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News and events

  1. Bidonville Wharf Jeremie - ph Roger lo Guarro

    Protests in Haiti: Cesvi evacuates its international staff

    Despite the difficulties, the projects are going on.
  2. Daniele Barbone

    Daniele Barbone is the new Chief Executive Officer of Cesvi

    Barbone is one of the leading Italian experts on green economy.

  3. Ensuring safe water during emergencies

    Cesvi, CARITAS Switzerland and the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern [...]
  4. Hlengiwe. Ph. G. Diffidenti.

    The value of resilience in fragile communities

    Cesvi and ODI launch a policy paper on livelihood and community resilience with two [...]
  5. Ph. Alessandro Rocca.

    Snakes on the wall and sand in the eyes

    No fences, an instable roof, cracks in the wall of 2 dilapidated classrooms: the primary school [...]

  6. A new life stems from education in Iraq

    The prolonged conflict in Iraq between government forces and their allies on one side and the [...]

From the blog

Welcome to our world

For more than 30 years Cesvi has been delivering Italian solidarity worldwide to defend the rights and dignity of every human being.

  • 1 million Beneficiaries in the world

    They represent the heart and the engine of our mission all over the world.

  • 20 Countries of intervention

    We run 109 projects in 4 continents: Africa, Asia, Latin America, Europe, and Italy too.

  • 96% Local staff

    We invest on local staff to guarantee effective sustainability to our action.

Per ogni Euro donato, 88 centesimi arrivano sul campo

How we use funds

For every Euro donated, 88 cents go straight to the field and only 12 cents are used for management costs. In addition to our intervention sectors, we are strongly committed in activities of awareness-raising.

  • Congo RDC
  • Kenya
  • Mozambique
  • Somalia
  • South Africa
  • Uganda
  • Zimbabwe
  • India
  • Myanmar
  • Pakistan
  • Tajikistan
  • Iraq
  • Brazil
  • Haiti
  • Peru
  • Bolivia
  • Albania
  • Bosnia Erzegovina
  • Italy
  • Lebanon
  • Libya
  • Palestine

  1. Emergencies

    Unexpected events causing material and human losses: natural disasters (earthquakes, floods, etc.), wars, epidemics, famines.

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  2. Fight against hunger

    Projects to ensure access to good-quality food and water for everybody. Promotion of rural activities to foster communities' independence.

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  3. Child protection

    Support to disadvantaged children all over the world to foster access to school, recreational activities and trainings.

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  4. Health

    Fight to pandemics (Aids, malaria, tuberculosis) where they are severe: Sub-Saharan Africa and South-East Asia.

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  5. Sustainable development

    Sustainable management of natural resources. Focus on local communities development and cross-borders areas.

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  6. Awareness campaigns

    Awareness-raising campaigns in Italy and in Europe to inform young people mainly on international cooperation.

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  1. Emergencies
  2. Fight against hunger
  3. Child protection
  4. Health
  5. Sustainable development
  6. Awareness campaigns

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