Week 6: Second Chances
- asaustin
- Mar 4, 2019
- 2 min read
Give People and Food a Second Chance.
Monday 25.02.2019
Today I got to FINALLY!!!! visit my internship at Recuperale. Arriving to this location was quit interesting. I had to take 2 busses, a metro train, and a car which totaled to about 2 hours. Although this journey wasn't easy or quick it was totally worth it. Today I met with the manager of this non profit who explained and answered all of my questions in Italian with a translator present. Even though this was my first time at the company I learned the same if not more information about it as the other internships. There was so much to learn about this organization, how it started, who started it, and why.
I quickly learned that this non profit brewery was started four years ago by a physical therapist. This part really intrigues me because I started off college as a pre med student studying to obtain my masters degree in Occupational Therapy. The physical therapist was asked to work with a few prisoners to better their health, soon he realized that the money paid to the prison wasn't spent on the actual inmates at all. Their food quality was poor, and they didn't have any activities to teach them new skills. This was a problem that needed to be fixed. In Italy the amount of people that return to prison within 7 years of being released is extremely high. So Paolo Strano, the man behind the company decided to start a brewery due to the many beneficial factors it had. One being that they could incorporate food sustainability by using left over bread at restaurants to create beer, another being that the increase in demand for beer in Rome is increasing every year so there would be jobs for the employees always. By highering prisoners to work in the brewery and pub, they are decreasing the stigma that prisoners have. This beer company has a very special Moto, "Give people and food a second chance".
Wednesday 27.02.2019 and Friday 01.03.2019:
This week I visited Linaria twice. I got a total different experience than ever before here. I worked one on one with the refugees. It was an incredible experience to have. These men opened up to me like never before. They wanted to practice English with me, and were not afraid to ask questions. This was nice because I then also felt comfortable to ask a few burning questions that I was holding back. I got to find out how old they were (22-26), why they came here (to escape war in their countries), where they came from (Africa and Iran), and if they missed their family (yes), how they communicate with people from home (whats app) and what their families think about them being here in Italy.
Thursday 28.02.2019
Got Phone Stollen at a Pizzeria.
Comentários