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About us

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Born in Brindisi, for Brindisi

Brindisi Tabernacle APS ETS was founded in September 2019 in the historic center of Brindisi, in southern Italy. Over the years the work has grown into today's five programs, with three locations downtown and a warehouse for food aid.

Here you will find our story, how we work and the organization's legal details.

  1. 2019

    The beginning

    In September 2019 the organization is founded, with its first activities in the historic center.

  2. 2022

    Into the Third Sector

    We become an APS ETS, registered in Italy's National Register of Third Sector Entities by deed no. 803 of July 26, 2022.

  3. 2025

    The Dream Center

    The food aid warehouse opens, where boxes for families are packed.

  4. Today

    Five programs

    Food aid, homework help and after-school, language and music classes, Gospel Kids, counseling desk.

Three kinds of poverty, one commitment

Our work addresses three kinds of poverty: material, educational and personal. Each one has its own programs, described on the What we do page.

Volunteer hands sealing boxes of food

Material poverty

Food aid and the Dream Center

Food picked up from the Banco delle Opere di Carità and food collected around the city is packed at the Dream Center and delivered to families.

See our food aid
Hands writing in a notebook during after-school tutoring, colored pencils on the desk

Educational poverty

Homework help, languages, music, Gospel Kids

After-school tutoring with attention to special educational needs, English classes and Italian classes for foreigners, instruments, choir and music theory.

See homework help and after-school
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Isolation and loneliness

Counseling desk and community

A counseling desk with licensed psychologists, and community gatherings through the year.

See our counseling desk

Our motto

Love in Action

The motto describes how we want to work: through concrete acts, from a box packed at the Dream Center to homework done together after school.

In person

Volunteers and staff work directly at the Dream Center, at food drives, in classrooms and in our classes.

Listening

We listen to what people ask for and help them find the right program.

Clear rules

We are registered in the RUNTS, everyone who takes part is entered in the member book, and a receipt is available for every gift.

How we work

Every program rests on three things: people who show up, real expertise and a network across the city.

  • Volunteers

    They serve at the Dream Center, at supermarket food drives, in after-school classrooms and during events. You can spot them by the blue vest.

  • Staff and professionals

    Alongside the volunteers work the organization's staff and professionals such as the licensed psychologists at the counseling desk.

  • A network across the city

    We are a partner organization of the Banco delle Opere di Carità, the charity food bank in Brindisi, and we collect food together with supermarkets, schools and residents.

What we do
Dream Center
Volunteers and staff at work, side by side, at the Dream Center.
The blue volunteer vest reading Generosity Revolution, among the boxes in the warehouse A volunteer in a blue vest tapes shut a box of food at the Dream Center Adult hands playing a keyboard during a concert Hands taping boxes of food shut
The Roman column of Brindisi against the sky, at the end of the Appian Way

In the heart of Brindisi

Our main office is downtown, a short walk from the port and the Roman column.

  • Main office

    Via San Francesco 1

    Our main office: this is where we welcome you, with the office open in the afternoon from 3 to 6 PM.

Contact and addresses

Transparency, in black and white

We are a social promotion association registered in Italy's National Register of Third Sector Entities. We issue a receipt for gifts on request.

Legal name
Brindisi Tabernacle APS ETS
Register
RUNTS, deed no. 803 of July 26, 2022
Tax ID number
91089810740
Main office
Via San Francesco 1, 72100 Brindisi, Italy

The organization's bylaws are available on request.

How to give Request the bylaws

Support the organization's work

With your time at the Dream Center and at food drives, or with a gift to the organization's work.

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