Jaramana

Jaramana

The Foundation has subsidised the Education Project for the creation of Structures and Sports Activities in Syria for Iraqi Refugees in Jaramana, which was implemented by ICU, on the appointment of the Italian Embassy in Damascus, as part of the IRIS emergency programme. The purpose of ICU is to accomplish projects in the fields of education, cooperation between universities and professional training in
order to foster the development Global South countries and promote support at an international level. By means of this project a football field has been created in Jaramana - located in the greater Damascus metropolitan area - to be used both by the resident Syrians and the entire Iraqi refugee community and sports for boys and girls have been organised. This project emphasises the value of sports as the most suitable and effective means of providing an answer to social hardship, preventing youth deviance and encouraging integration between citizens of different origins and culture, thus fostering social and individual progress.