House of Solidarity Onlus

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House of Solidarity
(HdS)
legal form Social cooperative
founding 2002
founder House of Solidarity Association
Seat Brixen , South Tyrol , Italy
motto Colorful living in between.
main emphasis Rehabilitation , bridging
method Individual work, community work
Action space South-Tirol
people Karl Leiter, Christine Baumgartner, Bruno Haspinger, Isabella Engl, Alexander Nitz
owner Social cooperative House of Solidarity
sales € 240,000
Employees 4th
Volunteers 30th
Members 110
Website hds.bz.it

The HdS - House of Solidarity "Luis Lintner" Onlus is a social cooperative based in Brixen ( South Tyrol ). It was opened in 2002 and is named after the South Tyrolean and missionary Luis Lintner , who died in 2002. The House of Solidarity functions as a social project that houses eco-social organizations and people in difficult circumstances.

assignment

The house offers workspaces to various organizations and institutions: Organization for a world of solidarity (oew), Oikocredit , Afzack, and Otelo - Open Technology Laboratory.

South Tyroleans and people with a migration background who are in an emergency situation and need help, such as: foreign citizens, homeless, released prisoners, mentally ill, socially disadvantaged people, criminal young people and addicts, live in the House of Solidarity.

The House of Solidarity sees its task in satisfying the basic needs of people in need. Coexistence is shaped by people of different generations, cultures, religions and genders, individuals and families. The HdS tries to live solidarity in concrete terms, to promote integration , to experiment with sustainability and to alleviate hardship efficiently and unbureaucratically. It strives for a balance and a peaceful coexistence between different cultures, generations and religions.

particularities

  • The coexistence of people who are stable in life, with people who have difficulties, as well as with organizations, initiatives and others. This is to enable different people to enrich one another.
  • The house of solidarity cannot be clearly classified as a refugee facility , emergency shelter , multi-generation house , cohousing project or coworking space . It combines all of this and takes advantage of the different concepts.
  • The house is used in many ways. In addition to accompanying more than 50 people (mentally or physically ill, released prisoners, refugees, addicts) at the same time, there are also 5 organizations and a venue for numerous events and encounters.
  • The close cooperation between full-time and voluntary employees enables efficiency.
  • The house is financially autonomous. It is financed without public contributions.
  • In the House of Solidarity, new things are constantly being tried out, mistakes made and experiments. What has been learned is constantly passed on to the outside world: to interested parties, politics, society.
  • The House of Solidarity is politically, religiously and ideologically free and unbound.
  • The House of Solidarity offers uncomplicated, unbureaucratic and quick help.

facts and figures

The House of Solidarity has:

  • has already bridged more than 1000 people in difficult life situations. There are more than 100 people every year.
  • So far, it has been financially in the black every year and two-thirds of the renovation work costing 1.5 million euros.
  • annually around 50 groups are guests in the house. More than 20 events (including the nationally known music festival Zugluft Open-Air ) take place every year. More than 5000 people come to the House of Solidarity every year.
  • worked with more than ten in-house organizations. Three start-ups have emerged from the company.
  • established itself as a recognized institution in the region. There is a lively exchange with politics, the media and other institutions.
  • Regular contact with universities and students from home and abroad for exchange, internships and help with research work.
  • caused a stir internationally with a report in the Süddeutsche Zeitung and a film documentary by the well-known director Andreas Pichler , which was shown on Italian and Austrian television and in selected cinemas.
  • already inspired other structures nationwide with his concept.

Awards

In recognition of its work, the House of Solidarity was awarded the Cultura Socialis Prize in 2008, 2010 and 2011. In 2013 it received - together with the Comboni Missionaries - the Bishop Josef Gargitter Prize. Martin M. Lintner , nephew of Luis Lintner, gave the laudation . In 2018, the House of Solidarity received the national Alpine Pluralism Award in the category “Measures for managing social change brought by migration with mutual benefits for migrants and local host societies”.

Personalities

  • Luzi Lintner , development worker in Bolivia, worked in the last years of her life in the HdS and the OEW . She died on February 3, 2008 in a tragic accident in Bolivia. The HdS dedicated a literary memory to her with a collection of stories and anecdotes from her life.
  • Alexander Nitz is a founding member and part of the house management. In August 2015 he was awarded the Tyrolean Cross of Merit for his social commitment . He emphasized that he did not accept the award for himself personally, but for the work of the entire HdS team.

Publications

Documentaries

  • On June 7, 2018 the documentary The Sixth Continent by Andreas Pichler was released. The film won 1st place at the Alpine Pluralism Award 2018 in the category Measures for managing social change brought by migration with mutual benefits for migrants and local host societies .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ target groups. In: HdS House of Solidarity "Luis Lintner" Onlus. Retrieved March 20, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Special features. In: HdS House of Solidarity "Luis Lintner" Onlus. Retrieved March 20, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Goals. In: HdS House of Solidarity "Luis Lintner" Onlus. Retrieved March 20, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Special features. In: HdS House of Solidarity "Luis Lintner" Onlus. Retrieved October 15, 2019 .
  5. ↑ About us. In: HdS House of Solidarity "Luis Lintner" Onlus. Retrieved October 15, 2019 .
  6. ↑ cultura-socialis.it
  7. ↑ cultura-socialis.it
  8. ↑ cultura-socialis.it
  9. ^ Pluralism Award - Alpine Space. Retrieved October 15, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Luzi Lintner and Schicker Josef: ... and nobody speaks of our smile: Seven years with the Indians in the jungle of Bolivia. Letters and Meditations . Verlagsgemeinschaft Anarche, Inning 1985, ISBN 978-3-923569-18-2
  11. ↑ Alexander Nitz et al. a. (Ed.): The Luzi. Anecdotes from the life of a cross-border commuter . Weger Verlag , Brixen 2nd edition 2010, ISBN 978-88-8891-086-4
  12. ↑ Report on Stol.it from August 14, 2015 , accessed on June 13, 2020
  13. ^ Pluralism Award - Alpine Space. Retrieved March 20, 2019 .

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