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AVSI

AVSI Foundation is an international not-for-profit, non-governmental organization founded in Italy in 1972. Its mission is to promote the dignity of the person through development cooperation activities.

AVSI is involved in more than 100 cooperation projects in 30 developing countries throughout Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Asia, reaching more than 2,6 million direct beneficiaries, and it works with 700 local partners around the world. It operates in different sectors, including education and social development, urban upgrading, healthcare, labor, agriculture, food security and water, energy and environment, humanitarian emergency, migrants and [[refugees.

In 2014, AVSI received funding for a total amount of more than 26 million Euros, half of which from institutional donors and half from private donors. Among its main institutional donors are the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the European Union, USAID, UNICEF, the World Bank, FAO.

Accreditations

AVSI has been recognized since 1973 by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a non-governmental organization for international cooperation; is registered as a PVO with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), holds General Consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in New York, with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in New York  and with the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in Vienna, and is an accredited participant of the UN Global Compact and is recognized on the NGO Special List of the International Labor Organization (ILO).

AVSI is also recognized by the Italian Government as an authorized NGO for international adoptions.

Guiding Values

AVSI recognizes the uniqueness of each person, who cannot be reduced to a number within an anonymous category such as “the poor, the sick, the disabled”. Every person and every community represents a resource, regardless of their vulnerability. This is why AVSI works to help people in becoming aware of their own value and dignity.

AVSI’s view is that the challenge of development is about allowing the person to latch on to services that match his/her real needs. AVSI calls this connection “the last mile”, fundamental to bridge the gap between the person and the infrastructure, so that the strengthening of civil society organizations through projects that are focused on the person will allow the individual, once educated, to become the protagonist of his or her own development.

External Links Official website: www.avsi.org