Porto dei Piccoli was born in 2005 from an idea of Gloria Camurati and from an initial presence at the Giannina Gaslini Institute in Genoa, it has progressively extended its business to Piedmont, Tuscany, Lombardy, Emilia, Sardinia and Malta.
The Association addresses to all children who live the experience of the disease (regardless of the pathology), paying particular attention to "family" dimension , to try to restore that serenity that the disease has somehow altered.
Operators and volunteers enter the hospital wards and homes of the little ones in home therapy, to involve them through dedicated workshops with the charm of the marine world and lead them with the imagination even for just an hour away from the daily routine of the hospital.
The Porto dei Piccoli over the years has increasingly followed its vocation towards research, carrying out in collaboration with the medical staff of the structures with which it collaborates important projects related to Assisted Activity with Animals and research on invasive procedures, to monitor and evaluate those elements capable of reducing pre and post-operative stress for children.
In over 10 years through more than forty thousand hours of activity Il Porto dei Piccoli has involved with dedicated initiatives and projects more than ten thousand children in various Italian regions.
