{"id":11591,"date":"2023-11-07T08:58:48","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T08:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aina-ets.org\/chiara-smiles\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T15:22:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T15:22:16","slug":"chiara-smiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aina-ets.org\/en\/chiara-smiles\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiara Smiles"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11591\" class=\"elementor elementor-11591 elementor-8559\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-030c34d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"030c34d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b82c2cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b82c2cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It all started in December 2022, when the children of AINA met the story of <strong>Chiara<\/strong>. We were building the new school in the village, and as we told them about her, the children began to pray for her.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-695a758 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"695a758\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-baf69d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"baf69d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A smile that stays<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a85242 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8a85242\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da6623f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"da6623f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fd80fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2fd80fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We thought of a young woman travelling between life and death, and we felt the strength of her smile and of her fighting spirit. Around Chiara, connections of love, friendship and prayer were born.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48c4810 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"48c4810\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We decided that, once finished, the school would remember her like this: <strong>\u201cChiara, your smile is always with us\u201d<\/strong>. On 15 August, the solemnity of the Assumption, we blessed and inaugurated it: the school <strong>\u201cChiara\u2019s Smiles\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc51661 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fc51661\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b60e82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6b60e82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aina-ets.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Fiore-del-Deserto-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8564\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aina-ets.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Fiore-del-Deserto-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.aina-ets.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Fiore-del-Deserto-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.aina-ets.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Fiore-del-Deserto-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.aina-ets.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Fiore-del-Deserto-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec19110 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ec19110\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f51bcac e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f51bcac\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3ce184 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b3ce184\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We are increasingly convinced that Love is born from Encounter. Chiara teaches us that we must always live every moment with dignity and courage: each of us is responsible for the gift of Life.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8252089 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8252089\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3db21c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a3db21c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The project<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d06017c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d06017c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Today Chiara is present in the lives of many people touched by her ability to accept and transform pain: she showed us that living means knowing how to give.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bc9b8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2bc9b8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This is how the project <strong>\u201cChiara\u2019s Smiles\u201d<\/strong> was born: offering tools for growth to the many children who, like her, struggle to find meaning. You can support it with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aina-ets.org\/en\/donate\/\">donation<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57e602f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"57e602f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-979d052 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"979d052\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">More school projects<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61482c3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"61482c3\" 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>the Paolo\u2019s Academy Primary School (in Italian)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb32792 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bb32792\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e143acd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e143acd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aina-ets.org\/en\/more-education-less-stigmatisationschool-extension-project-2021\/\"><strong>School extension 2021<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8981333 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8981333\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>more education, less stigma<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e605a00 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e605a00\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78e0445 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"78e0445\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" 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