Space · Neighbourhood or village
Camini
Camini (Reggio Calabria) · Calabria · Italy
A village in the Aspromonte that was losing population to emigration until, from 2011, the social cooperative Jungi Mundu (founded in 1999) began housing asylum seekers in empty houses in the historic centre and giving them work in ceramics, sewing and food workshops. Today half of its roughly four hundred inhabitants are migrants, and their arrival allowed the school, the post office and the cash machine to reopen. The programme depends on public funds from the Ministry of the Interior, which creates uncertainty about its continuity.
- Led by
- Eurocoop Servizi Jungi Mundu social cooperative
- Status
- Active
- Participation
- Co-governed
- Visitable
- Village open to visitors, with craft workshops and scattered hospitality
- Website
- www.eurocoopcamini.com ↗
- Contact
- No public contact on record
- Last reviewed
- 1 September 2026
Verification
Partially verified
This place has at least one source on record and awaits a second one for contrast. Full verification will arrive in the review phase of the atlas.
- Verified two sources including a primary one, or first-hand knowledge of the place
- Partial one source on record
- Unverified starting knowledge, sources pending
Sources
- Il borgo calabrese ripopolato dai migranti ↗ · secondary source · consulted on 1 September 2026 · Il Post
- Qui non mi sento straniera. Camini, il borgo rinato grazie all'integrazione ↗ · secondary source · consulted on 1 September 2026 · lavialibera