Context:

In the last few years, there has been a marked resurgence of “social pathologies,” which, according to Durkheim’s original definition, lead to behaviors and actions that prevent the harmonious functioning of collective life. As a result, phenomena such as social hatred, ethnic intolerance, and domestic and gender-based violence are significantly on the rise..
Significant strategies to mitigate the growing psychosocial distress could stem from “Educating Communities,” understood as places for the regeneration of the social pact. In this perspective, an important opportunity arises from experiences gained in the field of distance support, which, as a tool for participatory solidarity among citizens, represents a socio-relational practice that promotes social capital in both directions—toward the beneficiaries and the supporters themselves.
The project aims to implement and regenerate educating communities through the methodology of SAD (Distance Support), focusing on the role of younger generations, who, in line with SDG 16 (Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions), are seen as social agents of change and dialogue among peoples.
The project was conceived within the ForumSAD network following the national intervention “Distance Support in Italy: tackling new poverty, promoting social cohesion and generative welfare,” which highlighted the need to innovate welfare policies by defining new people-centered intervention methodologies.
  
This project is coordinated nationally by the association Project For People, in collaboration with the national network Forum SAD and with the contribution of the Ministry of Labor and Social Policies..