, I think that the filmmaker shows his best abilities in his previous works, especially the more dramatic ones. Here in Incendies, a little masterpiece in its
Carlo Vittorio Matrone
- 4 nov 2022
- 4 min
Africa is on its knees for climate change while we rejoice in an almost Spring-like Autumn
No, it is not a good thing at all that it is still hot in November and people are walking around Italy in T-shirts. While we pretend that this is normal, Africa is fighting the dangerous battle against climate change without arms. Let’s take a closer look at the consequences, often kept quiet, of the raging climate crisis that is bearing down on the African continent, already exhausted between internecine wars and serious political instabilities. November 2022 is also the mo
Emma Tully
- 2 nov 2022
- 3 min
Anna: a voice from Wasa
Wasa is a small village near the city of Iringa, in Tanzania. Here, students founded a project in 2011, based on their desire to help the community, in which living conditions were very poor. “Working for Wasa” is the heart of Students for Humanity’s activities. Its aim is to enable Wasa’s children and young adults to obtain a satisfactory level of education and provide scholarships for the students with the greatest potential. This is done while ensuring that they have adequ