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WE ARE FOCUSING ON THE JOB MARKET'S TWO LEAD CHARACTERS

THE EMPLOYER IS VALUABLE:

OFFERING THE CANDIDATE THE POSSIBILITY TO PRACTICE THEIR PROFESSION AND TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR LIVELIHOOD AS WELL AS THEIR FAMILY.

THE EMPLOYEE IS VALUABLE:

PROVIDING THE EMPLOYER WITH THEIR TIME, THEIR OWN SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND EXPERIENCE.

“IF WE TREAT PEOPLE AS IF THEY WERE WHAT THEY OUGHT TO BE, WE HELP THEM BECOME WHAT THEY ARE CAPABLE OF BECOMING.” (Goethe)

FROM THE BEGINNINGS OF ESTABLISHING ZOLLIWAY, OUR DESIRE WAS THAT OF USING OUR SERVICES IN HELPING PEOPLE, WHO FIND THEMSELVES IN PARTICULAR DIFFICULTY.

WITHOUT KNOWING HOT TO AT THE TIME, WE WERE CERTAIN OF WANTING TO HELP OUR FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS.

EACH OF US, USING OUR OWN MEANS AND ABILITIES, HAS THE POWER OF CONTRIBUTING TO THE BETTERMENT OF OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES. WE ARE READY TO DO SO. ARE YOU?

DURING PERSONAL ACTIVITIES WE HAVE COME INTO CONTACT WITH ASYLUM SEEKING FAMILIES RESIDENT IN THE REGION OF MENDRISIO (MENDRISIOTTO). WE HAVE COME TO LEARN OF THEIR DIFFICULTIES FACED IN THEIR CITY OF ORIGIN (POLITICS, WAR, OR OTHER), WHICH LED THEM TO ABANDON THEIR HOME, FRIENDS, POSITION IN SOCIETY, AND OBVIOUSLY THEIR WORK.

SUBSEQUENTLY WE WERE CONFRONTED WITH THE DIFFICULTIES THESE FAMILIES COME TO FACE ONCE HERE. THESE DIFFICULTIES HAVE ONE COMMON DENOMINATOR: UNEMPLOYMENT. WITHOUT EMPLOYMENT PARENTS ARE UNABLE TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILIES, A STATE OF DESPERATION, WHICH GIVE RISE TO FEELINGS OF GUILT AND SHAME. WITH YOUNG ADULTS UNEMPLOYMENT DELAYS OR PREVENTS THEIR MUCH-NEEDED INTEGRATION INTO SOCIETY.

HAVING FEW TO NO OPPORTUNITIES TO FORM SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS AND PARTICIPATE IN GROUP ACTIVITIES, THEY REMAIN MARGINALIZED FOR YEARS. AT THE SAME TIME WE WOULD LIKE TO HELP THOSE PEOPLE, WHO FOR REASONS OF HEALTH, VOCATIONAL RETRAINING, OR OTHERS, HAVE HAD AN ESPECIALLY HARD TIME FINDING WORK ON THEIR OWN.

WE WOULD LIKE TO HELP THESE PERSONS AND FAMILIES FIND EMPLOYMENT. FIRST OF ALL, WE WOULD LIKE TO MEET AND GET TO KNOW PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING AND ABLE TO WORK. HERE THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN MENDRISIO AND L’ASSOCIAZIONE MANO APERTA COME INTO PLAY, THE LATTER OF WHICH ALERTS US AS MUCH AS THEY CAN TO THESE SITUATIONS. FOUNDED IN 1991, L’ASSOCIAZIONE MANO APERTA ACCOMODATES ALL SOCIAL SERVICES PROVIDED BY ¨LA MISSIONE POPOLARE EVANGELICA DI MENDRISIO¨(PEOPLE’S EVANGELICAL MISSION MENDRISIO).

EXAMPLES ARE A SCHOOL LUNCH MENSA FOR CHILDREN IN CHIASSO, A KINDERGARDEN AND AFTER-SCHOOL CENTER IN MENDRISIO, REHABILITATION ASSISTANCE FOR PEOPLE BATTLING ADDICTION, INCLUDING SUPPORT AND COUNSELING OF FAMILY MEMBERS, AND LAST AND JUST AS IMPORTANTLY THEIR GREAT HELP TO ASYLUM SEEKING FAMILIES, BY PROVIDING NOT ONLY COMMODITIES AND TRANSPORTATION, BUT ALSO PERSONAL, SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE. WITH MANY OF THESE FAMILIES FRIENDSHIPS HAVE BEEN FORMED.

WE LOOK FOR EMPLOYMENT FOR THESE PEOPLE. WE WOULD LIKE TO IDENTIFY COMPANIES, WHICH, LIKE US, HAVE THEIR HEART SET ON HELPING PEOPLE LESS VISIBLE IN SOCIETY. IN CASE OF EMPLOYMENT THEY RECEIVE A SYMBOLIC 1 CHF BILL. OUR SERVICE IN THIS PROJECT IS FREE OF COST. WE WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE AND BRING AWARENESS TO COMPANIES, OPENING THEIR EYES TO CURRENT PROBLEMS.