A NOTE FROM THE CHAIRMAN AND THE PRESIDENT

This is such an exciting time for our organization! Let’s review some highlights together …

Last year we concluded the celebration of an important milestone: 70 years of providing a chance in life in Italy to more than 31,500 young people from over 20 countries around the world.

We are also very proud that Boys’ and Girls’ Towns of Ethiopia, which was inaugurated in October 2015, is providing a chance in life to 400 very poor children in Ethiopia. They are receiving food, medical care and professional training. Most importantly, they are learning to become responsible citizens and contributing members of their community.

To reflect our new global reach, we assumed the name of A Chance In Life, an expression very dear to our founder. The names of our overseas programs will continue to be the same: Boys’ and Girls’ Towns of Italy and Boys’ and Girls’ Towns of Ethiopia. And our family of towns is growing. In October of 2016, we inaugurated Boys' and Girls' Towns of India and are supporting 900 children from tribal areas in ten Towns!

We launched a brand new website, achanceinlife.org and redesigned our logo. We are a 70-year-old start-up, constantly evolving to respond to the challenges of our times, and always anchored to the solid foundations of our past and to the core mission and vision of our founder.

These past months together have confirmed how dedicated and passionate you – our friends and benefactors – have been over the years. We are so grateful for your trust, loyalty and love for the children we serve.

We continue to count on your support to change – and in many cases save – the lives of many more boys and girls around the world.

Insieme, tutto è possibile! (Together, anything is possible!)

Grazie mille!