A sweet sms: Promoting resilience in the time of Covid

ABSTRACT

Realised by /Area G in conjunction with the Municipality of San Maurizio Canavese during the Covid-19 emergency, "a sweet SMS" was a journey in inclusion towards a resilient community through the activation of an ability to take care of each other. The demands dictated by the pandemic made a change of setting possible, shifting from the "public home" to private homes for a common project. In a circular process, those participating first benefitted from the intervention and then became protagonists and promoters in their turn. Biscuits were the vehicle for emotions and solidarity that, passing from house to house through screens, transmitted a message of closeness and sharing during a time when distance between people was the order of the day. Creativity was channelled to produce the reciprocity of dialogue, giving, exchanging and nourishing, thereby fostering repeatable forms of involvement promoting wellbeing and social inclusion. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (Italian) Un dolce SMS, realizzato da Area G con il Comune di San Maurizio Canavese durante 1'emergenza da Covid-19, e un percorso di inclusione verso una comunity resiliente con 1'attivazione della capacity del prendersi cura. Le esigenze dettate dalla pandemia hanno reso possibile un cambiamento del setting: dalla casa pubblica alia casa privata per un progetto comune. I partecipanti sono diventati beneficiari dell'intervento e a loro volta protagonist! e promotori in una dimensione circolare. Il dolce e stato lo strumento portatore di emozioni e solidariety che, passando di casa in casa, attraverso lo schermo, ha trasmesso un messaggio di vicinanza e di condivisione in un tempo in cui la distanza interpersonale si e resa protagonista. Attraverso la creativity si e prodotta la reciprocity del dialogo, del dono, dello scambio e del nutriment© favorendo replicabili interventi di benessere e di inclusione sociale. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)