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SISTER GIULIANA GALLICURRICULUM VITAEPersonal detailsBorn in Meda – Milano 8 th March 1935Resident in Via Cottolengo 14, 10152 TurinHome address: Strada Castelvecchio 9, 10024 Moncalieri ToSister in the Congregation of San Giuseppe B. CottolengoQualificationsJuly 1963Special Educator Diploma – School of Psychopedagogic Training for SpecialistFemale Educators Rome, via dell’Erba1971 Degree in Sociology and Behavioural Science, Barry University, Miami,Florida,1975 Master of science at Barry University, Miami FloridaProfessional activitiesFrom 1963 to 1975 she taught at Marian Center for Handicapped Children, Miami,Florida, USA.

From 1975 to 1980, head educator for a group of minors from disadvantagedfamilies in Cuneo, ItalyShe taught on Refresher Courses for Nursery School teachers and at the School ofSocial Services of Cuneo.From 1980 to 2004 she coordinated the voluntary workers at the Piccola Casadella Divina Provvidenza (Little House of Divine Providence)– also known as theCottolengo, a charitable institute for the needy in Turin;She organised annual training courses, and organiseD the Turin-based Associationof Volunteers of the Cottolengo (1200 members)She also fostered the establishment of the Territorial Sections of the sameassociation in 22 branches of the Cottolengo in 12 Italian Provinces;From 1993 to 1996 – under the Arcobaleno (Rainbow) programme, she performedvoluntary work and assisted in the rehabilitation of young drug-addicted inmatesin Lorusso e Cotugno Prison, Turin.From 1997 to 2003 - elected General Advisor of the Istituto Suore (Sisters) diSan Giuseppe BenedettoCottolengo, she assisted the Mother General in matters concerning the overseasfoundations in which Members of the Institute operate and visited the aidprojects directed by the Sisters of the Cottolengo in:Africa: Kenya and Tanzania;India: Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka;

Ecuador: Quito and Esmeraldas;United States of America: Miami;Romania: IasiSan Salvador (on behalf of Zero-Cinque)In 1996, with a number of lay people, she founded the Association ZERO-CINQUE,registered on 12 th December 1996 - No. 31714 Deeds Office , whose aim is to setup centres of child and family development in the Usulutan area of El Salvadorwhere groups of former Honduran refugee camp inhabitants have settled, for themost part women and children.The association, with the aid of an Italian operator in situ, organised andcarried out the construction of a nursery school in the Nuevo Gualcho region ofEl Salvador; at the same time it developed a basic permanent training programmefor educators, in collaboration with teachers from the UCA (Universityof Central America). The educators, all of whom female, come from the refugeegroup. The association connected the village to a mains drinking water supplychannelling the water from the river to the village, stimulating the creation ofa microeconomy (bakery, pizzeria) run by women.In 2001 she helped found the Mamre no-profit association founded by FrancescaVallarino GanciaIn 2007 she helped set up the Associazione Volontariato Cottolenghino Onlus(Cottolengo Voluntary Association NPO) (February 2007), registered on thenational NPO register in March 2007. She is a founder member and member of theboard of directors responsible for training.2008 appointed to the Governing Council of the Fondazione San Paolo di Torino2010 appointed vice-president of the Management Board of the Compagnia di SanPaoloSpecial projectsShe staged the 1986 photography exhibition La Piccola Casa della DivinaProvvidenza (The Little House of Divine Providence) : images and documents ofunpublished historic photographs of the Piccola Casa della Divina Provvidenzaand its guests and edited the catalogueIn 1992, at the Galleria Hovara Arte, she staged the photography exhibitionCompagni di Viaggio Silenziosi (Silent Travelling Companions), by thephotographer Andrea Vallerani and edited the two editions of the catalogue2003 saw the publication of her “Le suore vincenzine del Cottolengo in Africa”1903- 1925 a study of unpublished events concerning the Sisters of San Giuseppe

Benedetto Cottolengo in Africa: the first white women who along with theConsolata missionaries set foot on the Kikuyo and Meru lands in the interior ofKenya.2003, on behalf of the Mamre Association, she staged the exhibition Voltialtrove (Faces elsewhere), catalogue Allemandi: a series of photographs takenaround the world by the psychologist Dr. Francesca Vallarino Gancia.2011 publication of the book Il Cottolengo – La Piccola Casa della DivinaProvvidenza (The Little House of Divine Providence), co-written with PierluigiBassignanaFor publication in September 2012 : NON NOMINARE AMORE INVANO: Control'ipocrisia delle parole (Thou shalt not take the name of love in vain: againstthe hypocrisy of words)Publisher: PIEMME, Milan 2012Moncalieri, 12 th May 2012Galli Angelina – Sister Giuliana