Nomadelfia (GR)

Nomadelfia is a community founded by Don Zeno Saltini (1900 – 1981) in 1948: since his youth, this priest aspired to live a concrete and incarnate faith in everyday life. He began by helping the orphans of his parish.

The Nomadelfi share their life in “family groups” where 3 or 4 live together. Goods are shared and, having overcome the concept of ownership, there is no need for money to circulate. In work, there is no career and everyone is available to do any kind of work, in the knowledge that every activity has the same dignity.

Each adult feels responsible not only for his own but for all the children of other families. Sobriety and mutual forgiveness are fundamental values. 

For the State, Nomadelfia is a civil association; for the Church, it was established as a parish in 1962 and recognized as a “private association of the faithful” in 1994. Nomadelfia is a direct democracy.

IBO Italy is an NGO operating in Italy since 1957. Their mission is to promote the access to education and learning as fundamental rights and opportunities for the growth and wellbeing of the whole community, and to involve young people in volunteering and solidarity projects, to foster social commitment, participation and responsibility. IBO's three main fields of intervention are: - International Cooperation: local development projects in Eastern Europe, Africa, and Latin America ( Peru, Ecuador, Tanzania, Ukraine, Romania), promoting an inclusive and equitable quality education. - Global Citizenship Education and awareness raising activities for students and youngsters. - STV, LMTV projects in Italy and abroad: workcamps, ESC and Civil Service projects, especially involving young people, in order to make them an active and aware part of society. Mobility projects and inclusion of young people with fewer opportunities.