{"id":26,"date":"2024-05-13T10:53:37","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T08:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balo.k8s.pleiadiinternational.com\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2024-06-11T11:09:54","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T09:09:54","slug":"casa-balo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/en\/casa-balo\/","title":{"rendered":"Casa Bal\u00f2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"26\" class=\"elementor elementor-26\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b7c6cbe e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6b7c6cbe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f44097 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0f44097\" data-element_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 refuge of hope.\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-207c9ccf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"207c9ccf\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-466fdf67 elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"466fdf67\" data-element_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=\"1400\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/casa_balo_banner.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2135\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/casa_balo_banner.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/www.balo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/casa_balo_banner-300x107.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.balo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/casa_balo_banner-1024x366.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.balo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/casa_balo_banner-768x274.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.balo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/casa_balo_banner-18x6.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/>\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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e8e10b elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5e8e10b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8a7c6a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f8a7c6a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a79e2f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9a79e2f\" data-element_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\">Casabal\u00f2 is located on the edge of the Pilkhana slum in the Howrah district of Calcutta.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a15171 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a15171\" data-element_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><b>Casabal\u00f2 is located on the edge of the Pilkhana slum in the Howrah district of Calcutta.\u00a0<br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are the alleys that inspired Dominique Lapierre to write the book <i>\u201cCity of Joy\u201d<\/i>. Since then almost nothing has changed, as if these corners of the city, unknown to the middle and upper Indian classes, were trapped by a kind of immobility. This district is inhabited by millions of people from the countryside or from neighboring Indian states.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Until a few years ago there were only shacks in this district; now alongside the barracks multi-storey apartment blocks have been erected, built with poor materials that do not withstand the adversities of the monsoons and that are old even before they are finished. The sewers are open-air, garbage everywhere, the alleys are dirty, water pumps are always too far away and bathrooms are simply non-existent. People live in a single very small room with the whole family: the only source of light, the door. <b>Casabal\u00f2, <\/b>the first structure opened by the association \u2013 is located in this environment and houses the <strong>Home Shelter for girls<\/strong>. The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/balo-english-school\/\"><b>\u201cBal\u00f2 English Medium School\u201d is also nearby.<\/b><\/a>\u201c.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6217baf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6217baf\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3688cfa e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3688cfa\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6655146 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6655146\" data-element_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\">Home Shelter for Girls\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82036da elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"82036da\" data-element_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><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In October 2016, Casabal\u00f2 opened its doors to become a home shelter for girls: a long-conceived project due to the significant responsibility it entails, but one that had become an urgent necessity.<\/span><\/p><p class=\" translation-block\"><b>Currently, it hosts 7 girls aged between 8 and 17<\/b>. All of them have very difficult backgrounds, but since living at Casabal\u00f2, they are serene, feel protected, and free to express themselves. They consider this their home. They all attend Bal\u00f2 English School and live harmoniously with the constant presence of a responsible caretaker who looks after them.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Un rifugio di speranza. Casabal\u00f2 sorge ai bordi della baraccopoli di Pilkhana nel distretto di Howrah a Calcutta. Casabal\u00f2 sorge ai bordi della baraccopoli di Pilkhana nel distretto di Howrah a Calcutta.\u00a0Questi sono i vicoli che ispirarono Dominique Lapierre per scrivere la Citt\u00e0 della gioia. Da allora quasi nulla \u00e8 cambiato, come se questi angoli [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-26","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Casa Bal\u00f2 - Bal\u00f2<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/en\/casa-balo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Casa Bal\u00f2 - Bal\u00f2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Un rifugio di speranza. Casabal\u00f2 sorge ai bordi della baraccopoli di Pilkhana nel distretto di Howrah a Calcutta. Casabal\u00f2 sorge ai bordi della baraccopoli di Pilkhana nel distretto di Howrah a Calcutta.\u00a0Questi sono i vicoli che ispirarono Dominique Lapierre per scrivere la Citt\u00e0 della gioia. Da allora quasi nulla \u00e8 cambiato, come se questi angoli [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/en\/casa-balo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Bal\u00f2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-06-11T09:09:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/casa_balo_banner.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/casa-balo\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/casa-balo\/\",\"name\":\"Casa Bal\u00f2 - Bal\u00f2\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/casa-balo\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/casa-balo\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/casa_balo_banner.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-13T08:53:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-11T09:09:54+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/casa-balo\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/casa-balo\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/casa-balo\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/casa_balo_banner.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/casa_balo_banner.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/casa-balo\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Casa Bal\u00f2\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/\",\"name\":\"Bal\u00f2\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Bal\u00f2\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Balo_odv_bollino.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Balo_odv_bollino.png\",\"width\":1922,\"height\":1921,\"caption\":\"Bal\u00f2\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Casa Bal\u00f2 - Bal\u00f2","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/en\/casa-balo\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Casa Bal\u00f2 - Bal\u00f2","og_description":"Un rifugio di speranza. Casabal\u00f2 sorge ai bordi della baraccopoli di Pilkhana nel distretto di Howrah a Calcutta. Casabal\u00f2 sorge ai bordi della baraccopoli di Pilkhana nel distretto di Howrah a Calcutta.\u00a0Questi sono i vicoli che ispirarono Dominique Lapierre per scrivere la Citt\u00e0 della gioia. Da allora quasi nulla \u00e8 cambiato, come se questi angoli [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/en\/casa-balo\/","og_site_name":"Bal\u00f2","article_modified_time":"2024-06-11T09:09:54+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/casa_balo_banner.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/casa-balo\/","url":"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/casa-balo\/","name":"Casa Bal\u00f2 - Bal\u00f2","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/casa-balo\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/casa-balo\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/casa_balo_banner.jpg","datePublished":"2024-05-13T08:53:37+00:00","dateModified":"2024-06-11T09:09:54+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/casa-balo\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.balo.it\/casa-balo\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/casa-balo\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/casa_balo_banner.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/casa_balo_banner.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/casa-balo\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Casa Bal\u00f2"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/","name":"Bal\u00f2","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/#organization","name":"Bal\u00f2","url":"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Balo_odv_bollino.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Balo_odv_bollino.png","width":1922,"height":1921,"caption":"Bal\u00f2"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.balo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}