The Gonzaga Institute – Ignatian Educational Center is accredited, as a titular institution, to the Register of Universal Civil Service (code SU00069), and coordinates a network of associations and non-profit organizations which includes the Pedro Arrupe Political Training Institute, the Astalli Palermo Centre, the Social Cooperative Parsifal, the Social Cooperative Al Azis, the Arces Association, the Polisportiva Gonzaga CEI A.S.D.C., the Sicilian Province of the Canossian Daughters of Charity of Catania and Aci Bonaccorsi.
The 8 institutions of the network, with the sole aim of serving the Sicilian community and young people in a new and creative way, make available a total of 26 locations (currently all in Sicily, Palermo and Catania) to welcome, in 2022, 100 young volunteers. Among these ones, 48 volunteers will be selected to have a meaningful experience with children and young people of Gonzaga Campus (Italian School, International School Palermo, Polisportiva).
In the Universal Civil Service with the Gonzaga network, you will be able to have a meaningful experience of personal and professional growth in the fields of education and assistance, with children and young people as privileged recipients. But our project range also includes other areas of intervention such as: school tutoring, entertainment activities (recreational, sporting, artistic, cultural, intercultural and social communication), work orientation and support for young people, integration of migrants, preservation of the artistic heritage and libraries.
The Universal Civil Service year at the Gonzaga will allow you to acquire specific skills and knowledge that can be used in the world of work trough the work tutoring provided in our projects.