Students will leave for a one-year international study program
Today, at the Milan headquarters of Fondazione Pesenti, an award ceremony was held for the Bergamo student and scholarship recipient of the Intercultura scholarships promoted by Fondazione Pesenti Ets. The initiative is dedicated to outstanding students who are residents and enrolled in high schools in the province of Bergamo.
The program abroad includes accommodation in selected families, attendance at a local school and the presence of a group of volunteers who will follow the students during their experience. In addition, participants will receive certification from Intercultura of the skills gained in each phase of the program.
The students, who stood out for their excellent scholastic achievements, are Erica R., enrolled at the “Sarpi” high school in Bergamo who will leave for a one-year program in Iceland, and Andrea S., enrolled at the “Quarenghi” technical institute in Bergamo who will leave for a one-year program in Sweden.
In addition to the students and their families, the event was attended by Dragana Kladarin, contact person for the scholarship office of Fondazione Intercultura, and Sergio Crippa, secretary general of Fondazione Pesenti.
Also joining the ceremony was Edoardo N., one of the students who won the 2023-2024 scholarships who had just returned from a year-long program in Spain, who spoke about his experience with Intercultura.
Sergio Crippa, secretary general of Fondazione Pesenti Ets pointed out that “Fondazione Pesenti has been collaborating with Intercultura for a long time, a partnership that over the years has allowed us to award a total of more than 70 scholarships for a period of training abroad, 27 of which are for students from the province of Bergamo. We consider our young people an important resource for the future, and international school exchanges allow children to grow and mature into more curious and responsible citizens of the world. We will continue to support the new generations with the certainty that they will be able to become aware of the profound value of cultural diversity and what their role is in society .”
Andrea Franzoi, Secretary General of Intercultura, “We are grateful to the Fondazione Pesenti for renewing its support for Intercultura. For our children, spending a period abroad means learning a new language, coming into contact with a new didactics, weaving new friendships. But it also means, through training led by our volunteers, activating the development of key skills to become citizens aware of the European and global dimensions of our society. Consistent with major international institutions, from the European Union to the Council of Europe, from UNESCO to the OECD, participants in Intercultura programs are facilitated in the development of citizenship skills, skills for a culture of democracy, non-cognitive skills and intercultural competence ”.
