Casa Scalabrini 634: a place to design your future
What does it mean to be nineteen years old and have to build your future from scratch?
It happens more often than you might imagine. It happens when you have crossed deserts and
seas to save yourself. When you find yourself in a new country. When you have waited for months,
perhaps years, for someone to decide whether your story deserves protection. When you finally
obtain permission to stay, but discover that “staying” is not enough if you don’t have a place where
you can build your tomorrow.
From 2015 to today, we have welcomed around 400 people—young adults and families—at this
very fragile moment: the transition from institutional protection to real life. The life in which you
must find a job, pay rent, and build relationships. Casa Scalabrini 634 has thirty available places,
but over the course of a year about 60 people pass through here: each one stays for around six
months, the time needed to build the foundations of their independence.
A future that begins with small things.
For many of these young people, Casa Scalabrini 634 is the first place they can call “home” after
years spent in reception centers, shelters, and temporary accommodations. It is here that they
begin to plan: a training course, a job interview, a room of their own.
But how do you start over?
With a pillow to rest your head on.
With clean sheets waiting for you in the evening.
With a towel that is yours alone.
Small things, right? Yet they are the first pieces of dignity. They are what turn a space into a home.
They are the starting point for looking toward the future.
For every person who arrives, we prepare a Welcome Kit: 2 sheets, 1 pillowcase, 1 pillow, 2
towels. Simple, essential items that remain theirs forever—even when they leave Casa Scalabrini
634 and move on to an independent life. The cost of each Kit is €50.
Our goal
This year, with your help, we want to guarantee 60 Welcome Kits to accompany everyone who will
pass through Casa Scalabrini 634. But your support doesn’t stop there: if we are able to exceed
this first goal, every additional euro will help us cover the many daily management and
maintenance costs that make hospitality possible—from utilities to upkeep of the spaces, from
materials for training courses to educational support.
Hospitality never stops. Run with us. Fundraise for them. The guests of Casa Scalabrini 634 are
counting on your help.
You can make a difference by running for ASCS – Agenzia Scalabriniana per la Cooperazione allo
Sviluppo.
For information and registration:
Federico Petruio
f.petruio@ascs.it+39 351 501 7990
www.ascs.it/runromethemarathon