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Elders are increasingly lonely and at risk of social exclusion. This is the picture that emerges from a series of recent reports, including Auser’s V Rapporto Nazionale Filo d’Argento, presented yesterday in Rome.
The economic and social crisis has further deteriorated issues and the lack of services, increasing the gap between generations.
Bringing grandchildren and grandparents closer together and involving over-sixties in society through the acquisition of technological knowledge is one of the main activities pursued by the Fondazione Mondo Digitale. The FMD was born with the mission of creating an inclusive knowledge society and it has been working for years with the most disadvantaged sectors of the population, including elders.
The Fondazione Mondo Digitale is present both in Italy and Europe with its Grandparents on the Internet digital literacy program and la Network of Knowledge Volunteers. Thanks to the innovative intergenerational learning methodology, school children become digital teachers and elders become students and forming, together with the coordinating teachers, a network of volunteers that contribute to true social change.
The majority of courses will start again in September, at the beginning of the new school year. However, from July 16 to 21, the Fondazione Mondo Digitale will participate in Medioera, the Festival of Digital Culture in Viterbo to present the activities related to Grandparents on the Internet in the Tuscia area.
Today at 11 am, a press conference will be held to launch the event at the Viterbo City Hall.
For further information: Grandparents on the Internet Project
