A strong research and monitoring activity is the key to a successful project.
Figures and evidence can support the definition of a model that could be replicable and suitable to other contexts.
In this section, we collect the most relevant reports and field case studies related to: Wash, Governance, Child Protection, Agroecology, Inclusive and Sustainable Growth and Migration.
Situation Report
Following the 7.4 magnitude earthquake that struck Colombia on 10 August 2026, CESVI, present in the country since 2019, rapidly mobilised teams and resources to assess needs and deliver assistance to the most vulnerable communities located in remote and hard-to-reach areas.
The report retraces CESVI’s first month of response to the earthquakes in Venezuela, highlighting key achievements, operational response capacity, and priorities for supporting the recovery of affected communities.
Two weeks after the devastating earthquakes of 24 June, humanitarian needs in Venezuela continue to grow as displacement becomes prolonged and pressure on essential services intensifies. CESVI is scaling up a phased, multi-sector response that combines emergency relief with innovative WASH, safe mobility, and early recovery solutions to support communities most affected by the crisis.
Following the devastating earthquakes that struck Venezuela on 24 June, CESVI outlines its emergency response in a context of widespread displacement, damaged infrastructure, and urgent humanitarian needs. Already on the ground, CESVI is delivering immediate life-saving assistance while scaling up a broader multi-sector response for the most affected and underserved communities.
Lebanon continues to face a severe humanitarian crisis as continued hostilities drive displacement, civilian casualties, and growing pressure on fragile public services. CESVI is responding through integrated emergency assistance, with a focus on protection, health, and basic needs support for displaced populations and vulnerable host communities.
Gaza remains at the centre of one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises, marked by repeated displacement, widespread destruction, and critical shortages of essential services. CESVI continues to respond through integrated WASH, Site Management, and Solid Waste Management interventions, helping sustain basic services and reduce public health risks for affected communities.
The humanitarian situation in the West Bank continues to deteriorate amid escalating settler violence, recurrent military operations, and growing displacement. Here, CESVI combines emergency response and development interventions to strengthen essential services, support local institutions, and improve resilience in vulnerable communities.
Pakistan faces a complex humanitarian context shaped by climate-related shocks, economic pressures, and persistent structural vulnerabilities. Here, CESVI combines emergency response, anticipatory action, and resilience-building interventions to support vulnerable communities and strengthen local preparedness systems.
As the war in Ukraine enters its fifth year, humanitarian needs remain acute amid repeated attacks, displacement, and growing protection risks in frontline areas. Here, CESVI delivers integrated protection, psychosocial support, cash assistance, and humanitarian mine action to support conflict-affected communities and strengthen local resilience.
Ethiopia is facing a complex humanitarian crisis, where internal conflict, climate shocks, and large-scale displacement intersect. CESVI is delivering an integrated, multisectoral response to address both urgent needs and long-term vulnerabilities.
This report analyses the rapid deterioration of the emergency in Somalia, a forgotten crisis which, despite receiving little international attention, is characterised by extreme drought, insecurity, displacement, and collapsing basic services. Nutrition indicators have exceeded emergency thresholds, and millions of people are at risk of malnutrition and severe disease. The document outlines CESVI’s response priorities, with a focus on nutrition, health, food security, and WASH.
Following the devastating March 2025 earthquake, communities in Myanmar remain vulnerable, their humanitarian needs intensified by the monsoon season. With over two decades of operational presence, CESVI delivers rapid and effective emergency and early recovery support.
Drawing on its renewed operational presence in Sudan, here CESVI outlines its humanitarian response amid a protracted conflict and mass displacement on an unparalleled scale. Operational focus is placed on the protection of women and children.
Haiti is facing an acute humanitarian crisis marked by gang violence, mass displacement, and food insecurity, in a context where natural hazards are an ever-present risk. Here, CESVI outlines its integrated response, combining emergency assistance, child protection, and rural development to address evolving needs.
For more than 15 years, Syria has been facing a complex humanitarian crisis, marked by economic collapse and widespread displacement. Here, CESVI works in collaboration with local partners to restore dignity and opportunities for vulnerable categories.
Wash
The acronym WASH refers to access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene. This document outlines CESVI’s long-standing experience and its technical and research-based contributions in this sector.
Child Protection
Capability Statement PROTECTION
Protection is a core area of CESVI’s work, focused on preventing and responding to violence, abuse, and exploitation affecting vulnerable people, especially children. This document outlines CESVI’s experience and approach in protection programming.
PEARLS for children
From 2020 to 2022 CESVI implemented PEARLS for children, a project funded by the European Union that aimed at fighting and preventing child maltreatment in Italy, in Lithuania and in Poland. The project’s activities lead to the definition of a shared strategy to combat the phenomenon within the Bergamo Territorial Area as well as to the delivery of capacity building sessions that reached approximately 300 professionals belonging to medical-health, education, social services and law enforcement fields. Moreover, various publications were created: 3 prevention and awareness-raising materials on the topic (10 rules on child abuse and negligence, Parents are made not born, Talks), Training slides on the Tutors of Resilience model drafted by the Resilience Research Unit (RiRes) of the Università Cattolica of Milan (project partner) and the strategic document for the fight and the prevention of child maltreatment in the Bergamo Territorial Area (available just in Italian).
Resilience-focused Case Management: A manual for frontline workers
For Cesvi the humanitarian intervention should be focused on the mobilisation and reinforcement of the protective factors, resources and skills that help to promote resilience. The manual Resilience-focused Case Management: A manual for frontline workers – developed with the support of the consultancy of Francesca Giordano and Alessandra Cipolla members of the Resilience Research Unit (RiRes) of the Catholic University of Milan – is designed to support case workers in Cesvi Foundation and in other organisations that are seeking to adopt a resilience-focused approach in the provision of protection services to strengthen the wellbeing and the resilience of children and adults who have experienced traumatic events.
Supporting Children with Disabilities in Somaliland – 2012
In Somaliland, children with disabilities face acute protection issues as lack of education and sexual violence. Cesvi’s intervention and assessment aim to reduce and identify factors of vulnerability, with a survey methodology, which includes household surveys and focus groups at all levels: community leaders, families and children. A clear assessment and a qualitative information are key to future interventions.
Between theory and empirical evidence. Pathways to Good Practices in Building a Child Labour Free Kenya – 2014
In Kenya, Cesvi worked for the eradication of all forms of child labour, which is an important component of the informal national economy. The project aimed to establish Child Labour Free Zones through prevention, response (removal and protection) and reintegration of children into safe life conditions. The innovative approach consists in developing corporate social responsibility (CSR) actions and public private partnerships (PPP) to fight the worst forms of child labour and achieve high ethical standards.
Agroecology
Summary Relevant Experience_AGROECOLOGY
This report introduces “agroecology”, bridging theory and field experience to frame CESVI’s work on resilient food systems and sustainable, community-led development. Drawing on projects worldwide, it shows how this approach informs CESVI’s response to climate and food challenges.
Shashe Irrigation Scheme: An Inspirational Zimbabwean Model of resource management – 2016
In a semi-desert region of Zimbabwe, the Cesvi’s intervention implements an irrigation scheme within a rural agricultural development strategy, and creates a replicable model. The key factors to success are farmers’ ownership, the creation of private public partnerships that contributed to the shift from a subsistence agriculture to a community-based commercial enterprise, the use of new technologies and the improvement of food security in the targeted area.
From Subsistence Agriculture to Commercial Enterprise: Community management of green technologies for resilient food production. (Research paper) – 2015
The paper underlines the innovative approach to irrigation used by Cesvi in Zimbabwe enhancing sustainable agriculture and food security in the long-term. A successful model that has allowed the shift from a subsistence agriculture to a sustainable and commercial one, thanks to the use of new technologies and private public partnerships increasing the resilience of the rural communities.
Inclusive and Sustainable Growth
Solid Waste Management in the Occupied Palestinian Territory – 2019
In the Occupied Palestinian Territory, solid waste management is a relevant challenge. This report analyzes the main actors involved and the policy and legal framework. Moreover, it also analyzes the generation and management of different waste streams, such as municipal, commercial and industrial, including hazardous waste. The report is the first document with a comprehensive picture of the situation regarding the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and, as much as possible, East Jerusalem.
Evaluation of the project Improvement of environment and hygiene conditions of the community of Shu’fat refugee camp – 2018
In refugee camps in Palestine, Cesvi develops environment and WASH projects. This paper is an evaluation conducted in the Shu’ fat refugee camp to underline positive aspects, challenges and opportunities of the project. Thanks to the theory of change approach, the solid waste management in Shu’fat refugee camp in Palestine becomes a way to improve the environmental conditions and a tool for the social inclusion.
HOUSEHOLD ENERGY ACCESS IN AREA C Hebron, Palestine
The report analyze the energy access features of the households living in the Area C of the Hebron Region. Access to electric energy, heat for cooking and for space heating are rated and evaluated in order to highlight the main issues raised. The results are clusterized according to the availability of infrastructures, such as electric grid, water network and paved road, of each community. This cluterization allows to predict the level access to energy of a community before conducting interviews. All the communities have access to electric energy but use unreliable and unefficient appliances. The main issues regard the energy for space heating and cooking, which work on appliances that present serious hazard for health and burn a fuel that have a considerable impact on the household economy
Migration
Italy
MEET – Mentoring Experiences to Empower territories
Cesvi is testing the “Migrant Mentoring” (MM) approach to strengthen the educational and relationship skills of women, encouraging relationships with other families, schools, and other services. After three years of work, Cesvi feels it is time to reflect on the MM’s achievements, issues, and challenges, so as to learn more about different social contexts and engage community members in the program activities. Cesvi chooses to seize the opportunity offered by EPIM through the Joint Learning Initiative program to exchange good practices, involving three European organizations experienced in mentoring programs. This compendium arises from the mutual exchange of experiences with the other partners and it’s a brief guideline address to all those who wish to read an introduction to implement migrant mentoring programs.
Libya
Cesvi has been present in Libya since 2011, as one of the first INGOs intervening in the country after the start of the Arab Spring. It has implemented programs that supported IDPs, refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants, through service provision that has included protection activities, non-food item (NFI) distributions, outreach, awareness-raising, psychosocial support, referrals to external services, and cash assistance.
The two following needs assessments in Tripoli and Benghazi and in Misrata are a starting point for future interventions.
Needs Assessment of Iraqi, Palestinian, Sudanese and Syrian Communities in Libya (Misrata) – 2017
This assessment aims to identify the main risks and vulnerabilities within the Iraqi, Palestinian, Sudanese and Syrian Communities. The findings confirm that the refugee communities have the same vulnerable groups, particularly impoverished households, large families, children and youths, orphans and children with a sick or absent parent, and people or households with a family member who has a disability. It is an important source of information for planning future interventions in the area.
Rapid needs assessment in IDP camps in Tripoli and Benghazi – 2016
This assessment intends to capture the priority needs of the IDP communities surveyed in 9 Libyan sites in the cities of Tripoli and Benghazi, in order to ascertain the presence of specific vulnerabilities and protection needs. With the objective of ensuring adequate mainstreaming of protection principles in all the sectors covered (respectively: Education, Child Protection, Health, Livelihoods), the assessment examines the access of IDPs to services. The findings will be used to inform effective planning and action, particularly with regard to protection assistance and psychosocial support of IDP children and youth.