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  • 1 July, 2008. Bronx, NY. Katherine Atwill, 21, listens to Corps Member Advisor Paul Root, 26, during the first week of the Teach for America Summer Institute at Middle School 118. The Summer Institute is a five week preparation where corps members, such as Katherine, develop the foundational knowledge, skills and mindsets needed to be beginning teachers. Originally from Santa Barbara, CA, Katherine graduated in May from Colombia University with a double major in East Asian Studies and Creative Writing. She decided to enroll in the Institute because she believes the Teach for America teachers produce great results with kids.<br />
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    Teach09.jpg
  • 1 July, 2008. Bronx, NY. Katherine Atwill, 21, attends the first week of the Teach for America Summer Institute at Middle School 118. The Summer Institute is a five week preparation where corps members, such as Katherine, develop the foundational knowledge, skills and mindsets needed to be beginning teachers. Originally from Santa Barbara, CA, Katherine graduated in May from Colombia University with a double major in East Asian Studies and Creative Writing. She decided to enroll in the Institute because she believes the Teach for America teachers produce great results with kids.<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for the Wall Street Journal<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    Teach13.jpg
  • 1 July, 2008. Bronx, NY. Katherine Atwill, 21, listens to Corps Member Advisor Paul Root, 26, during the first week of the Teach for America Summer Institute at Middle School 118. The Summer Institute is a five week preparation where corps members, such as Katherine, develop the foundational knowledge, skills and mindsets needed to be beginning teachers. Originally from Santa Barbara, CA, Katherine graduated in May from Colombia University with a double major in East Asian Studies and Creative Writing. She decided to enroll in the Institute because she believes the Teach for America teachers produce great results with kids.<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for the Wall Street Journal<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    Teach12.jpg
  • 1 July, 2008. Bronx, NY. The binder of Katherine Atwill, 21, who attends the first week of the Teach for America Summer Institute at Middle School 118. The Summer Institute is a five week preparation where corps members, such as Katherine, develop the foundational knowledge, skills and mindsets needed to be beginning teachers. Originally from Santa Barbara, CA, Katherine graduated in May from Colombia University with a double major in East Asian Studies and Creative Writing. She decided to enroll in the Institute because she believes the Teach for America teachers produce great results with kids.<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for the Wall Street Journal<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    Teach11.jpg
  • 1 July, 2008. Bronx, NY. Katherine Atwill (center), 21, listens to Corps Member Advisor Paul Root (left), 26, during the first week of the Teach for America Summer Institute at Middle School 118. Next to her, on the right, is Michele Meredith, 21. The Summer Institute is a five week preparation where corps members, such as Katherine, develop the foundational knowledge, skills and mindsets needed to be beginning teachers. Originally from Santa Barbara, CA, Katherine graduated in May from Colombia University with a double major in East Asian Studies and Creative Writing. She decided to enroll in the Institute because she believes the Teach for America teachers produce great results with kids.<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for the Wall Street Journal<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    Teach08.jpg
  • 1 July, 2008. Bronx, NY. Katherine Atwill, 21, attends the first week of the Teach for America Summer Institute at Middle School 118. The Summer Institute is a five week preparation where corps members, such as Katherine, develop the foundational knowledge, skills and mindsets needed to be beginning teachers. Originally from Santa Barbara, CA, Katherine graduated in May from Colombia University with a double major in East Asian Studies and Creative Writing. She decided to enroll in the Institute because she believes the Teach for America teachers produce great results with kids.<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for the Wall Street Journal<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    Teach07.jpg
  • 1 July, 2008. Bronx, NY. Katherine Atwill, 21, attends the first week of the Teach for America Summer Institute at Middle School 118. The Summer Institute is a five week preparation where corps members, such as Katherine, develop the foundational knowledge, skills and mindsets needed to be beginning teachers. Originally from Santa Barbara, CA, Katherine graduated in May from Colombia University with a double major in East Asian Studies and Creative Writing. She decided to enroll in the Institute because she believes the Teach for America teachers produce great results with kids.<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for the Wall Street Journal<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    Teach06.jpg
  • 1 July, 2008. Bronx, NY. Katherine Atwill, 21, attends the first week of the Teach for America Summer Institute at Middle School 118. The Summer Institute is a five week preparation where corps members, such as Katherine, develop the foundational knowledge, skills and mindsets needed to be beginning teachers. Originally from Santa Barbara, CA, Katherine graduated in May from Colombia University with a double major in East Asian Studies and Creative Writing. She decided to enroll in the Institute because she believes the Teach for America teachers produce great results with kids.<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for the Wall Street Journal<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    Teach05.jpg
  • 1 July, 2008. Bronx, NY. Katherine Atwill, 21, attends the first week of the Teach for America Summer Institute at Middle School 118. The Summer Institute is a five week preparation where corps members, such as Katherine, develop the foundational knowledge, skills and mindsets needed to be beginning teachers. Originally from Santa Barbara, CA, Katherine graduated in May from Colombia University with a double major in East Asian Studies and Creative Writing. She decided to enroll in the Institute because she believes the Teach for America teachers produce great results with kids.<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for the Wall Street Journal<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    Teach04.jpg
  • 1 July, 2008. Bronx, NY. Katherine Atwill, 21, attends the first week of the Teach for America Summer Institute at Middle School 118. The Summer Institute is a five week preparation where corps members, such as Katherine, develop the foundational knowledge, skills and mindsets needed to be beginning teachers. Originally from Santa Barbara, CA, Katherine graduated in May from Colombia University with a double major in East Asian Studies and Creative Writing. She decided to enroll in the Institute because she believes the Teach for America teachers produce great results with kids.<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for the Wall Street Journal<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    Teach03.jpg
  • 1 July, 2008. Bronx, NY. Katherine Atwill, 21, attends the first week of the Teach for America Summer Institute at Middle School 118. The Summer Institute is a five week preparation where corps members, such as Katherine, develop the foundational knowledge, skills and mindsets needed to be beginning teachers. Originally from Santa Barbara, CA, Katherine graduated in May from Colombia University with a double major in East Asian Studies and Creative Writing. She decided to enroll in the Institute because she believes the Teach for America teachers produce great results with kids.<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for the Wall Street Journal<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    Teach02.jpg
  • 1 July, 2008. Bronx, NY. Katherine Atwill, 21, attends the first week of the Teach for America Summer Institute at Middle School 118. The Summer Institute is a five week preparation where corps members, such as Katherine, develop the foundational knowledge, skills and mindsets needed to be beginning teachers. Originally from Santa Barbara, CA, Katherine graduated in May from Colombia University with a double major in East Asian Studies and Creative Writing. She decided to enroll in the Institute because she believes the Teach for America teachers produce great results with kids.<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for the Wall Street Journal<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    Teach01.jpg
  • 1 July, 2008. Bronx, NY. Katherine Atwill, 21, attends the first week of the Teach for America Summer Institute at Middle School 118. The Summer Institute is a five week preparation where corps members, such as Katherine, develop the foundational knowledge, skills and mindsets needed to be beginning teachers. Originally from Santa Barbara, CA, Katherine graduated in May from Colombia University with a double major in East Asian Studies and Creative Writing. She decided to enroll in the Institute because she believes the Teach for America teachers produce great results with kids.<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for the Wall Street Journal<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    Teach14.jpg
  • 1 July, 2008. Bronx, NY. Katherine Atwill, 21, listens to Corps Member Advisor Paul Root, 26, during the first week of the Teach for America Summer Institute at Middle School 118. The Summer Institute is a five week preparation where corps members, such as Katherine, develop the foundational knowledge, skills and mindsets needed to be beginning teachers. Originally from Santa Barbara, CA, Katherine graduated in May from Colombia University with a double major in East Asian Studies and Creative Writing. She decided to enroll in the Institute because she believes the Teach for America teachers produce great results with kids.<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for the Wall Street Journal<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    Teach10.jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: The daughter of  Somali asylum seekers attending the 1st grade of elementary school is seen her as she walks in the school hallway in Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: Asylum seekers attend afternoon Italian classes for adults in the elementary school of Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: A child walks by the school in Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: The daughter of  Somali asylum seekers attends the 1st grade of elementary school in Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: The daughter of  Nigerian asylum seekers attends the 3rd grade of elementary school in Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: The daughter of  Somali asylum seekers attends the 1st grade of elementary school in Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: A woman walks by the school in Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: A couple of Nigerian asylum seekers and their daughter walk toward the school where they will attend afternoon Italian classes, in Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: A child walks by the school in Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: An empty classroom is seen here in the elementary school of Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: Artwork about equality carried out by students is seen here in the elementary school of Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: Margareth (30), a Nigerian asylum seeker who arrived in Sutera in 2015, hugs her daughter as she arrives at their apartment from school, in Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
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  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: The daughter of  Somali asylum seekers attends the 1st grade of elementary school in Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
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Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: The daughter of  Nigerian asylum seekers attends the 3rd grade of elementary school in Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: The daughter of  Nigerian asylum seekers attends the 3rd grade of elementary school in Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: Asylum seekers attend afternoon Italian classes for adults in the elementary school of Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: A caretaker cleans a classroom in the elementary school of Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: Nunzio Vitellaro (33), the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli", is seen here in the playground of the school of Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: in Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: The hill "San Marco" is seen here from in Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: Hussain Munassar, (34), a Pakistani asylum seeker who arrived in Italy in 2015 together with his wife and that were transferred to Sutera in October 2017,  poses for a portrait in his home  in Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
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Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: A view of  the "Rabato" district in the historical center of Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: Images of an illustrated Italian alphabet are seen here in a room of a private home used to teach Italian to adult asylum seekers in Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: Nunzio Vitellaro (33), the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli", is seen here at work in the NGO headquarters in Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: Mayor of Sutera Giuseppe Grizzanti (63) is seen here at work in his office in the town hall of Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: Mayor of Sutera Giuseppe Grizzanti (63) poses for a portrait on the balcony of the town hall of Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: The daughter of  Nigerian asylum seekers attends is seen here in a kindergarten class in Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: A view of the town of Sutera, in Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: A view of the town of Sutera, in Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: A view of the town of Sutera, in Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
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  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: Residents walk by the church in the historical center of Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: Abandoned houses are seen here in the historical center of Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: The remains of a house in the historical center of Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: A view of the historical center of Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: A view of home and the countryside of Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: Carmelina Lombardo, owner of a snack bar, is seen here entering her business in Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: Two residents of Sutera chat on a bench in Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: Two residents of Sutera chat on a bench in Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: Houses are seen here in "Rabato", a district of the historical center of Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: Line-drying clothes are seen here in "Rabato", a district of the historical center of Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: Hussain Munassar, (34), a Pakistani asylum seeker who arrived in Italy in 2015 together with his wife and that were transferred to Sutera in October 2017,  poses for a portrait in his home  in Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: Hussain Munassar, (34), a Pakistani asylum seeker who arrived in Italy in 2015 together with his wife and that were transferred to Sutera in October 2017,  poses for a portrait in his home  in Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: Nunzio Vitellaro (33), the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli", talks with Hussain Munassar, (34), a Pakistani asylum seeker who arrived in Italy in 2015 together with his wife and that were transferred to Sutera in October 2017, here in Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: Line-drying clothes are seen here in "Rabato", a district of the historical center of Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: A view of  the "Rabato" district in the historical center of Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: (L-R) Nunzio Vitellaro (33), coordinator of the E.U. poject for the NGO "I Girasoli", Mayor of Sutera Giuseppe Grizzanti (63) and Pietro Alongi, council member for social policies and tourism, walk by an asylum seeker's home in Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: (L-R) Nunzio Vitellaro (33), coordinator of the E.U. poject for the NGO "I Girasoli", Mayor of Sutera Giuseppe Grizzanti (63) and Pietro Alongi, council member for social policies and tourism, walk by an asylum seeker's home in Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: Mariella Cirami (29), who works for the NGO "I Girasoli", plays with Blessing, daughter of Nigerian asylum seeker Margareth,  in Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
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  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: Margareth (30), a Nigerian asylum seeker who arrived in Sutera in 2015, cooks lunch with her two children in her apartment, in Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: Margareth (30), a Nigerian asylum seeker who arrived in Sutera in 2015, cooks lunch for her children in her apartment, in Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: Margareth (30), a Nigerian asylum seeker who arrived in Sutera in 2015, cooks lunch for her children in her apartment, in Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: Margareth (30), a Nigerian asylum seeker who arrived in Sutera in 2015, cooks lunch for her children in her apartment, in Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: A map of Italy is seen here in a room of a private home used to teach Italian to adult asylum seekers in Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: A room in a private home used to teach Italian to adult asylum seekers is seen here in Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: Mayor of Sutera Giuseppe Grizzanti (63) poses for a portrait on the balcony of the town hall of Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: Mayor of Sutera Giuseppe Grizzanti (63) poses for a portrait on the balcony of the town hall of Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: Mayor of Sutera Giuseppe Grizzanti (63) poses for a portrait on the balcony of the town hall of Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: Mayor of Sutera Giuseppe Grizzanti (63) poses for a portrait on the balcony of the town hall of Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: Mayor of Sutera Giuseppe Grizzanti (63) poses for a portrait on the balcony of the town hall of Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: Mayor of Sutera Giuseppe Grizzanti (63) is seen here on the balcony of the town hall of Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: A resident of Sutera places a pot of flowers in front of her house entrance in Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: Abandoned houses are seen here in the historical center of Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: Abandoned houses are seen here in the historical center of Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: "The Garden of Hospitalty" (Giardino dell'Accoglienza), the result of a project of urban regeneration carried out by asylum seekers with the NGO "I Girasoli", is seen here in Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: Margareth (30), a Nigerian asylum seeker who arrived in Sutera in 2015, cooks lunch for her children in her apartment, in Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: A house for sale is seen here in the historical center of Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: The daughter of  Nigerian asylum seekers attends is seen here in a kindergarten class in Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
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Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: The daughter of  Nigerian asylum seekers attends is seen here in a kindergarten class in Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: The daughter of  Nigerian asylum seekers attends is seen here in a kindergarten class in Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: The daughter of  Nigerian asylum seekers attends is seen here in a kindergarten class in Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: A woman hangs clothes on her balcony in the historical center of Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
<br />
Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SANT'ANASTASIA, ITALY - 29 MAY 2020: Giusi Amodio (44), an elementary school teacher, teaches her last day of school online to 4th graders  with a tablet from her home in Sant'Anastasia, Italy, on May 29th 2020. <br />
<br />
In Italy, a country ravaged by the coronavirus, there is a new casualty: Students. Many children from low-income families have effectively dropped out of school, say teachers and charity groups, the result of the prolonged, nation-wide school closure caused by the pandemic. In early March Italy became one of the first countries in the world to shut down all schools, forcing teachers to turn to remote learning. But many families have struggled with the shift, and many children have been left behind. Around 12% of school-age children don’t have a computer or a tablet at home, and parents are often unable or unwilling to help. The Covid dropouts are intensifying a problem that was already there. Even before the pandemic, Italy had one of the highest school dropout rates in Europe. And there is no solution in sight, since schools won’t reopen before September at the earliest. The problem is particularly acute among poor and marginalized communities in places such as Naples, where teenagers are easily lured into the ranks of organized crime syndicates. In one middle-school on the outskirts of the city, for instance, around 10% of students didn’t access online classes at all. Many others participate only occasionally. “I’ve never had this many kids not come to school,” says Barbara De Cerbo, the headmaster. “There is the fear that we’ll lose some of them for good.”<br />
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CREDIT: Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
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SLUG: DROPOUTS
    CIPG_20200529_WSJ-Dropouts_7M308540_...jpg
  • SANT'ANASTASIA, ITALY - 29 MAY 2020: Giusi Amodio (44), an elementary school teacher, teaches her last day of school online to 4th graders  with a tablet from her home in Sant'Anastasia, Italy, on May 29th 2020. <br />
<br />
In Italy, a country ravaged by the coronavirus, there is a new casualty: Students. Many children from low-income families have effectively dropped out of school, say teachers and charity groups, the result of the prolonged, nation-wide school closure caused by the pandemic. In early March Italy became one of the first countries in the world to shut down all schools, forcing teachers to turn to remote learning. But many families have struggled with the shift, and many children have been left behind. Around 12% of school-age children don’t have a computer or a tablet at home, and parents are often unable or unwilling to help. The Covid dropouts are intensifying a problem that was already there. Even before the pandemic, Italy had one of the highest school dropout rates in Europe. And there is no solution in sight, since schools won’t reopen before September at the earliest. The problem is particularly acute among poor and marginalized communities in places such as Naples, where teenagers are easily lured into the ranks of organized crime syndicates. In one middle-school on the outskirts of the city, for instance, around 10% of students didn’t access online classes at all. Many others participate only occasionally. “I’ve never had this many kids not come to school,” says Barbara De Cerbo, the headmaster. “There is the fear that we’ll lose some of them for good.”<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
<br />
SLUG: DROPOUTS
    CIPG_20200529_WSJ-Dropouts_7M308284_...jpg
  • SANT'ANASTASIA, ITALY - 29 MAY 2020: Giusi Amodio (44), an elementary school teacher, teaches her last day of school online to 4th graders  with a tablet from her home in Sant'Anastasia, Italy, on May 29th 2020. <br />
<br />
In Italy, a country ravaged by the coronavirus, there is a new casualty: Students. Many children from low-income families have effectively dropped out of school, say teachers and charity groups, the result of the prolonged, nation-wide school closure caused by the pandemic. In early March Italy became one of the first countries in the world to shut down all schools, forcing teachers to turn to remote learning. But many families have struggled with the shift, and many children have been left behind. Around 12% of school-age children don’t have a computer or a tablet at home, and parents are often unable or unwilling to help. The Covid dropouts are intensifying a problem that was already there. Even before the pandemic, Italy had one of the highest school dropout rates in Europe. And there is no solution in sight, since schools won’t reopen before September at the earliest. The problem is particularly acute among poor and marginalized communities in places such as Naples, where teenagers are easily lured into the ranks of organized crime syndicates. In one middle-school on the outskirts of the city, for instance, around 10% of students didn’t access online classes at all. Many others participate only occasionally. “I’ve never had this many kids not come to school,” says Barbara De Cerbo, the headmaster. “There is the fear that we’ll lose some of them for good.”<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
<br />
SLUG: DROPOUTS
    CIPG_20200529_WSJ-Dropouts_7M308540.jpg
  • SANT'ANASTASIA, ITALY - 29 MAY 2020: Giusi Amodio (44), an elementary school teacher, teaches her last day of school online to 4th graders  with a tablet from her home in Sant'Anastasia, Italy, on May 29th 2020. <br />
<br />
In Italy, a country ravaged by the coronavirus, there is a new casualty: Students. Many children from low-income families have effectively dropped out of school, say teachers and charity groups, the result of the prolonged, nation-wide school closure caused by the pandemic. In early March Italy became one of the first countries in the world to shut down all schools, forcing teachers to turn to remote learning. But many families have struggled with the shift, and many children have been left behind. Around 12% of school-age children don’t have a computer or a tablet at home, and parents are often unable or unwilling to help. The Covid dropouts are intensifying a problem that was already there. Even before the pandemic, Italy had one of the highest school dropout rates in Europe. And there is no solution in sight, since schools won’t reopen before September at the earliest. The problem is particularly acute among poor and marginalized communities in places such as Naples, where teenagers are easily lured into the ranks of organized crime syndicates. In one middle-school on the outskirts of the city, for instance, around 10% of students didn’t access online classes at all. Many others participate only occasionally. “I’ve never had this many kids not come to school,” says Barbara De Cerbo, the headmaster. “There is the fear that we’ll lose some of them for good.”<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
<br />
SLUG: DROPOUTS
    CIPG_20200529_WSJ-Dropouts_7M308469.jpg
  • SANT'ANASTASIA, ITALY - 29 MAY 2020: A 4th grader is seen here online on the tablet of Giusi Amodio (44), an elementary school teacher, during the last day of school, in Sant'Anastasia, Italy, on May 29th 2020. <br />
<br />
In Italy, a country ravaged by the coronavirus, there is a new casualty: Students. Many children from low-income families have effectively dropped out of school, say teachers and charity groups, the result of the prolonged, nation-wide school closure caused by the pandemic. In early March Italy became one of the first countries in the world to shut down all schools, forcing teachers to turn to remote learning. But many families have struggled with the shift, and many children have been left behind. Around 12% of school-age children don’t have a computer or a tablet at home, and parents are often unable or unwilling to help. The Covid dropouts are intensifying a problem that was already there. Even before the pandemic, Italy had one of the highest school dropout rates in Europe. And there is no solution in sight, since schools won’t reopen before September at the earliest. The problem is particularly acute among poor and marginalized communities in places such as Naples, where teenagers are easily lured into the ranks of organized crime syndicates. In one middle-school on the outskirts of the city, for instance, around 10% of students didn’t access online classes at all. Many others participate only occasionally. “I’ve never had this many kids not come to school,” says Barbara De Cerbo, the headmaster. “There is the fear that we’ll lose some of them for good.”<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
<br />
SLUG: DROPOUTS
    CIPG_20200529_WSJ-Dropouts_7M308415.jpg
  • SANT'ANASTASIA, ITALY - 29 MAY 2020: Giusi Amodio (44), an elementary school teacher, teaches her last day of school online to 4th graders  with a tablet from her home in Sant'Anastasia, Italy, on May 29th 2020. <br />
<br />
In Italy, a country ravaged by the coronavirus, there is a new casualty: Students. Many children from low-income families have effectively dropped out of school, say teachers and charity groups, the result of the prolonged, nation-wide school closure caused by the pandemic. In early March Italy became one of the first countries in the world to shut down all schools, forcing teachers to turn to remote learning. But many families have struggled with the shift, and many children have been left behind. Around 12% of school-age children don’t have a computer or a tablet at home, and parents are often unable or unwilling to help. The Covid dropouts are intensifying a problem that was already there. Even before the pandemic, Italy had one of the highest school dropout rates in Europe. And there is no solution in sight, since schools won’t reopen before September at the earliest. The problem is particularly acute among poor and marginalized communities in places such as Naples, where teenagers are easily lured into the ranks of organized crime syndicates. In one middle-school on the outskirts of the city, for instance, around 10% of students didn’t access online classes at all. Many others participate only occasionally. “I’ve never had this many kids not come to school,” says Barbara De Cerbo, the headmaster. “There is the fear that we’ll lose some of them for good.”<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
<br />
SLUG: DROPOUTS
    CIPG_20200529_WSJ-Dropouts_7M308392.jpg
  • SANT'ANASTASIA, ITALY - 29 MAY 2020: Giusi Amodio (44), an elementary school teacher, teaches her last day of school online to 4th graders  with a tablet from her home in Sant'Anastasia, Italy, on May 29th 2020. <br />
<br />
In Italy, a country ravaged by the coronavirus, there is a new casualty: Students. Many children from low-income families have effectively dropped out of school, say teachers and charity groups, the result of the prolonged, nation-wide school closure caused by the pandemic. In early March Italy became one of the first countries in the world to shut down all schools, forcing teachers to turn to remote learning. But many families have struggled with the shift, and many children have been left behind. Around 12% of school-age children don’t have a computer or a tablet at home, and parents are often unable or unwilling to help. The Covid dropouts are intensifying a problem that was already there. Even before the pandemic, Italy had one of the highest school dropout rates in Europe. And there is no solution in sight, since schools won’t reopen before September at the earliest. The problem is particularly acute among poor and marginalized communities in places such as Naples, where teenagers are easily lured into the ranks of organized crime syndicates. In one middle-school on the outskirts of the city, for instance, around 10% of students didn’t access online classes at all. Many others participate only occasionally. “I’ve never had this many kids not come to school,” says Barbara De Cerbo, the headmaster. “There is the fear that we’ll lose some of them for good.”<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
<br />
SLUG: DROPOUTS
    CIPG_20200529_WSJ-Dropouts_7M308317.jpg
  • SANT'ANASTASIA, ITALY - 29 MAY 2020: Giusi Amodio (44), an elementary school teacher, teaches her last day of school online to 4th graders  with a tablet from her home in Sant'Anastasia, Italy, on May 29th 2020. <br />
<br />
In Italy, a country ravaged by the coronavirus, there is a new casualty: Students. Many children from low-income families have effectively dropped out of school, say teachers and charity groups, the result of the prolonged, nation-wide school closure caused by the pandemic. In early March Italy became one of the first countries in the world to shut down all schools, forcing teachers to turn to remote learning. But many families have struggled with the shift, and many children have been left behind. Around 12% of school-age children don’t have a computer or a tablet at home, and parents are often unable or unwilling to help. The Covid dropouts are intensifying a problem that was already there. Even before the pandemic, Italy had one of the highest school dropout rates in Europe. And there is no solution in sight, since schools won’t reopen before September at the earliest. The problem is particularly acute among poor and marginalized communities in places such as Naples, where teenagers are easily lured into the ranks of organized crime syndicates. In one middle-school on the outskirts of the city, for instance, around 10% of students didn’t access online classes at all. Many others participate only occasionally. “I’ve never had this many kids not come to school,” says Barbara De Cerbo, the headmaster. “There is the fear that we’ll lose some of them for good.”<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
<br />
SLUG: DROPOUTS
    CIPG_20200529_WSJ-Dropouts_7M308284.jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 29 MAY 2020: Raffaele Giusti (9, 4th grade) attends his last day of school, logged in online with his mother's smartphone, here in an occupied apartment in Naples, Italy, on May 29th 2020. Raffaele needs to share his mother's smartphone with his two older siblings for online classes, since the family cannot afford a computer or tablet.<br />
<br />
In Italy, a country ravaged by the coronavirus, there is a new casualty: Students. Many children from low-income families have effectively dropped out of school, say teachers and charity groups, the result of the prolonged, nation-wide school closure caused by the pandemic. In early March Italy became one of the first countries in the world to shut down all schools, forcing teachers to turn to remote learning. But many families have struggled with the shift, and many children have been left behind. Around 12% of school-age children don’t have a computer or a tablet at home, and parents are often unable or unwilling to help. The Covid dropouts are intensifying a problem that was already there. Even before the pandemic, Italy had one of the highest school dropout rates in Europe. And there is no solution in sight, since schools won’t reopen before September at the earliest. The problem is particularly acute among poor and marginalized communities in places such as Naples, where teenagers are easily lured into the ranks of organized crime syndicates. In one middle-school on the outskirts of the city, for instance, around 10% of students didn’t access online classes at all. Many others participate only occasionally. “I’ve never had this many kids not come to school,” says Barbara De Cerbo, the headmaster. “There is the fear that we’ll lose some of them for good.”<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
<br />
SLUG: DROPOUTS
    CIPG_20200529_WSJ-Dropouts_7M308248.jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 29 MAY 2020: Raffaele Giusti (9, 4th grade) attends his last day of school, logged in online with his mother's smartphone, here in an occupied apartment in Naples, Italy, on May 29th 2020. Raffaele needs to share his mother's smartphone with his two older siblings for online classes, since the family cannot afford a computer or tablet.<br />
<br />
In Italy, a country ravaged by the coronavirus, there is a new casualty: Students. Many children from low-income families have effectively dropped out of school, say teachers and charity groups, the result of the prolonged, nation-wide school closure caused by the pandemic. In early March Italy became one of the first countries in the world to shut down all schools, forcing teachers to turn to remote learning. But many families have struggled with the shift, and many children have been left behind. Around 12% of school-age children don’t have a computer or a tablet at home, and parents are often unable or unwilling to help. The Covid dropouts are intensifying a problem that was already there. Even before the pandemic, Italy had one of the highest school dropout rates in Europe. And there is no solution in sight, since schools won’t reopen before September at the earliest. The problem is particularly acute among poor and marginalized communities in places such as Naples, where teenagers are easily lured into the ranks of organized crime syndicates. In one middle-school on the outskirts of the city, for instance, around 10% of students didn’t access online classes at all. Many others participate only occasionally. “I’ve never had this many kids not come to school,” says Barbara De Cerbo, the headmaster. “There is the fear that we’ll lose some of them for good.”<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
<br />
SLUG: DROPOUTS
    CIPG_20200529_WSJ-Dropouts_7M308192.jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 29 MAY 2020: Raffaele Giusti (9, 4th grade) attends his last day of school, logged in online with his mother's smartphone, here in an occupied apartment in Naples, Italy, on May 29th 2020. Raffaele needs to share his mother's smartphone with his two older siblings for online classes, since the family cannot afford a computer or tablet.<br />
<br />
In Italy, a country ravaged by the coronavirus, there is a new casualty: Students. Many children from low-income families have effectively dropped out of school, say teachers and charity groups, the result of the prolonged, nation-wide school closure caused by the pandemic. In early March Italy became one of the first countries in the world to shut down all schools, forcing teachers to turn to remote learning. But many families have struggled with the shift, and many children have been left behind. Around 12% of school-age children don’t have a computer or a tablet at home, and parents are often unable or unwilling to help. The Covid dropouts are intensifying a problem that was already there. Even before the pandemic, Italy had one of the highest school dropout rates in Europe. And there is no solution in sight, since schools won’t reopen before September at the earliest. The problem is particularly acute among poor and marginalized communities in places such as Naples, where teenagers are easily lured into the ranks of organized crime syndicates. In one middle-school on the outskirts of the city, for instance, around 10% of students didn’t access online classes at all. Many others participate only occasionally. “I’ve never had this many kids not come to school,” says Barbara De Cerbo, the headmaster. “There is the fear that we’ll lose some of them for good.”<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
<br />
SLUG: DROPOUTS
    CIPG_20200529_WSJ-Dropouts_7M308189.jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 29 MAY 2020: Raffaele Giusti (9, 4th grade) attends his last day of school, logged in online with his mother's smartphone, as his teacher explains a math exercise , here in an occupied apartment in Naples, Italy, on May 29th 2020. Raffaele needs to share his mother's smartphone with his two older siblings for online classes, since the family cannot afford a computer or tablet.<br />
<br />
In Italy, a country ravaged by the coronavirus, there is a new casualty: Students. Many children from low-income families have effectively dropped out of school, say teachers and charity groups, the result of the prolonged, nation-wide school closure caused by the pandemic. In early March Italy became one of the first countries in the world to shut down all schools, forcing teachers to turn to remote learning. But many families have struggled with the shift, and many children have been left behind. Around 12% of school-age children don’t have a computer or a tablet at home, and parents are often unable or unwilling to help. The Covid dropouts are intensifying a problem that was already there. Even before the pandemic, Italy had one of the highest school dropout rates in Europe. And there is no solution in sight, since schools won’t reopen before September at the earliest. The problem is particularly acute among poor and marginalized communities in places such as Naples, where teenagers are easily lured into the ranks of organized crime syndicates. In one middle-school on the outskirts of the city, for instance, around 10% of students didn’t access online classes at all. Many others participate only occasionally. “I’ve never had this many kids not come to school,” says Barbara De Cerbo, the headmaster. “There is the fear that we’ll lose some of them for good.”<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
<br />
SLUG: DROPOUTS
    CIPG_20200529_WSJ-Dropouts_7M308154.jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 29 MAY 2020: Raffaele Giusti (9, 4th grade, center) attends his last day of school, logged in online with his mother's smartphone, as his mother Marilena Colantuono (37) looks at the screen and his sister Ilaria plays with their dog Maya, here in an occupied apartment in Naples, Italy, on May 29th 2020. Raffaele needs to share his mother's smartphone with his two older siblings for online classes, since the family cannot afford a computer or tablet.<br />
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In Italy, a country ravaged by the coronavirus, there is a new casualty: Students. Many children from low-income families have effectively dropped out of school, say teachers and charity groups, the result of the prolonged, nation-wide school closure caused by the pandemic. In early March Italy became one of the first countries in the world to shut down all schools, forcing teachers to turn to remote learning. But many families have struggled with the shift, and many children have been left behind. Around 12% of school-age children don’t have a computer or a tablet at home, and parents are often unable or unwilling to help. The Covid dropouts are intensifying a problem that was already there. Even before the pandemic, Italy had one of the highest school dropout rates in Europe. And there is no solution in sight, since schools won’t reopen before September at the earliest. The problem is particularly acute among poor and marginalized communities in places such as Naples, where teenagers are easily lured into the ranks of organized crime syndicates. In one middle-school on the outskirts of the city, for instance, around 10% of students didn’t access online classes at all. Many others participate only occasionally. “I’ve never had this many kids not come to school,” says Barbara De Cerbo, the headmaster. “There is the fear that we’ll lose some of them for good.”<br />
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CREDIT: Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
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SLUG: DROPOUTS
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 29 MAY 2020: Raffaele Giusti (9, 4th grade) attends his last day of school, logged in online with his mother's smartphone, as his mother Marilena Colantuono (37) looks at the screen, in an occupied apartment in Naples, Italy, on May 29th 2020. Raffaele needs to share his mother's smartphone with his two older siblings for online classes, since the family cannot afford a computer or tablet.<br />
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In Italy, a country ravaged by the coronavirus, there is a new casualty: Students. Many children from low-income families have effectively dropped out of school, say teachers and charity groups, the result of the prolonged, nation-wide school closure caused by the pandemic. In early March Italy became one of the first countries in the world to shut down all schools, forcing teachers to turn to remote learning. But many families have struggled with the shift, and many children have been left behind. Around 12% of school-age children don’t have a computer or a tablet at home, and parents are often unable or unwilling to help. The Covid dropouts are intensifying a problem that was already there. Even before the pandemic, Italy had one of the highest school dropout rates in Europe. And there is no solution in sight, since schools won’t reopen before September at the earliest. The problem is particularly acute among poor and marginalized communities in places such as Naples, where teenagers are easily lured into the ranks of organized crime syndicates. In one middle-school on the outskirts of the city, for instance, around 10% of students didn’t access online classes at all. Many others participate only occasionally. “I’ve never had this many kids not come to school,” says Barbara De Cerbo, the headmaster. “There is the fear that we’ll lose some of them for good.”<br />
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CREDIT: Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
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SLUG: DROPOUTS
    CIPG_20200529_WSJ-Dropouts_7M307864.jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 MAY 2020: The occupied building where Marilena Colantuono (37), unemployed and mother of three, lives, in Ponticelli, a district in the outskirts of Naples, Italy, on May 12th 2020.<br />
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In Italy, a country ravaged by the coronavirus, there is a new casualty: Students. Many children from low-income families have effectively dropped out of school, say teachers and charity groups, the result of the prolonged, nation-wide school closure caused by the pandemic. In early March Italy became one of the first countries in the world to shut down all schools, forcing teachers to turn to remote learning. But many families have struggled with the shift, and many children have been left behind. Around 12% of school-age children don’t have a computer or a tablet at home, and parents are often unable or unwilling to help. The Covid dropouts are intensifying a problem that was already there. Even before the pandemic, Italy had one of the highest school dropout rates in Europe. And there is no solution in sight, since schools won’t reopen before September at the earliest. The problem is particularly acute among poor and marginalized communities in places such as Naples, where teenagers are easily lured into the ranks of organized crime syndicates. In one middle-school on the outskirts of the city, for instance, around 10% of students didn’t access online classes at all. Many others participate only occasionally. “I’ve never had this many kids not come to school,” says Barbara De Cerbo, the headmaster. “There is the fear that we’ll lose some of them for good.”<br />
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CREDIT: Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
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SLUG: DROPOUTS
    CIPG_20200512_WSJ_NewPoor_7M307462.jpg
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