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Spirit of Freedom Italy is a non-profit organization part of Spirit of Freedom International NGO. SoF Italy is established to promote the two main goals of SoF INGO – personal development and entrepreneurship among the youth of Italy (Bari , Puglia region). The organization will use the network of professionals and trainers with different knowledge, working for SoF INGO to create awareness about the values and bring the knowledge to more youngsters in the region. As part of an international network SoF Italy has access to variety of experienced professionals who are working in the field of empowering youngsters all over the world. Our team is devoted to bring the youngsters from our region in action, to activate their potential and create a safe environment for them to share and grow together with youngster from all over the world. The aim of the organization is to facilitate the communitarian European integration, and promote the knowledge of the European culture among the young people, in particular, and of all the citizens, in general. We aim to improve the quality of life of people in our town and the region of Puglia, as well to foster social inclusion and civic activism. Our goals are also to develop cultural, democratic, social and ecological conscience among youth, to encourage cooperation of young people with different interests and activities, and to increase influence of young people on the local community. To achieve all that, we organize cultural, ecological, educational and other events, we promote humanitarian work through many actions and cooperation with other organizations, we inform young people about important topics, encourage their inclusion in discussions about solving various problems in our community, and we cooperate with other similar associations in our country and wider. We aim to educate young people in mentioned areas in order to give them opportunity to spread everything they have learned and to encourage them to become actively involved in the life of their community.