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

355 Projects
42 Countries
124,919,924 € Aggregate revenue (including extraordinary income)
2,116 Staff
8,667,441 Direct beneficiaries
21,093 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.

Structure and governance

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

Staff

In numbers

People 2,116
  • 39% Women
  • 61% Men

Staff per country

Brazil

  • 4

Burundi

  • 72

Cameroon

  • 3

Côte d'Ivoire

  • 89

DRC

  • 190

Dominican Republic

  • 9

Ecuador

  • 66

Haiti

  • 202

Iraq

  • 66

Italy

  • 15

Jordan

  • 25

Kenya

  • 68

Lebanon

  • 44

Mexico

  • 14

Mozambique

  • 203

Myanmar

  • 31

Palestine

  • 4

Peru

  • 18

Republic of the Congo

  • 10

Sierra Leone

  • 22

Somalia

  • 6

South Sudan

  • 145

Syria

  • 29

Tunisia

  • 12

Uganda

  • 664

Ukraine

  • 20

AVSI was founded in 1972 with a first project in Zaire and it currently operates in 42 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: