The week goes on and on our second day, we visited
Els Espigoladors (The gleaners), a non-profit organization which fights for better food usage, reducing farm losses and food waste, guaranteeing the right to a healthy diet and creating job opportunities for people at risk of social exclusion. Groups of volunteers collect fruits and vegetables that can’t be sold in the market because of price reduction, supply excesses or they look bad but they are edible and this discarded food is used to make marmalade, tomato sauce or compote.
Later in the afternoon, a speech was held in the high school about teenagers at risk of social exclusion due to migration processes. Held by Pau and Tchaka from
Casal dels Infants (“The children’s place”), a 27-year-old migrant from Mali, students could know and ask about what it is like to experience a journey like Tchaka did when he was a teenager like them and how he had to deal with issues like family, money problems, mafia abuse or travelling alone. He also explained how he felt when he finally arrived in Catalonia: language problems, job opportunities and many other aspects he mentioned and which our students really appreciated and is hopefully useful for their future opportunities in life and throughout Europe!