Achille Lauro has decided to transform an intimate part of his history into a structured and permanent project: the Madre Foundation. The artist, born Lauro De Marinis, has chosen to put down roots in the social sphere with an initiative that aims directly at the fragility of youth.
The presentation, which took place at the Braidense National Library in Milan, marked the launch of an operational network made up of professionals, educators, doctors and volunteers. At his side are Andrea Marchiori and a general management entrusted to Lorella Marcantoni, with a technical-scientific committee made up of figures with experience in the third sector.
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Casa Ragazzi Madre: a garrison for those who remain on the margins
The first concrete intervention is called Casa Ragazzi Madre and will be built in Zagarolo, on the outskirts of Rome. Not a simple reception centre, but a place designed for children between 11 and 21 years old who experience addictions, mental health problems and risky behaviour. Educators, psychologists, social workers and legal consultants will work within the structure.
The objective is to build personalized paths: therapeutic support, school reintegration, professional orientation, artistic and sporting activities. Each boy will be followed with an individual project that aims to recover autonomy and confidence. Management will be entrusted to local entities led by Don Giovanni Carpentieri, a figure who has crossed the artist’s biography since childhood.
The name is not accidental. Ten years ago Lauro released the album Boys Mothera raw story of suburbs and survival. Today that expression becomes a social project. The symbol chosen is a butterfly, an image of transformation, of mutation possible even when everything seems still.
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Wings in the wards: interventions in hospitals and juvenile institutions
Alongside the residential community, the Madre Foundation will launch the Ali nelle ward project. Here the intervention will be itinerant: artistic workshops, meetings with musicians, athletes and professionals in pediatric departments and in penal institutions for minors.
The objective is to create structured listening spaces, continuous creative paths and training moments that help hospitalized or detained children not to feel invisible. Music, theater and writing will become tools for expressing and re-elaborating discomfort.
A commitment that starts from afar
During the presentation, Lauro clarified that the idea for the foundation came from afar:
I would like to say that it is the duty of each of us to realize that there are many people in difficulty and that, in proportion to what we have, we must remember to be at the service of others. These projects have been in the works for a while and it is a big dream for me to be able to realize them. I’m happy, because I was raised by a mother who taught me the value of welcoming and giving back.
And again, explaining the personal root of the initiative:
In these beautiful moments of my career I feel the need to do something that someone has done for me: guide me. I feel lucky to share this journey with wonderful people. My commitment was not born today: I have always carried it forward in my private life. I have been meeting kids in hospitals and prisons for five years. I am thrilled to share that this commitment has now taken concrete form: a structured reality, which goes from a personal dream to real action.
Words that tell the coherent path that we have seen him follow in recent years: from silent visits to pediatric wards to those in juvenile penal institutions. Lauro added that he hopes that the Sanremo Festival, which will see him as the protagonist as co-host in the second evening of February 25, can become a showcase to make the foundation grow even further – which will be supported by private donations and fundraising campaigns – and talk about it to an even wider audience.
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