Figure 1.--The "Nave Scuola Marinaretti Caracciolo" (School Ship Sailor-boys Caracciolo) started in 1913 under the management of Mrs. Giulia Civita Franceschini. A group of scugnizzi (stree boys) was sheltered aboard an old ship moored in the port of Naples. In the photograph here we can see the boys having their lunch. They are wearing the summer uniform: a white sailor uniform with bare feet.

We are not sure to what extent the state was involved. We have no information on traditional orphanages. We do note reports of large numbers of street children. Many of these were not orphans in the traditional sence of children who had lost their patents. Rather they were children whose parents were unable or unwilling to care for them. There was a special problem in Naples--the scugnizzi. We note the The "Nave Scuola Marinaretti Caracciolo" (School Ship Sailor-boys Caracciolo) founded in 1913 just before World War I. We do not have comolete details, but was presumably financed by the Royal Government. It was managed by Mrs. Giulia Civita Franceschini. A group of scugnizzi (stree boys) was sheltered aboard an old ship moored in the port of Naples. The school was supported also by the Naples municipality government. The municipality apparetly helped secure the boys. We are not sure if the boys were required to join the school or some volunteered. Certainly the municipality could force the boys to go to this school. Most were illiterate and not attending public schools. Street children were a great problem in Naples. The original project of school ship was for 50 boys, but finally the boys were more than 300. We note an unidentified street boys just before he arrived at the school. The boys could study and learn trades for a job. The Fascist regime closed the school and transferred the boys (1928).We are not sur just why. One might think that the Fascist Government in the 1920s-40s might have given some attention to orphans, but we do not yet have any details. The school was apparently included in the Opera Nazionale Balilla and the Balilla leaders preferred a different organization on the land. We do not know what level of support the boys received after the school was closed.

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