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Dear Friends,
The last few months have been a period of change for Pistorio Foundation: we have officially become to all effects an "Italian" ONLUS, or non profit organisation, with new Headquarters in Vimercate, and we have launched our new website to present ourselves in a more innovative way.
Moreover, we have issued for the very first time an Annual Report in Italian that is available on our website at the following link:
Rapporto Annuale.
For the website and publishings in Italian, we would like thank our long-time contributor Mario Orlandi, who has overseen the editing process and the new look of the website. Mario has been an active volunteer since the Foundation's establishment, managing communications and graphics online including the website, newsletters, Facebook page, and Blog. He is our longest serving contributor to date, and we would like to thank him whole heartedly for the continued, relentless dedication and for the amazing job done!
Would you like to get more information and insights on our activities?
Please visit our webpage:
http://www.pistoriofoundation.org
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Sincerly,
Pistorio Foundation Team
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From our Beneficiaries
Jarudej
Chiang Rai Village Project, Thailand
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From our Volunteers:
Last summer, university students Benjamin Finestone and Pasquale Pistorio Junior dedicaded a to dedicate a month of their summer holidays to live a new experience and donate their time and skills to serve our beneficiaries. They visited the school center of Pour un Sourire d'Enfant that we support in Cambodia and taught English to students of primary and secondary school.
Benjamin's words on the experience are heartwarming and remind us ofg the importance of our mission.
"My time teaching English at PSE in Phnom Penh was an unforgettable experience, one in which I helped children brush up on their English skills whilst also playing with them outside class time and making new connections with many of them. As a newcomer at first, it was lovely meeting all the children. I had the benefit of teaching about 300 students and it was an amazing feeling being able to have a positive impact on so many. I believe many of the students found my presence extremely helpful, especially when it came down to difficulties in grammar.
Playing football or basketball with the boys as well as chatting and playing in small groups with the girls, in either case my time there was always heart-warming. It was an incredible feeling seeing them smile, laugh and having fun, a few of the children would teach me some Khmer and then nicknames to call their friends. By the end of my time there, I truly felt saddened to leave and say goodbye to many of my students. Fortunately, my last day coincided with their last day of their school year and as a result school staff had put out large speakers and put on music for everyone to dance to. It was a lovely way to end my stay. I had spent a lot of memorable moments with the children and a few really touched my heart. I am grateful to have had the opportunity to volunteer there for a month and I hope to return one day and see my students again" - Bejamin
Benjamin
Volunteering at PSE- July 2017
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Benjamin Finestone giving an English enrichment class to secondary school students
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Pasquale Pistorio Junior handing out awards at the English Language Spelling Bee held at the School
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"On the way to school, on the way to life"
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"My name is Jarudej and I was born in the village of Ban Doi Chang in Chiang Rai province, in northern Thailand, known for their coffee production.
