Once again this year, the Medacta for Life Foundation and My School Ticino will be continuing the project designed to offer a Christmas present to the children living in the CEMs (Juvenile Education Centres) in Canton Ticino.
Goal of the Christmas fundraiser
For several years now, the Medacta for Life Foundation and My School Ticino have been running an important charity work in December in favour of the CEMs. The CEMs are sheltered facilities, open 365 days a year 24 hours a day, which take in children and young people for whom temporary removal from their family environment is necessary due to social, educational and/or psychological problems. In Ticino alone, the CEMs accommodate more than 350 minors between the ages of 0 and 18 years (figure for 2023), of whom more than 200 in residential care. In addition, in Ticino, as many as 185 unaccompanied minors seeking asylum are currently in the Red Cross migrant centres. Divisione della Migrazione – Croce Rossa Ticino.
We want to give all these children and young people a gift for the Christmas holidays, a thought to support them during the coming festivities. Until last year, for this charity collection and in cooperation with ATFA, we promoted the Solidarity Box initiative. This year, according to the indications of the heads of the CEMs, in order to better meet the needs of the young people and children, we will carry out, a monetary fundraiser which we will donate to the facilities according to the number of guests. The heads of each centre will allocate the funds received to the purchase of particular goods, needed either by the individual guest or by the facility: a doll, a warm garment, books for reading, board games or a table football or a ping-pong table to share in the common room.
Should the fundraising be particularly successful, we would like to allocate part of the proceeds to the SAE (Sostegno e Accompagnamento Educativo -Home – Servizio SAE – Servizio di sostegno e accompagnamento educativo ) service, which supports often very needy families with minors in Ticino.
How to participate
– Fundraising by telematic means: Twint, Paypal or bank transfer is active as of now. Reason: Christmas for every child. Here are the direct links: Donate now | Medacta for life Foundation | Health and development projects
– The minimum donation price (the ticket) is CHF 10, but any larger offer is welcome
– Please note that any amount donated to charity is tax deductible by means of a certificate that we can issue upon request.
Contact us by e-mail or telephone for questions, info or details at the following contacts: +41795791605 – perico@medactaforlife.com
We would also like to take this opportunity to inform you that the Medacta for Life Foundation, in addition to its main project, which is My School Ticino, carries out various social and charitable initiatives, mostly aimed at supporting the needs of children, especially in Ticino: My School Ticino scholarships, the Territorial Education project in Chiasso and Mendrisio with the Associazione Contatto Punto d’Incontro in collaboration with ATFA.
Any donation you wish to make can be linked to a specific project or remain generic, and each one is very much appreciated! All proceeds are donated to the projects themselves.
For any information and to request donation certificates (for tax deductibility), please write to info@medactaforlife.com and visit https://www.medactaforlife.com.
We are counting on each and every one of you to help us!
Happy Christmas Advent,
Sincerely
