April 2012

The “Center for Maltreated Children and family crisis treatment” (CBM) is a social cooperative (ONLUS) created in 1984 which aims at preventing and treating child abuse and family violence.

CBM offers its help to children and families, closely cooperating with institutions, local socio-medical services and Law Courts. The CBM staff include social workers, educators, child neuropsychiatrists, pediatricians, family psychotherapists.

The CBM currently provides the following services:

•    Hotline where private citizens or socio-medical services can report any abuse
•    Care Home, sheltering maltreated, abused and neglected children, based in Milan
•    Multi-disciplinary team for diagnosis and psychotherapy of children and their families. It also offers advice to local socio-medical services.
•    A training agency dedicated to professional workers of the sector.
•    A neutral space for parents-children meeting where high protection is required.

The project

What is the idea of a "valigie"?

The idea is that the children will receive a suitcase with all the needed aricles for their sports activities, plus a guitar.

We firmly believe that sports can bring a balance in a childs life.

We want to sponsor the 9 resident children for their sports activities (and one music):
·         2 modern dance and gymnastics
·         2 football
·         2 basked
·         1 swimming
·         1 dance
·         1 guitar

Help-for-Hope's investment

Total cost for the project :

• Average cost €400.- per child per year (including tuitions, access to sports facilities, and dresses/equipment).
• All in all €3’600.- for the school year starting in Aug 2012.