Where we work

Albania

We have been operating in the country since 1997 with educational and health care work.
Argentina

ACDI, our founding member, is present in the country.
Brazil

We have been in the country since 1984, supporting the population with urban development, human rights, education, energy and environmental, vocational training and social responsibility projects. In partnership with our founding members.
Burundi

Based in this African country since 2001, we work in the poorest districts of the capital, Bujumbura, and in the provinces of Cibitoke, Kayanza, Kirundo and Ngozi to provide education, protection and food to children, and to assist and support women who are victims of violence.
Canada

In the country with the founder AVSI Canada, in order to promote and raise awareness of the issues connected to our work.
Chile

Present in the country through the activities of the founder Fundación Domus
Colombia

We have been operating in the country since 1997, in the capital Bogota, with educational work in support of the younger generations.
Democratic Republic of the Congo

Based in the African country since 1972, we work in five provinces to address the needs of thousands of displaced persons, to ensure quality education to the younger generation, food security, and to promote the work of small farmers.
Ecuador

We have been working in Ecuador from 2004, tIn partnership with our founding member Fundacion Sembrar, to create educational activities and vocational training and job creation, to prevent violence and protect the most vulnerable, especially women and children. Our staff has been in the forefront to deal with the aftermath of the earthquake that struck Portoviejo in April 2016, initially with emergency outreach, followed by economic development projects among the poorest population groups.
Germany

Support International, our founding member, is present in the country.
Haiti

We have been in Haiti since 1999, following a request from the Apostolic Nuncio in support of the Agricultural Faculty of the Catholic University of Notre Dame d'Haiti in Les Cayes, today we work with projects on the island with socio-educational, human rights, food security and training projects.
Iraq

Arriving in Iraqi Kurdistan in 2014 to tackle one of today's most complex humanitarian crises, we stand alongside Iraqi families displaced because of the war. We aim to provide education for children, training for young students and support for adults.
Italy

Present in the country to offer refugees in Milan welcome, guidance and the possibility to learn a job, with particular attention to women, children and unaccompanied
Ivory Coast

Present in the country since 2008, we work to support the population with educational projects, vocational training and work, support for micro-enterprises and farmers, and energy-generating and environmental activities.
Jordan

There are over half a million Syrian refugees in Jordan. There is a humanitarian emergency, which calls for shelter, water, food and healthcare to those who have fled from the war. But there is also another serious requirement: to prevent an entire generation from being deprived of the opportunity of education. Our work is divided between both these fronts: humanitarian aid and, especially, education, because even the smallest [child] is given the opportunity to build a future for themselves in a land that, today, is battered.
Kazakhstan

Masp, our founding member, is present in the country.
Kenya

For over thirty years, we have been working in this African country to promote the development of local communities, working with the poorest sections of the population. To this end, In partnership with our founding members, we focus on education and training in the suburbs of Nairobi, in Kibera, one of Africa's largest slums, and in Dadaab, the most populated refugee camp on the planet.
Kosovo

We have been working in the country since 1988, carrying out educational and agricultural work. We help raise 400 children and their families thanks to distance support.
Lebanon

In Lebanon since 1996, we work to support Syrians who have found refuge here, as well as the poorest segments of the Lebanese population, in partnership with our founding member La Libanaise. Our projects are aimed at welcoming refugees and providing them with good conditions of life, to give work to the men of the family, to protect women and children, and to ensure the youngest children receive some education.
Lithuania

SOTAS, our founding member, is present in the country.
Mexico

We have been present in Mexico since 1987. In partnership with our founding member Crecemos-DIJO, we carry out educational activities training for teachers on service and strengthening citizen participation in local development policies and inclusive governance.
Mozambique

Since 2000, in partnership with our founding member Khandlelo, we have developed educational work in 7 urban centers in the Mozambique capital, Maputo.
Myanmar

We have been operating in the country since 2007, with a staff of about 100 people, including local staff and collaborators, with projects in the agricultural and educational sectors.
Nigeria

The Seed, our founding member, is present in the country.
Palestine

Present in the country since 1993, we work to support the population with educational projects, vocational training and support for micro-enterprises.
Paraguay

We have been working in the country since 1987, in the capital, with educational work in support of future generations.
Peru

Based in Perù from 1989, we are working in Lima's marginalised neighborhoods and in the poorest and most isolated rural communities with educational, training and agricultural projects.
Poland

AVSI Polska, our founding member, is present in the country.
Portugal

Vida, our founding member, is present in the country.
Republic of Congo

Education and employment, especially for the disabled, through the establishment of cooperatives and improvements in the quality of education in the country's schools. These are our main activities in the Republic of Congo, where we have been present since 2011.
Romania

FDP, our founding member, is present in the country.
Russia

Working in the country together with the local NGO, Maksora, that manages the distance support program in Novosibirsk and in Krasnazjorsk district.
Rwanda

AVSI was one of the first NGOs to enter Rwanda during the 1994 genocide. We work in the areas of education, health and work with a view to sustainable development.
San Marino

Present in the country through the activities of the founder AVSI San Marino.
Sierra Leone

We have been working to improve education in the country since 2000, and we are supporting those children and families most in need.
South Sudan

Education, health, nutrition and food security are our main areas of work in this country, where we have been present since 1992 with mostly emergency projects, due to one of the most dramatic food crises in the world.
Spain

Cesal, our founding member, is present in the country.
Switzerland

AVAID, our founding member, is present in the country.
Syria

We have been in the country since 2015, in Damascus, supporting activities for women and children, and in Aleppo, in support of Custodia Terra Sancta's projects. The most important project is "Open Hospitals", aimed at developing four non-profit hospitals, to ensure care for all victims of the war, even the poorest.
Uganda

Present in the country since 1984, in partnership with our founding members, we work to support the population with educational projects, vocational training and work, support for micro-enterprises and farmers, and energy-generating, environmental and healthcare activities.
USA

AVSI Usa, our founding member, is present in the country.
Venezuela

We've been here in the country since 2000, following a severe flood which caused thousands of deaths in the Vargas and Miranda regions near Caracas. We support educational activities in the poorest parts of the country.