Associazione Cometa ODV was born from the hands-on experience of family foster care and has grown into a living network of families committed to the education of children and young people, the support of their families, and the promotion of a culture of care as a fundamental dimension of life.
It all began in 1986, from an encounter that gave meaning back to the lives of two brothers and paved the way for welcoming a child in foster care. Since then, the experience has expanded encounter after encounter, until it became a structured Association in 2000, now a point of reference for many families who choose not to be alone in their educational mission.
Cometa is first and foremost a home: a relational and educational environment where each person can grow and develop their potential, accompanied by an attentive and skilled approach.
Values
A new culture of foster care
Every foster family is called to a care built on awareness and dedication.
Care is born from a free choice
The journey is sustained by a network of families who help each other
Wonder as amazement and discovery, because even our biological children are entrusted to us
The educational relationship is first and foremost a gift, an openness to the other without calculation
To accompany families, children, and young people on pathways of care and education, offering concrete support, professional expertise, and a human environment capable of generating trust, responsibility, and hope.
We promote a culture of care that recognises the value of every person and places relationships at the heart of growth.
- Listening space for families
- Awareness-raising and promotion of a culture of care and education
- Initial engagement and orientation for foster families
- Ongoing guidance, help, and support for foster families
- Specific interventions activated based on the needs of children and families
- Educational, legal, and social training on foster care
Care and sharing are the only way to build a human relationship
Scope of intervention
A large family to support the family
The families in the Associazione Cometa ODV network can welcome, at the request of Social Services, newborns, children, and young people removed from their family of origin by order of the Juvenile Court.
The families in the network are families who over time have spontaneously developed a willingness to welcome minors and who, after a training pathway, have begun the foster care experience supported by the Association.
The network of families operates and is present particularly in the provinces of Como, Bergamo, Monza and Brianza, Lecco, Milan, and Varese.
In recent years, the Association’s activities have experienced national and international development through active participation in the network of families residing in Piedmont, Abruzzo, and Puglia and in other nations overseas such as the United States, as well as moments of discussion on care issues with families from different regions of Italy.
The distinctive feature of Associazione Cometa is that it conceives foster care and adoption as aspects of a larger and more impactful culture, that of care. The Association offers real support to families who decide to welcome children and young people in foster care.
Foster care is a complex care experience that requires continuous self-examination. Over time, in fact, families involved in this journey, and not only them, have expressed the need for a space for discussion on educational issues related to raising children, thus making explicit the need for greater skills and knowledge to address the problems that arise in dealing with everyday reality.
The support of the multidisciplinary team and the constant and thorough dialogue with other families, actions that have become pillars of the Association, therefore become necessary so that the experience, rich in joys and struggles, is adequately addressed and evaluated together.
Via Madruzza, 36 – 22100 Como
Office hours
Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM
An operator is always available by phone 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, by contacting the office number.
Since 1986, Cometa has been a place where care, inclusion, education, and work come together to help every individual discover their value.
A story built day by day, one that places the uniqueness of each person, beauty and lived experience at the heart of growth.
Our resources, our responsibility: browse our social reports and documents on public funding to see how we transform the support we receive into value for the community.
Thanks to the support of many, we can build day after day a more human reality, one shaped by care and love, where every person is welcomed as a unique and irreplaceable gift.
With your help, all of this is possible: support with a donation those who are guided every day at Cometa.
