The Social Cooperative Orient-Occident, present in Lecce since 2017, will launch Migrants du Monde in Italy in partnership with Arci Lecce, that contributed financially to the launch of the activities and selected the migrant women who will participate in the initiative, and the Municipality of Lecce, which allowed to host the pilot project of the Laboratory inside Palazzo Turrisi.

With the realization of the project in Italy we intend to promote the activation of an innovative business with a high social impact, which provides for the enhancement of the craft and artistic heritage of embroidery and sewing both of Salento and of other cultures of the world, favoring the social integration between migrant women and local embroiderers, who will work and collaborate side by side in the creation of culturally and stylistically unique garments.

The start-up of the craft business will follow a first phase of 6-month training reserved for migrant women only.