Imagine having to leave the home where you were born and all your loved ones, arriving in a foreign country where you don’t understand the language, customs, or way of life. Imagine how disoriented you would feel!
Now imagine a place where every woman feels welcome and valued. A place that she can turn to and feel at ‘home’. This is the heart of Co-Co Lab, a laboratory of co-construction and co-design, a project aimed at creating safe and inclusive spaces for migrant women and their children in Bologna. At Co-Co Lab, the women lead the way, creating activities that promote their well-being and strengthen their social networks.
This campaign aspires to raise the necessary funds to continue our yoga lessons, a key element to facilitate integration and to cultivate – at times rediscover – the well-being of the Co-Co lab participants!
Help us support the autonomy and the well-being of migrant women in Bologna!
WHO ARE WE?
CoCoLab is a project of the Bolognese association Approdi, designed to create safe, inclusive, and participatory spaces for migrant women and their children in Bologna. This project, which has been operational for two years, is based on the principle of horizontality, co-design, and co-creation to facilitate their integration and social well-being.
WHAT DO WE DO?
In these two years, we created activities that follow the wishes and abilities of the women, from cooking, pottery, and sewing workshops to the well-loved Yoga lessons!
Week after week, Saturday mornings became a time for gathering, sharing, and building connections, where many ideas are born that we try to concretize with our energy and passion!
WHY THE CROWDFUNDING?
Co-Co Lab is a volunteer-driven project operating entirely based on volunteering. Our driving motivation is to spend time together and witness our participants' bodies, faces, and incredible resources flourish again after facing the harsh paths of migration and now striving to rebuild their lives in Italy. Co-Co Lab was born thanks to Approdi and other associations that support us by offering spaces where we can meet, materials, and funding.
But even if we require low costs and support from our network, we need your help to continue our workshops!
The €1500 we aim to raise will cover the costs of Yoga lessons throughout 2025. This budget allows us to offer sessions twice a month with a qualified instructor, ensuring the continuation of our project, which is important for the participating women, offering them a space of relaxation, well-being, and support essential for their journey of autonomy and empowerment.
WHY YOGA?
In these two years of experience, we have seen how various workshops allowed us to go beyond our linguistic diversity, creating unity! Yoga was the quickest and most effective way to overcome the language ‘barriers’ and foster empathy and connection. Through the common language of the body, breathing, and movement, we were united. A bi-weekly appointment soon set in motion an incredibly transformative force for the community and the individual women! With your support, we can continue to carry out our Yoga workshops from January 2025 and for the entire year! Join us in creating a space for personal and social growth. Your support will sustain this project, giving the participants a chance to care for their well-being and navigate the challenges of integration in Italy!
Together, we can ensure this project continues to touch lives and create lasting change. Every contribution counts.
LET US INTRODUCE OURSELVES!
Hi, we are Jennifer, Flaminia, Stella, Anna and Alessia! Together with Flaminia, our Yoga teacher, we meet every Saturday at Co-Co Lab!
We are just some of the participants, in fact Anna, Debora, Sara, Yasmine, Federica, Francesca, Rosilde and many other women are also looking forward to telling you more about our project and the activities we all do together! You can stay updated and get to know us better during the crowdfunding campaign by following us on our Instagram page!
REWARDS
To thank you for your donations, we have come up with rewards:
€15 A VERY PERSONAL THANK YOU!
To thank you for your donation, we will send you an email with the thanks of the Coco-Lab team, and a pdf bookmark you can print out!
€30 THANK YOU VIDEO
The women of the project will send you a personal thank you
€50 PRESENTATION VIDEO CALL
We will invite you to an online meeting and will be happy to make your acquaintance and introduce you in person to Coco-Lab
€75 A YOGA CLASS FOR YOU TOO
You can participate in a yoga class with the Coco-Lab team and get a taste of what you helped us achieve with your donation!
If you would like to donate any amount other than those listed is welcome.
The minimum amount for the donation is €5.
Every donation is important, even the smallest!
