We work for a world in which every person can be the protagonist of their own integral development, along with that of their community, even in emergency situations. Our mission, vision and method AVSI in 60 seconds

364 Projects
40 Countries
105,849,928 € Aggregate revenue (including extraordinary income)
2,296 Staff
7,440,748 Direct beneficiaries
20,110 Children within the Distance Support Program
Social Report
Our results
AVSI's Social Report presents the data on the activities and projects implemented over the previous year. The 2022 Annual Report is now available in English, French and Spanish coming soon

Structure and governance

Patrizia Savi
President + Info
Alfredo Mantica
Vice-President + Info
Giampaolo Silvestri
Secretary General + Info

Staff

In numbers

People 2,296
  • 38% Women
  • 62% Men

Staff per country

Brazil

  • 4

Burundi

  • 77

Cameroon

  • 2

DRC

  • 258

Dominican Republic

  • 6

Ecuador

  • 72

Haiti

  • 297

Iraq

  • 50

Ivory Coast

  • 60

Jordan

  • 61

Kenya

  • 92

Lebanon

  • 63

Mexico

  • 14

Mozambique

  • 137

Myanmar

  • 36

Palestine

  • 4

Peru

  • 12

Republic of the Congo

  • 7

Sierra Leone

  • 19

Somalia

  • 4

South Sudan

  • 171

Syria

  • 17

Tunisia/Libya

  • 10

Uganda

  • 587

Ukraine

  • 148

AVSI was founded in 1972 with a first project in Zaire and it currently operates in 40 countries, ranking among the top 10 Italian NGOs. On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the foundation we brought five storytellers into the field, so that they could visit our projects and narrate our idea of the future. The series "A promise we renew" and all the initiatives organized in Italy and around the world are available here: