La Fabbrica di Olinda is a social cooperative, founded in 1998 in Milan, protagonist of the overcoming and conversion of the former Paolo Pini Psychiatric Hospital from a place of extreme exclusion to a place of inclusion, sociability and culture. Olinda promotes job placement projects dedicated to people with mental health problems and vulnerable young people. Today, the Cooperative manages a series of catering and hotel hospitality activities, 3 restaurants, a bistro and a hostel: Jodok, Mosso, BistrŌlinda at the Elfo Puccini Theater and OstellOlinda in Milan and “Fiore – Cucina in Libertà” in Lecco.
La Fabbrica di Olinda is now supported by Fondazione Social Venture Giordano Dell’Amore (or “FSVGDA”), which has invested €150,000 in the initiative as part of “Impact4Coop”: the program born from the synergy between FSVGDA and Fondazione Cariplo is providing 2.2MLN/€ to contribute to the capital strengthening and recovery of the cooperative sector, hit hard by the socio-economic effects generated by the pandemic.