The House of Smile program in the world

programma case del sorriso

On the occasion of the International Day for the Rights of the Child, CESVI wants to remember the years of activities and projects spent alongside children and young people in vulnerable conditions all over the world. Child protection has always been an important priority for us and thanks to your help we can assist thousands of children every day.

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Tender Notice for the provision of Face to Face fundraising services 2023

Tender Notice for the provision of Face to Face fundraising services 2023.
CESVI is an international NGO operating in the field of international cooperation and humanitarian aid, with registered office in Italy, via Broseta 68/a, 24128 Bergamo. As part of its activities, CESVI needs to equip itself with a Face to face fundraising agency, in view of the acquisition of regular donors for the year 2023.
CESVI invites interested companies to submit an estimate for this announcement

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Updates from Somalia: severe famine threatens women and children

CESVI has been intervening in Somalia since 2006, with the aim of contributing to the improvement of the living conditions of the populations affected by the humanitarian crisis and environmental shocks, in the regions of Lower Shabelle, Mudug, Galgadug and Hiraan and improving access to health services and nutritional essentials, promote knowledge of hygiene practices, as well as promote food security for populations affected by the crisis.

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CESVI still on the front line to support Pakistan, devastated by the climate crisis

Pakistan alluvione

We at CESVI have been present in Pakistan since 2005, reaching more than 2.5 million beneficiaries. We have been operating in Sindh for years, where we help local communities and authorities to improve their disaster response capabilities with training activities aimed at improving crisis response capabilities. We have also arranged for the creation of river water monitoring systems that make it possible to control the level of watercourses and to prepare for the impact of floods, once the alert threshold has been reached.

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Panettone: a corporate gift that symbolizes Christmas

panettone regalo aziendale

Panettone is a company gift that is always very popular for Christmas. One sweet, a symbol of the Italian culinary tradition.
Legend has it that, on Christmas Eve, the court of Ludovico il Moro was intent on celebrating with a rich dinner.
The head cook asked the young scullery boy Toni to check the baking of the cake in the oven, but a brief distraction from Toni was enough for the cake to no longer be served.

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News from Cape Town

It is common, during the summer months, that CESVI cooperators engaged abroad spend a holiday in Italy and spend a few days at the Bergamo office for business meetings and greetings to colleagues. On one of these occasions Samuele Silva, CESVI contact person in South Africa, told the main news regarding Philippi’s Casa del Sorriso (not far from Cape Town), the CESVI project which aims to offer, as well as welcome and protection to young people mothers who are victims of domestic violence and their children, the possibility for them of a path of rebirth and redemption that also includes looking for a job and obtaining economic independence.

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Climate emergency in Pakistan: ever-increasing numbers and an escalating humanitarian crisis

Pakistan crisi climatica

In Pakistan, over 7 million children and women need immediate access to nutritional and health services and some 5.5 million people lack access to safe drinking water. In the fragile segment of the population, 4 million children do not have access to health services (OCHA, 2022).
In flood-affected areas of Sindh and Balochistan, outbreaks of waterborne diseases continue to increase, particularly due to the unavailability of health facilities and the disastrous consequences of standing water.

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Rising violence, poverty and cholera epidemic: Haiti in the grip of a “humanitarian catastrophe”

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In Haiti, following the catastrophic earthquake of August 2021 and due to the now endemic poverty, problems of crime on the streets and lack of access to basic services that generate poverty and hunger alternate.
The situation is even more catastrophic in the suburb of Citè Soleil, where the slum of Wharf Jérémie is located and where hunger is at dramatic levels, in a country at the “breaking point”.

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Pakistan, the consequences of the flood also affect food security

In Pakistan, the number of people affected by the floods continues to remain dramatic: 33 million, of which 7.9 million are internally displaced.
Even if the rainy season is drawing to a close, in the southern provinces the situation is still critical and there is indeed an increase in the water level in the flooded areas.

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