AVSI celebrates its 5oth anniversary

We brought five storytellers into the field, so that they could visit our projects and narrate our idea of the future.

5 episodes, 5 different ways to tell a story, 5 authors, 5 countries. 5 promises: don't miss our original series

A promise we renew

EP 0 | A promise we RENEW

Listen, accompany, share, change, sustainability: these are the 5 key words marking the different sounds, words and images that come together in a story spanning from Africa to the Middle East, passing through Italy and Latin America.

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EP1 | A promise to LISTEN

Radio is the one communication medium that is truly powerful in Africa. Put on your headphones and come with us to Ivory Coast: here you’ll discover how to better promote development together with the local community.

Listen to the podcast (in Italian) >

By GIAMPAOLO MUSUMECI, in co-production with RADIO24

EP2 | A promise to ACCOMPANY

Let’s travel through Lebanon with Ursula Takchi, who has been in charge of AVSI’s Distance Support project for years – in a country that has been worn out by decades of conflicts and a very deep economic crisis.

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By SARA MELOTTI

EP3 | A promise to SHARE

For some years now, Alberto and Benedetta have been organizing events and activities to support AVSI. Two different generations, two different personal stories: what drives them towards the same goal?

Watch the story in motion graphics >

By CAROL ROLLO AND CLAUDIO ACCHERI

Sudanese refugee woman in Palabek settlement, Uganda

EP4 | A promise of CHANGE

From war and the HIV/AIDS epidemic to a new integration model: a photo reportage portrays how Northern Uganda has changed over these years, together with AVSI.

Don’t miss all the episodes of the photo reportage >

By ESTHER RUTH MBABAZI

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EP5 | A promise of SUSTAINABILITY

Patricia Silva Lopez is the founder of a women association that has been working to promote the emancipation of women in Mexico for years. AVSI is collaborating with them to improve the future of local communities, with an approach sustainable over time.

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By MATTEO BASTIANELLI

Our international events

AVSI celebrates its 50th anniversary together with its staff, donors, supporters and beneficiaries in various events in Italy and all over the world.

Open Hospitals in Syria: to provide medical care, to rebuild a community

An opportunity to review the characteristics of this intervention, to share the impact it had on the lives of the Syrians and on the local community, to report on how the funds have been used, and to identify potential ways forward.

On the occasion of this event, AVSI was received in audience by Pope Francis

September 2-3, 2022 >

AVSI's birthday, live in 39 countries

On AVSI’s 50th birthday, our offices around the world gathered online to celebrate this important milestone, retracing together many stories and projects thanks to several testimonials and interventions from the field.

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September 27, 2022 >

Beyond development, the future we want

A learning event to investigate how cooperation should evolve to be effective, i.e. to change people’s lives for the better.

The event began with a message from the Italian President Sergio Mattarella and the speeches of Card. Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of the Holy See, and Antonio Tajani, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.

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October 26, 2022 >