Today we went to visit the charity organization, Caritas Roma and talked to the director of the branch Lê Quyên Ngô Dình who is responsible for immigration a Caritas Roma. This branch of the organization only deals with immigrants mainly from northern Africa from countries like Libya and Egypt. The services that this organization offer are divided into six key areas which are as follow: Peace and reconciliation, Emergencies, Economic Justice, Climate Change, HIV and Aids, Women and Migration. The Roma Branch focuses on helping migrants with food, housing, healthcare, work and legal help; these services are used to help migrants adapt to life in Rome and to help them have a better chance of integration. Caritas also helps to provide migrants with offering Italian courses as well as help in seeking out skills training to boost migrant's chances of integration. It also raises awareness about migration issues in schools. In addition to this they also help people in the longer term, for example, if someone has entrepreneurial aspirations, they help them with proposals and give them ideas for funding and help them find contacts. Caritas is very helpful resource for new immigrants in Rome and will help them settle in Italy and even help them integrate, with the current tension surrounding immigration in Italy it is a necessity for their to be organizations such as Caritas to help.
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