Marcello Gori Foundation ETS
IBAN: IT85 T030 6902 9191 0000 0006 960
BIC: BCITITMM
A donation that changes a life
The Marcello Gori Foundation offers scholarships every year to people who are in difficulty and need help. These people, mostly girls and boys, not only learn one of the oldest and most traditional artisanal crafts but also a lifestyle that contributes to their growth in every respect. We ask those who are reading to help the Foundation with donations that will allow us to provide an even greater number of scholarships. Together, we can do even more!
With a donation, you can help us support the studies of many boys and girls who will be able to find a path and build their future.
IBAN: IT07 F030 6902 8871 0000 0019 820
BIC: BCITITMM
Donate your 8x1000 to the Marcello Gori Foundation : C.F. 94313770482
Barbara Gori, CEO of Scuola del Cuoio and founder of the Marcello Gori Foundation, is happy to offer guided tours of the workshops and the school every day at 12:00 in order to raise funds for the Foundation. The cost of the visit is €10.00 per person. All proceeds will be donated to the Marcello Gori Foundation to support the studies of young people in need. Everyone can participate in the visit by showing up at the indicated time at the Scuola del Cuoio workshops in Via San Giuseppe 5R in Florence. Reservation is kindly requested by phone or email:
+39 055 244 534
info@fondazionemarcellogori.org
Bryan
"I want to thank the Marcello Gori Foundation and especially the Gori family for giving me the opportunity to learn. In addition, I would like to thank Francesco and all the master craftsmen who, with affection and a lot of patience, support and assist me every day, allowing me to always learn something new."
Oscar
"I am very grateful for the opportunity that the Marcello Gori Foundation is giving me to learn a trade that I like and for the life experience I am having, which otherwise I would never have had the chance to live."
"I would like to express my sincere gratitude for granting me the scholarship. It is a great honor to be recognized in this way and I am deeply grateful for the opportunity you have given me.
I would also like to thank my esteemed professors for their constant support and dedication in helping me achieve my academic goals. Your commitment has contributed significantly to my success.
Bijan
Thank you again for your continued support."
Ahmad
"I want to thank the Marcello Gori Foundation, the Gori family, and the Scuola del Cuoio for giving me the opportunity to learn great skills at the foundation. It is a great honor to be recognized in this way and I am deeply grateful for the opportunity you have given me. I would also like to thank all the artisans for their constant support and dedication in helping me achieve my academic goals and learn in this wonderful world. Thank you."
"My name is Eleonora, I am one of the 6 lucky people who had the opportunity to take the course at the Scuola del Cuoio thanks to the Marcello Gori Foundation. I am 35 years old and after an unfinished university path, and after years of doing all the humble jobs I could find (cleaning, waitress, handing out flyers, caregiver, gardening, housekeeper, babysitter), jobs that did not satisfy me, I felt devalued, wandering aimlessly in search of a better working future, trying to save money to take a course that would allow me to change my situation. In July, without a job and without great expectations for change, God put Barbara and the Marcello Gori Foundation in my path, which changed my life by giving me the chance to prove to myself and to those who for years underestimated me and created in me a great sense of inferiority, that I am also worthy and able to express my talent and creativity."
"My wonderful experience in this school as a single mother who had the opportunity to attend the course to learn this ancient and prestigious art is the result of the generosity of many people who contribute: first and foremost Barbara Gori and her family who support us in every difficulty, are always ready to lend a hand even outside the school environment, and who covered all the expenses involved in the course; Maestro Saito Shigeru who, with his patience and passion, made me fall in love with and continues to help me learn this fabulous craft, encouraging and helping me in everything; the Artemisia anti-violence center that rebuilt me and made me understand that by asking the right people, concrete help arrives even when you feel you have reached the end of the line."
Thanks also go to all the colleagues who are always very helpful and courteous with us. I respect you all so much. Finally, on behalf of myself and my child, I thank all those who allow me to do this, which for us means finally having a future."
"I am Imane Daraoui and I had the privilege of winning a scholarship at the Scuola del Cuoio thanks to the Marcello Gori Foundation. In addition to extraordinary people, here I found inner peace. I sincerely hope that other boys and girls will have the good fortune to be part of it."
Imane
Eleonora
Sara, Matteo's mother
"From a curiosity born while working in a leather goods shop outside Italy, which then turned into a passion as I began making small items, I now find myself living a dream, made possible thanks to people with big hearts, eager to share their knowledge so that this art may always find a possible source of realization. When I first came across Scuola del Cuoio, I lacked the means to attend such an important training course. Luck had it that I happened to read an article about the Marcello Gori Foundation and the scholarships that would be given to young people in need. Luck had it that I won one of those scholarships. For me, this is a great gift that I will treasure and pass on with the same selflessness with which it was given to me. I sincerely thank Barbara Gori for believing in me from the very beginning, the entire Scuola del Cuoio family, and the board of the Marcello Gori Foundation for deciding to give me this opportunity. Finally, I thank our Maestro Saito Shigeru, who with great kindness and generosity teaches us his knowledge with so much passion.
"I thank the Marcello Gori Foundation for the opportunity it has given me to learn this craft, which is so beautiful and important to me. Being able to study at the Scuola del Cuoio is a dream, a wonderful experience also thanks to the people who work there and to Maestro Saito Shigeru, who every day encourages us to be good people and above all to love our work. Dedication and passion are what will help me become an artisan and finally work in the world of leather goods. The beginning certainly won't be easy, but it will be worth it, without a shadow of a doubt.
Thanks to the Marcello Gori Foundation for all this, for me a dream is finally coming true. Thank you from the bottom of my heart."
Antonella
Luigi
Marcello Gori Foundation ETS
IBAN: IT85 T030 6902 9191 0000 0006 960
BIC: BCITITMM