“Summer Adventures in the City,” a summer camp (CRE) for deaf and hearing children ranging in age from 4 to 13, was organized by Il Treno, a social cooperative, in conjunction with the Rome branch of the National Association of the Deaf and the City of Rome. The CRE 2009 was held at the Fulvio Bernardini Community Athletics Center on Via dell’Acqua Marcia 51, in Rome, from 29 June to 10 July 2009.

The children had fun taking part in sports and hands-on activities in a bilingual environment (Italian and LIS) and spending enjoyable days outdoors.

RWF Director Stefania Fadda helped contribute to a successful project by providing psychological counselling to the staff with regard to the relational dynamics of the deaf and hearing children involved in the summer camp.

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The Roberto Wirth Fund supported the 'Summer Adventures in the City' - a project created by the Centre of Summer Recreation for deaf and hearing children and adolescents between four and 13 years old. The project was inititiated through ‘Fulvio Bernardini’ sports in Rome. The deaf children were divided into groups by age and led by deaf and hearing group leaders.

The sports activities included: swimming and water sports, climbing, archery, table tennis, basketball, Olympic sports, football, etc. Artistic activities included: theatre workshops and improvisation, using recycled materials, painting, design and comic strips. There were also cooking and music workshops, all given in Italian and Italian Sign Language.