AVSI celebrates its 50th anniversary

On the 27th of September AVSI turns 50 and will celebrate it together with all the countries in which it works

Date 13.09.2022

To remember the path taken so far, to look forward, to renew its promise of development.

AVSI was founded in 1972 and its activity started with a first project in former Zaire: now it works in 39 countries and it’s in the top ten of Italian NGOs.

On September 27, we will celebrate this milestone together with all the countries by retracing many stories and projects with the help of testimonies and interventions from the field.
During the event, a preview of 5 video clips dedicated to #AVSI50 by 5 different authors will be shown.

The event program and details

Introduction

  • Why we organized this event, Patrizia Savi, AVSI President
  • Towards our new Tents Campaign, Maria Laura Conte and Elena Ricci

First-hand testimonials of AVSI’s history

Arturo Alberti, Letizia Vaccari, Ezio Castelli
Filippo Ciantia, Chiara Mezzalira
Luciano Valla, Lucia Castelli, Enrico Novara
Alberto Piatti, Alda Maria Vanoni, Patrizia Savi

With interventions by the staff from the connected countries

Date and time: Tuesday, September 27 2022, h. 4-6.30 PM (CET)
Where: online event on Zoom and Facebook Live
Moderator: Alessandro Banfi, journalist and TV author
The event will be with English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Arabic translation.

We are a community, we only grow together, every one or no one