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Annual Report 2016

Helping children every day

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Dear Friends,

ABOUT US Identity and values Countries and sectors of intervention in 2016

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FOCUS ON The Swiss Foundation

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PROGRAMS ABROAD Children’s Heart Child Sponsorships

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PROGRAMS IN ITALY A Nursery for Every Child School First! Young People at Work

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ABROAD AND IN ITALY Emergency aid operations

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FUNDRAISING Source and destination of funds Private donations and voluntary work Partnership with companies Partnership with foundations

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FINANCIAL REPORTS Financial statement Balance sheet

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in 2016 our Foundation has increased its engagement in favor of children and young people in need. On the one hand, we have been able to continue the projects which started in the past few years and, on the other hand, we have been able to provide quick and much needed assistance to the people who have suffered the devastations produced by earthquakes in central Italy. With the Program “Children’s Heart” we have continued to provide cardiac surgery to children with serious heart diseases in many poor African countries: over 1,700 lives saved in about 10 years. In addition to this, we have provided specific training to local doctors: after learning with the help of our voluntary doctors, in future they will be able to perform these difficult surgical operations in complete autonomy. In Italy we have given a substantial boost to our projects addressing two closely related problems: school drop-outs and unemployment among young people. We have offered our support to day-centers and after-school centers, on the one hand, and have promoted vocational training and new social enterprises, on the other hand. And then, from the end of August, a devastating earthquake repeatedly hit different areas in central Italy. We immediately thought of the children and what could help them make their life as normal as possible. The answer: going to school. Therefore, we went to Norcia on December 22, and attended the official opening of a new infant school, which we were able to build, together with other important partners, in less than two months after the earthquake. Our engagement on these fronts continues with everyone’s help. For this reason I would like to thank all of you for your support and for everything you will help us to achieve. Thank you.

Goffredo Modena President and Founder

Text editor: Alex Gusella Graphic project and lay-out: Federico Peverada Infographic: Michele Morganti Cover photo: Tichakunda Center, Zimbabwe (photo: Giovanni Diffidenti) Translation: Cristina Lucioni Burdak Translations

The consolidated accounts of the Mission Bambini Group for the year ending on 31/12/2016 with notes are published online at www.missionbambini.org and have been certified by Deloitte & Touche S.p.A. Unless otherwise indicated, the figures provided in this Annual Report refer to the activities of the whole Mission Bambini Group

Team: Goffredo Modena (President), Luisa Bruzzolo (Managing Director), Alberto Barenghi, Claudio Bergna Tornelli, Martina Busi, Micol Corbellini, Paola Ferrari, Chiara Parisi, Gioia Pissetti Printed: July 2017

Pro g rammi Ab ou t us estero

Identity and Values An Italian Foundation with an international vocation, created with the aim of giving support to children in need About Us The Mission Bambini Foundation is an independent, non-profit and non-clerical organization, created in Italy by Goffredo Modena, engineer and entrepreneur, in 2000. During 17 years of activity, Mission Bambini has supported 1,450 projects in favor of 1,300,000 children and young people in Italy and in other 72 countries in the Southern hemisphere. The experience gathered in such different environments, the pragmatic style and the transparent activity make it an ideal partner for planning and supporting actions and projects in favor of children in need in any part of the world. Early in 2015 the Italian Foundation created Mission Bambini Switzerland and Friends of Mission Bambini fund USA.

children who are poor, sick or uneducated or have been victims of psychological or physical abuse, giving them the opportunity and the hope of a better life”. Our work has always been focused on children and young people and our aim is to accompany them towards their future: we want to be their lucky stars. The Foundation rejects any kind of cultural, racial or religious discrimination and operates with the utmost respect of children’s rights. In the pursuit of its mission, the Foundation conforms to the values of Liberty, Justice, Truth, Respect for others and Solidarity.

Mission The mission of the Foundation is “to provide help and support to

Results

17 years

of activity

1,450

projects supported

1.3 million

children and young people helped

countries involved

Founder and President Goffredo Modena, born in Bologna in 1938, is the Founder and President of the Mission Bambini Foundation. After working as Executive Director in the field of telecommunications, at the age of 43 he decides to become an entrepreneur. He leads his company to success, increasing the turnover from 500,000 to 150 million Euros and the staff from 30 to 350 employees. At the age of 59 he sells his business

to an American company and begins a new life phase, wishing to dedicate his time, energy and experience to helping others, in particular less fortunate children. In 2000, at the age of 62, with the support of his wife and children, Goffredo Modena decides to create the Foundation “aiutare i bambini” in Milan, which becomes Mission Bambini Foundation in 2015.

Statutory bodies and members of staff The Mission Bambini Foundation has the following Statutory bodies with managing and overseeing functions: President, Board of Directors, Technical Committee, Panel of Auditors. The President is the legal representative of the Foundation, he summons and chairs the Board of Directors, carries out its decisions and exercises the functions which are entrusted to him by the Board of Directors as a general rule or on particular occasions. In cases of absolute necessity and urgency, the President may carry out extraordinary administrative acts, which then have to be approved by the Board of Directors within 90 days. The Board of Directors (BoD) takes decisions on the Foundation’s strategy, on short and medium term plans, on the budget and balance sheet and on the allocation of funds to the various help projects proposed by the Technical Committee. It elects its own members and the members of the Technical Com-

mittee. Besides the President, the General Director sits on the Board of Directors.

BoD. It includes representatives of the Project department, the President, the General Director, some members of the BoD and other outside members in different capacities.

The Technical Committee submits its proposals to the BoD regarding help projects to children to be financed and/or managed. In order to select and evaluate these projects, the Technical Committee employs methods and criteria which have been approved by the

The Panel of Auditors verifies the regular bookkeeping and accounting procedures and prepares its annual report which is attached to the balance-sheet.

Governance and operational structure

The staff counts 24 employees who are charged with different functions. Each head of office reports directly to the General Director, who in turn reports to the President. Moreover, the Foundation can count on a nationwide network of 1,000 volunteers, grouped under 30 provincial coordinators, who operate as volunteers as well.

(state: 31/12/2016)

MISSION BAMBINI FOUNDATION

MISSION BAMBINI SWITZERLAND

Goffredo Modena President

q Board of Directors

Goffredo Modena Sara Modena Antonio Carbone Ottavio Crivaro Clara Mascetti

auxiliary functions q

Goffredo Modena Maria Paola Villa Elisabetta Modena Sara Modena Ottavio Crivaro Luisa Bruzzolo Luigi Anelli Giuseppe Marsi

Technical Committee evaulates projects and puts them forward for approval by the BoD

Claudio Bergna Tornelli

Administration and General services

Luigi Anelli

Personnel Luisa Bruzzolo

Sara Modena

General Manager q

General Manager Lucia Pizzini

Photo: Roberto Morelli

Digital Strategist q

Alberto Barenghi

Paola Ferrari

Projects in Italy and abroad

Chiara Parisi e Gioia Pissetti

High Value Partnership

Private Fundraising

Micol Corbellini

Communication for fundraising activity

Ab ou t u s

Operating methods Mission Bambini Foundation is a mixed foundation, as it pursues its goals in two different ways: financing local partners and direct projects’ implementation.

Financing local partners Mission Bambini supports projects in favor of children and young people in need in Italy and all over the world. These projects are managed by qualified non-profit organizations (partners). The requests for support are evaluated and selected according to a series of parameters - some operation channels in Italy follow a procedure involving calls for bids - and are implemented in cooperation with other private social care operators. After signing an “ethical contract”, the funds are supplied at various stages of development of each project. Besides providing financial support, in some cases the Foundation carries out a “capacity building” program, in order to improve the partner’s managing skill. The development of the sup-

ported projects is monitored and subjected to an ongoing evaluation by means of periodical reports sent by the partner, on-site inspections by members of the Foundation and volunteers’ visits. The joint operations that bring about the best results and are most effective in the good use of resources grow into long-lasting partnerships, with the aim of creating the conditions for a better future for children and young people. Under no circumstances does Mission Bambini fully cover the costs intended for a project. The Foundation favors partners that show independent fundraising abilities.

Direct projects’ implementation Since 2013, Mission Bambini has developed a method of implementing projects directly in Italy

and abroad. The projects are designed by the Foundation on the basis of a deep understanding of various needs and environments. The implementation may extend over several years and is managed directly by the Foundation with the assistance of other non-profit organizations (associations, social care cooperatives, NGOs). Directly implemented projects are co-financed by institutional donors, for example the European Union or corporations, by means of calls for bids or funding lines. When operating abroad, the Foundation applies for registration, if necessary, as a locally active corporation and exploits all available resources, including the Foundation’s own headquarters and expat personnel living in the country.

The Additional Value of Mission Bambini Thanks to over 1,450 projects supported in 73 countries, Mission Bambini has collected valuable expertise: good practices set up online, the exchange of experiences and the interchange of different solutions to similar problems are an incredible additional value. Mission Bambini offers its ability to rally and bundle resources and therefore increase the impact of measures, to other funding organizations which can reach and even exceed their goals, by concentrating their funding on specific projects run together with Mission Bambini and by taking advantage of the monitoring and evaluation work carried out by the Project Offices and the Technical Committee.

Photo: Tommaso Miredi-Mediolanum Foundation NPO

Strategy The Foundation has decided to concentrate its activity on specific aid projects aimed at children and young people, and to focus its resources on achieving a few priority goals. During the last few years, in particular, the Foundation has increased its activity in Italy on account of the difficult economic and social situation of our country.

ABROAD

CHILDREN’S HEART

reduce children mortality due to heart disease

CHILD SPONSORSHIPS

enable poor children to access schooling, care and assistance

ITALY

A NURSERY FOR EVERY CHILD and CHILD SPONSORSHIPS

support infants, small children and families in nursery schools

SCHOOL FIRST ! and PARENTS, LET’S CLEAN THE SCHOOLS!

prevent school drop-outs and improve school facilities

YOUNG PEOPLE AT WORK

promote the creation of workplaces for young people

ABROAD AND IN ITALY EMERGENCY AID OPERATIONS

help communities that have been hit by natural disasters return to normal life routines

Ab o u t u s

Countries and sectors of interven ITALY

77 projects in 15 regions Abruzzo Apulia Calabria Campania Emilia-Romagna Friuli Venezia Giulia Lazio Liguria Lombardy Marche Piedmont Sardinia Sicily Umbria Veneto

AFRICA LATIN AMERICA

14 projects in 6 countries Argentina Bolivia Brazil Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador The symbol

indicates emergency interventions providing food and health safety measures.

26 projects in 13 countries Cameroon Dem. Rep. of the Congo Eritrea Etiopia Guinea Bissau Kenya Madagascar Senegal Somalia Tanzania Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

RESULTS 2016

tion in 2016 EST EUROPA

2 projects in 3 countries

60,000

children and young people helped

150

projects supported

countries involved

Albania Romania Serbia

ASIA

31 projects in 8 countries

Bangladesh Cambodia India Lebanon Myanmar Nepal Philippines Thailand

NÂ° BENEFICIARIES 2016 Main programs*

ABROAD

Childrenâ€™s heart Child sponsorship

ITALY

1,650 5,400 500 11,650 90

Nurseries Schools Jobs

* the numbers have been rounded, more detailed information on each single program can be found in the following pages

Fo c u s on

Mission Bambini Switzerland

Mission Bambini Switzerland, officially founded on January 28, 2015, with headquarters in Lugano, is to all intents and purposes a Swiss Foundation, operating under the control of the Swiss Federal Law and tax authority. The aim of the Foundation is to give support to children who are impoverished, sick or without education and to those who have suffered moral or physical abuse all over the world and in Switzerland.

In the wake of the new efforts towards an international opening, which began in 2014, Mission Bambini has increased its presence in other countries, starting with Switzerland, by creating the new Mission Bambini Foundation Switzerland.

This development was the result of the desire to enter new partnerships with other foundations and nonprofit organizations in Europe and all over the world, making the most of and increasing the wide network of relationships with Swiss private donors, companies and foundations that generously support solidarity projects based on concrete and transparent actions, as are, and always have been, the projects of Mission Bambini.

In 2015 Mission Bambini Switzerland has joined ProFonds, the umbrella Association for Foundations and other public service associations in Switzerland.

Results 2016 SWITZERLAND

In the course of 2016 Mission Bambini Switzerland donated 222,000 francs to children support projects, therefore increasing its allocation by 22% compared to the 180,786 francs donated in 2015. There has been an increase in the number of projects supported with different purposes and in different areas, including Switzerland.

In Switzerland the Foundation has started a long-term partnership with a retirement home managed by the San Rocco Foundation in Morbio. Within the premises of his retirement home there is a so-called “play area” for children between 0-3 and their mothers. A first 10,000-franc donation by Mission Bambini Switzerland was used to employ a qualified instructor who provides a wide range of social and cultural activities for all age groups, thus increasing the learning opportunities and the wellbeing of both children and old residents.

ZIMBABWE Thanks to the latest donation of 121,420 francs by Mission Bambini Switzerland, 900 children in the Tichakunda Center in Zimbabwe have now a new school building with spacious, light and airy classrooms. The school lies on the northern outskirts of Harare, Zimbabwe Capital city, in the suburb called “Hatcliffe Extension”.

ITALY

After the devastations caused by a number of earthquakes in central Italy at the end of August 2016 and in the following months, Mission Bambini Switzerland allo-

whenever possible, they are encouraged to rejoin their families.

cated 23,580 francs for measures intended to increase the safety of 3 school buildings in the L’Aquila Province.

CHILDREN’S HEART

In 2016 Mission Bambini Switzerland provided again its support to the “Children’s Heart” project, which aims at saving children suffering from heart disease in the poorest of countries. Thanks to a total contribution of 45,560 francs, it was possible to organize missions of volunteer doctors and support children heart surgeries in local hospitals in Cambodia, Romania and Zimbabwe.

ERITREA

Mission Bambini Switzerland donated 5,360 francs to support a project amongst the Abo, Tokondà and Segheneti communities. The project operates in many ways: distributing food supplements for children, educating young mothers, donating goats and environmental friendly ovens. Thanks to the Foundation’s contribution a workshop was organized in Zazzega, involving 120 mothers, on the subjects of nutrition and personal hygiene and sanitation.

BOLIVIA

The Foundation supported the “Ciudad de los Ninos” in Cochabamba, Bolivia, with a donation of 16,080 francs. This center accommodates over 100 children, designated by the Juvenile Court, providing accommodation, food, medical care and education. Many of these children are orphans or have been abandoned, but,

Friends of Mission Bambini fund – USA Friends of Mission Bambini fund - USA was created in 2015 following a proposal by the Mission Bambini Foundation and with the support of the King Baudouin Foundation United States (KBFUS) in New York. KBFUS is an American 501(c)(3) public charity that supports Friends of Mission Bambini fund thanks to American donors who can make their donations through KBFUS and benefit from tax relief according to US law. Dona-

tions to Friends of Mission Bambini fund - USA made by check or bank transfer should be addressed to the King Baudouin Foundation United States (KBFUS), 10 Rockefeller Plaza, 16th Floor - New York, NY 10020, with the note “Mission Bambini” in the memo section. For further information, please contact: King Baudouin Foundation United States, Ph. +1 (212) 713 7660, info@kbfus.org.

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Children’s Heart Save children with serious heart disease born in the poorest countries

1 million It has been estimated that every year 1 million children are born with congenital heart disease all over the world. Around 80% are born in a poor country: half of them won’t survive beyond the first year due to lack of medical help and surgical facilities; the others will suffer serious growth problems and difficulties in their psychosomatic development, caused by pulmonary and/or circulatory handicaps. The Program “Children’s Heart” implements 3 methods of intervention.

Medical volunteers’ missions

Photo: ©pierrezcollet

If there are adequately equipped hospitals in the sick children’s country, but they lack trained personnel to perform pediatric heart surgery, the Foundation organizes humanitarian missions of (Italian or European) medical volunteers. A mission lasts 1 week and allows to operate on 10 children on average. One of the missions’ main objectives is the training of local doctors: in the long term they should be able to treat children with heart disease autonomously; for this reason, missions are often repeated in the same hospitals. Mission Bambini organizes the missions and bears the costs of the journey and the stay of the medical volunteers in the foreign country.

Transporting children to Italy and to Romania If there is a lack of both hospitals and doctors, children are transported to Italy or to Romania (if born in an Eastern European country) where they receive surgery in hospitals. The Foundation bears the costs of the journey and the stay in Italy for the children and their companions (usually the mother).

Support to local hospitals If both hospitals and health care workers are available, the Foundation supports the purchase of equipment and facility improvement or covers the costs of surgery for the poorest families.

RESULTS

BENEFICIARIES

2016 from 2005 Children operated on Children examined Doctors trained Total Missions abroad Last hope journeys Local hospitals Total

151 1,504 62 1,717

1,761 14,286 271 16,318

PROJECTS

2016 from 2005 7 2 4 13

14 7 9 30

10 COUNTRIES OF INTERVENTION (2016) Albania, Cambodia, Eritrea, Kenya, Myanmar, Romania, Somalia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Doctors with a heart of gold All doctors and nurses who take part in the medical missions organized by Mission Bambini within the project “Children’s Heart” are volunteers and represent the strong point of this Program. They are all employed in the best Italian and European hospitals and devote their holidays to our missions. They are highly specialized healthcare professionals, but beside professional competence they possess a unique capacity of dedication, team work and openness to new environments and challenges. A surgical team is composed of 1 or 2 cardiac surgeons, 1 heart specialist, 1 anaesthetist, 1 perfusionist, 2 or more intensive care nurses. Furthermore, our volunteer doctors play a key role in training their colleagues in the countries of intervention, so that they may be able to treat children suffering from heart disease autonomously in the future. Dr. Stefano Maria Marianeschi, head of children cardiac surgery at Niguarda Ca’ Granda Hospital in Milan, acts as scientific coordinator of the program “Children’s heart” since 2015. To the present date 68 volunteer doctors have taken part in the missions organized by Mission Bambini.

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Child Sponsorships

Give children the opportunity to go to school through the support provided by child sponsorships

57 million

RESULTS BENEFICIARIES

Despite many progress in recent years, ensuring primary education for all children is still a distant goal: according to UN data, more than 57 million children in the world between 6 and 11 cannot go to school, and more than half are girls. In the poorest countries only 36% of males in secondary school age actually go to school, and this figure sinks to 30% in the case of females.

2016 from 2001

Individual sponsorships 3,089 Group sponsorship 2,311 Total 5,400

Education and care

PROJECTS

In many countries, access to education is still a daily challenge for millions of children. There are many different causes: endemic poverty, child labor, war, child recruitment in armed formations. On the other hand, even where education is available and free of charge, it is often lacking in quality: few and overcrowded school facilities, far from home. Children must often walk long distances on foot and families cannot afford to buy school supplies.

2016 from 2001

Individual sponsorships Group sponsorship Total

Thanks to individual sponsorships (each donor is linked to a single child), the Mission Bambini Foundation guarantees thousands of children the right to a good education every year, by means of covering schooling costs: entry fees, books and uniforms. For many children, going to school also means receiving at least one meal a day.

10,328 3,307 13,635

34 13 47

62 19 81

26 COUNTRIES OF INTERVENTION (2016)

among which: Bangladesh, Brazil, Cambodia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, India, Kenya, Philippines, Thailand, Uganda

Through child sponsorships, Mission Bambini supports residential facilities offering a safe accommodation, medical care and a caring environment to children in particularly difficult situations (orphans, HIV-positive children, refugees). In many cases children stay for a limited period of time, therefore these projects are supported through group sponsorships (each donor is linked to a group of children). The long-lasting support offered by donors through child sponsorships enables us to accompany the child or group of children until they achieve their primary or secondary school diplomas. In some cases, Mission Bambini contributes to the construction of schools or their enlargement and successively promotes child sponsorships that enable children to go to these schools.

SOCIAL IMPACT The SROI (Social Return On Investment) provides a means of measuring the social impact of a project, i.e. how much it improves the life of its beneficiaries and their communities. Amongst all the educational projects supported through child sponsorships, Mission Bambini has chosen one in order to measure its social impact. It is the project, supported over many years, in favor of Dalit children in Bangladesh (“dalit” literally means: “oppressed”, that is “outside the caste system”). In 12 extremely poor rural villages the Foundation supports the access of these children to education by awakening the community’s interest, by supplying schooling material and by supporting after-school activities. In order to assess the social impact of these operations, it was decided to investigate whether beneficiaries showed an increased capacity of generating an income, as a direct consequence of their higher and better education acquired thanks to the project. The results were astonishing: for each euro invested in the project, an added value of 5.6 € was generated with a social impact on the community. This result confirms the strong belief underlying the engagement of Mission Bambini in the field of education, that only by improving education as a starting point can a real improvement in the living condition of millions of children be achieved.

ALL CHILDREN TO THE NURSERY At the nursery small children can interact and play with other children of their own age, they gain independence, and they are cared for by professional teachers throughout the day, when they have time to play, time to eat and time to sleep. The engagement of Mission Bambini in the Program “A nursery for every child” and through child sponsorships aims at allowing all children to attend nursery school, even the children from families living in poor or difficult conditions: for these children the nursery plays an important role facilitating their acceptance within the social environment. The motto “All children to the nursery” has an additional meaning to us: once a year the nurseries that are supported through child sponsorships organize an “open day”, during which donors have the opportunity of inspecting the institution they support, of meeting both teachers and children and taking part in their activities. They can see with their own eyes the results achieved thanks to their generosity. Photo: Stefania Donno, Cesare Medri, Roberto Morelli, Dante Valenza

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A Nursery for Every Child

Open new nurseries for children up to 3 from families living in difficult economic or social conditions

1 out of 5 children

child sponsorships alongside the Program “A Nursery for Every Child”. The regular, long-lasting support granted by child sponsorships provides concrete help and services to needy families in difficult.

RESULTS

In Italy there are just over 360,000 places available in public and private nurseries, which cover 22.4% of potential users, i.e. children under the age of 3 (figure provided by the Italian National Institute of Statistics, 2016). Therefore only just over 1 child out of 5 attends one of these nurseries, compared to the European goal of 1 out of 3. In southern Italy the figure sinks to 11.5%. Many families living in poverty or in difficult conditions (for example single working mothers) are excluded from these opportunities because of high fees and do not know where to find child care.

BENEFICIARIES

2016 from 2006 Nursery schools program 307 Child sponsorships 204 Total 511

4,448 325 4,773

PROJECTS

2016 from 2006

New nurseries and playgrounds With the Program “A Nursery for Every Child”, launched in 2006, Mission Bambini supports nurseries and playgrounds by sharing personnel costs and the expenses for repairs, equipment and rent. The nursery supported by Mission Bambini are located in various parts of Italy, especially in the Southern regions and in the more destitute areas, suburbs or small villages where no such services are available. The Foundation promotes the presence of volunteer helpers (cooking, cleaning or doing maintenance work) or assistant educators. 25% of available places are reserved for children from needy families at a reduced fee. All the child care services supported are managed by social cooperatives or associations with several years’ experience.

Nursery schools program Child sponsorships Total

10 18 28

100 21 121

10 REGIONS OF INTERVENTION (2016) Apulia, Calabria, Campania, Emilia Romagna, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Lazio, Lombardy, Piedmont, Sardinia, Sicily

Child sponsorships (Italy) Although it is important, on the one hand, to increase the number and capacity of nurseries, especially in Southern Italy, there is also an increasingly urgent need, on the other hand, to enable families to access the places that are already available. Many children, in fact, run the risk of being excluded from an important experience for their personal growth and development and many mothers may be forced to leave their jobs or reduce their working hours, with additional negative consequences on the family budgets. For this reason, in 2013 the Foundation decided to launch

LET US ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES “We have repainted the walls, tidied up the garden, had the leaks in the roof repaired, fixed and rebought other broken or ruined equipment – says Arianna Turchi, mother and volunteer, speaking on behalf of the parents who helped with the ordinary maintenance work supported by Mission Bambini at the infant school “Flauto Magico” in Bologna. It was not easy to find families willing to give a helping hand. Many thought that doing maintenance work on the school building would be like playing into the hands of the local authorities that fail to perform their duties, but we wanted to do something for our children. And also work and spend time together like a community. Now our school building is lovelly, colorful and clean. Children have created a thank-you poster and the whole project has certainly left a mark on those who are going to be the adults of tomorrow. These experiences of community work help us fight the spirit of resignation and make us stronger. We thank the Foundation for conceiving this plan, for giving us the opportunity of sharing our time and work for our community, and for supplying the funding to this project”. Photo: Roberto Morelli

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School First!

Prevent school drop-outs and make Italian schools more attractive and comfortable

14.7% drop-outs

Study help and after-school centers With the Program “School First!”, launched in 2006, Mission Bambini supports study and homework help centers for pupils receiving compulsory education in primary and secondary schools. In the afternoons, children are free to go to an after-school center, where they can do their homework and spend time with other children of the same age-group in a positive, peaceful and stimulating environment. The project’s aims are: preventing school drop-outs by supporting learning opportunities provided by educators and volunteers; offering places where young people can meet, socialize and develop through a wide selection of cultural, recreational and sporting activities; promoting the integration of different cultures. Study help and after-school centers are mainly located in degraded urban areas where people live in poverty and destitution.

Many students in Italy drop out of school without obtaining a qualification. According to Eurostat data, we have a 14.7% quota of “early school leavers”, i.e. young people between 18 and 24 who have only obtained an intermediate school certificate. Furthermore, many of the over 41,000 state school buildings in Italy are in urgent need of ordinary maintenance or extraordinary repairs, as both serious and minor accidents frequently occur, from flaking plaster to whole ceilings crushing down in classrooms.

RESULTS BENEFICIARIES

Ordinary maintenance of school buildings

2016 from 2006

“School First!” 626 Ordinary maintenance 11,033 Total 11,659

2016

“School First!” Ordinary maintenance Total

13 17 30

7,138 16,678 23,816

With the Program “Parents, Let’s Clean the Schools!”, launched in 2015, Mission Bambini intends to make Italian state school buildings more attractive and comfortable. To achieve this aim, it supports volunteers’ groups, pupils’ parents or ordinary citizens, who help carry out ordinary repair works. The Foundation provides materials and equipment. These repair works include: painting classroom walls and corridors, varnishing grates and gates, replacing broken doors and window panes, cleaning gardens and courtyards. The project finances the purchase of fittings other than school equipment and covers the expenses for specialized labor (builders, electricians, plumbers, blacksmiths, glaziers etc.), besides paying for insurance. This project does not include extraordinary repairs. Besides promoting a process whereby citizens learn to consider and care for school buildings as part of the assets of a community, the project intends to promote the use of school buildings as places where citizens can come together and actively shape their communities. For this reason, it supports parents who plan and put ideas into practice with the aim of opening school buildings to everyone outside school hours, offering courses, workshops, sporting tournaments, competitions, neighborhood parties.

PROJECTS

dal 2006 57 31 88

9 REGIONS OF INTERVENTION (2016) Apulia, Calabria, Campania, Emilia Romagna, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Liguria, Lombardy, Sardinia, Sicily

WHEN COMPANIES ENGAGE IN SOCIAL PROJECTS A mobile dairy producing organic yoghurt and goat cheese in the Province Varese and an ethnic-food truck in Verona. A home-made ice-cream parlor on the promenade in Genova-Nervi and a bakery producing hand-made “piadine” in Forlì. And more: a shop selling fair-trade organic articles on Piazza dei Miracoli in Pisa and the extension of a nursery school in San Benedetto del Tronto. In southern Italy: a bicycle workshop supporting sustainable mobility in Naples, the offer of non-traditional guided tours in Palermo and a “mobile” workshop providing maintenance work on private boats in the harbor of Palermo. These are the socially useful enterprises that Mission Bambini has begun to support in 2016, creating 50 new workplaces for young unemployed. Moreover, another 30 young people have started vocational training thanks to apprenticeship opportunities in local sales or manufacturing companies. Photo: Roberto Morelli

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Young People at Work

Promote the employment of young people through working practice and support to social enterprises

40% unemployed

difficult social situations, for those who have dropped out of school or for foreign minors with no family or tutors. Through the Program “Young People at Work”, Mission Bambini aims at helping young people on the labor market, especially the ones experiencing disadvantages due to their social environment. The work experiences supported by the Foundation have a strong educational value (the young people involved begin to learn a trade) and are aimed at teaching young people to act as responsible persons, especially when they are employed in enterprises with social responsibility. Our support produces long-lasting benefits: after the working experience, 40% of young people find a stable occupation within one year. Others go back to school or begin other kinds of vocational training.

According to Istat (the Italian National Institute of Statistics) surveys, around 40% of young people in Italy are unemployed: this figure refers to young persons between 15 and 24, excluding students. According to the OECD report published in October 2016 in Italy there are 2.5 million NEET: young people between 15 and 29 who do not work nor study. The situation in Italy is the worst in Europe, just behind Turkey. Finding a job is not easy for young people living in

RESULTS

Vocational training

BENEFICIARIES

With a first action, launched in 2011, the Foundation promotes the start of vocational training in factories or commercial enterprises in the area where young people live. Vocational trainings last 6 months on average. The Foundation bears the expenses for insurance, pays the trainee a monthly wage ranging from 300 to 600 Euros, provides tutoring by an educator and by a job trainer inside the company. This method has proven successful: the trainee is motivated by the economic appreciation of his or her work, the company takes advantage of a new trainee at no costs.

2016 from 2011

Vocational training Social enterprises Total Vocational training Social enterprises Total

37 53 90

311 81 392

PROJECTS

2016 from 2011 5 8 13

Social enterprises

37 14 51

With a second action, launched in 2013 and on which the Foundation has decided to place most of the project’s resources, support is provided to social enterprises that are managed by privates and that provide job opportunities for young people between 16 and 29 without previous working experience or unemployed. The Foundations contributes to start-up investments and to cover the operational costs. The supported companies can operate in any field (for example: food, catering, commerce, tourism, culture, handicrafts), but must have a market-oriented policy and they must prove their economical sustainability.

11 REGIONS OF INTERVENTION (2016) Abruzzo, Apulia, Calabria, Campania, Emilia Romagna, Liguria, Lombardy, Marche, Piedmont, Sicily, Veneto

NORCIA LIVES AGAIN “Hearing the cheerful sound of children’s voices on these school premises is going to be the first sign that our community is truly going back to normal life. Being here today is a great joy and I feel deeply thankful to all those persons who have made this achievement possible”. With these words Nicola Alemanno, Mayor of Norcia, opened the celebrations for the new school and infant school “Norcia rinasce” (Norcia lives again), built with the support of Mission Bambini, together with the local council, and the financing of the Prosolidar Foundation. The school building – a 184-square-meter prefabricated unit made of laminated wood, totally earthquake-proof – was opened officially on December 22, 2016, less than 2 months after the earth shook Norcia on October 30. Since January 2017, 40 children between 3 and 6 are attending classes here, after their school had been destroyed by the earthquake. At the opening ceremony, beside the Mayor of Norcia, Nicola Alemanno, were Goffredo Modena, President of Mission Bambini, Giancarlo Durante, President of the Prosolidar Foundation, Catiuscia Marini, President of the Region Umbria and Renato Boccardo, Archbishop of Spoleto-Norcia.

Ab r oa d a nd i n I t a ly

Emergency aid operations Help communities that have been hit by natural disasters return to normal life routines

Wars and calamities

need. Later the Foundation focuses mainly on rebuilding schools and child care centers. The Foundation also supports the distribution of emergency supplies (water, food, hygienic items) if this can be achieved quickly and effectively. If emergency situations arise within Italy as a consequence of natural disasters, Mission Bambini provides its support in a later phase, with the aim of helping communities to gradually regain normal living conditions and with particular regard to children and their need to go to school in the best possible conditions and to find places where they can be together, play and grow in safety. Our operations always take place in agreement with local authorities and involve local bodies.

Every year millions of children all over the world suffer the consequences of wars and natural catastrophes. Beside causing casualties and destruction, these emergencies threaten the very future of whole communities. Children living in these areas are often forced to give up their education, because schools become impossible to reach, buildings are damaged or made unfit for use. Unfortunately, in the last few years even the Italian peninsula has been hit by serious natural disasters, in particular by violent earthquakes in L’Aquila, in Emilia Romagna and, lately, in central Italy.

Earthquake in central Italy In the night between the 23rd and the 24th of August 2016 a devastating earthquake hits the small towns of Accumoli and Amatrice, in the Province Rieti (Lazio). It’s just the first of a long series of quakes that causes destruction during many months in central Italy, especially in the Regions Lazio, Umbria, Marche and Abruzzo. At the end of August, Mission Bambini decides to raise funds with the aim of helping schools in the worst-off areas, trying to organize as normal school routines as possible for the next school year, which would start in a few weeks. In September the Foundation allocates a first sum to provide a 3 months’ free canteen service to 120 pupils in the new temporary school building in Amatrice. In October, thanks to the Project “Safe@school”, it can raise enough money to repair and guarantee the safety of 3 school complexes, which had already been damaged by the earthquake in 2009, in the Province L’Aquila.

The philosophy behind aid intervention When wars and natural disasters happen in foreign countries where Mission Bambini is operating, the Foundation immediately contacts the local representatives in order to assess the conditions of children in

WHAT WE HAVE DONE From the year 2000 to date Mission Bambini has brought aid in favor of communities affected by war and natural disasters, in Italy and all over the world. ● 2004 TSUNAMI in Asia: emergency aid, 2 schools and 22 houses rebuilt, fishing boats and nets purchased ● 2009 EARTHQUAKE in Italy, l’Aquila: construction of 1 pharmacy dispensary and surgery, 1 community center and 1 nursery ● 2010 EARTHQUAKE on Haiti and Dominican Republic: emergency aid, 2 school rebuilt, 5 wells and 5 public toilets constructed, distribution of water purifying kits ● 2012 EARTHQUAKE in Italy, Emilia Romagna: 1 recreational center built ● 2014 TYPHOON in the Philippines: 10 schools rebuilt ● 2015 EARTHQUAKE in Nepal: distribution of food parcels, construction of 100 temporary metal sheet shelters and of a “temporary learning center” with 2 classes

On October 30, a 6.5 degree earthquake almost entirely destroys Norcia, a small town in Umbria, which had survived the previous quake on August 24. It is the most violent earthquake in Italy since 1980. Mission Bambini, together with the town council, decides to build a new infant school to replace the old building that has become unsafe. The school is erected in a very short time, the first public building to be opened in Norcia after the earthquake. During the first months of 2017, after more quakes keep shaking the earth in central Italy, Mission Bambini plans more operations and projects to be accomplished during the year, particularly in Cittareale (RI), Pieve Torina (MC) and Montereale (AQ).

Fu nd r a i s i ng

Source and destination of funds SOURCE OF FUNDS In 2016 the Mission Bambini Group received 49,154 donations, collecting a total of 4,956,499 euros, with an increase of 276,450 euros (+ 5,9%) compared to 2015. The amount of 4,956,499 euros includes the fixed contract-linked donations that have been raised in 2016, and are itemized under the heading “Income from ordinary activities” as income “from projectlinked contracts”. These funds amount precisely to 1,119,990 euros, of which 908,845 euros donated by foundations and associations and 211,145 euros by corporations. The total income was 4,983,706 euros, including the income from secondary activities, financial and capital gains and extraordinary income (which are not included in the total funds collected through donations).

RESULTS COLLECTED FUNDS BY DONOR TYPE Privates Foundations and Associations Corporations Events 5xmille* Founders Public Institutions TOTAL COLLECTED FUNDS

Extraordinary income TOTAL PROCEEDS

€ 1,912,047 € 1,379,870 € 825,451 € 310,753 € 303,978

38.6 27.8

€ 200,000 € 24,400

4.0 0.5

16.7

6.3 6.1

€ 4,956,499

Income from secondary activities Capital and financial gains

AMOUNT

€ 19,119

€ 2,808 € 5,281 € 4,983,706

* Italian tax payers can choose to donate the amount of 5/000 of their personal income tax to selected non-profit institutions

FUNDS ALLOCATED BY DESTINATION The funds collected through donations are devoted to the project or projects selected by the donor. If the donor does not express a specific preference, Mission Bambini usually allocates the funds to the most urgent project. When the amount needed to support a project has been exceeded, the remaining funds are devoted to other projects of the Group aimed at helping children. In 2016, the funds devoted to institutional activities (itemized in the Financial statement as “Expenses for statutory activities”) amounted to 3,834,435 euros, i.e. 77.1% of our total expenses (total allocated funds). The funds devoted to the Foundations’ activities include, in particular, those allocated to support projects in favor of children and all the expenses connected to the projects’ realization, including the costs of keeping the donors constantly up to date on their chosen There has been a slight increase in the expenses linked to the fundraising activity (+2.4%), due to the effort of maintaining or even increasing the value of donations in spite of the general crisis still affecting our economy. On the other hand, there has been a significant decrease (-19%) in the organization’s expenses (staff salaries, rent lease for the office, various utilities, etc.), which have been covered by approximately 25% thanks to funds donated by the Founders.

RESULTS FUNDS ALLOCATED BY DESTINATION AMOUNT Statutory activities General support Fundraising Financing costs

€ 3,834,435 € 748,891 € 364,053 € 24,210

TOTAL FUNDS DEPLOYED

€ 4,971,589

Running costs positive result

€12,117 € 4,983,706

TOTAL EXPENSES

n Statutory activities

77.1%

n Financing costs

0.5%

n Fundraising

7.3%

n General support

15.1%

Fu nd r a i s i ng

Private donors and voluntary work

Make a donation on the street or by sending an SMS, start a sponsorship, the “5xmille” initiative: anyone can support the projects of Mission Bambini CHILD SPONSORSHIPS AND LETTERS OF APPEAL Private funds are collected throughout the year by means of donations for child sponsorships and donations in response to mailings sent to donors. In 2016 996,822 euros were raised thanks to children spon-

sorships in Italy and abroad. Donors periodically receive up-to-date information on the child or group of children they support, by means of fact sheets, photos, children’s letters and drawings.

5xTHOUSAND In 2016 the Financial statement shows an amount of 303,977 euros under the heading “Donations from 5 per thousand”, which have been raised thanks to 7,631 Italian tax-payers who have chosen to donate 5‰ of their taxes to Mission Bambini in their income tax statement for 2015. These funds, which will be received by the Foundation in 2017, will be allocated, as in previous years, to supporting the Program “A Nuresery for Every Child”. Starting from 2016, Mission Bambini has decided to allocate these funds to projects aimed at reducing the rate of school dropouts and at providing ordinary maintenance to public schools in Italy, and has created a new awareness campaign on these new aims.

SOLIDARITY SMS’S Thanks to solidarity cell phone numbers offered by mobile telephone companies and thanks to the free advertising space granted on national and local media, specifically on RAI, Mediaset, SKY and La7 TVchannels, between September 12 and October 2 Mission Bambini collected 93,548 euros as a result of 2- or 5-euro’s donations by SMS’s and phone calls to 45504. These funds were distributed to nurseries all over the country, in order to help families in need to buy necessary items for their children and to pay for nursery and canteen fees. Moreover, some of these funds were allocated to support children living in central Italy, where the earthquake caused great damages in August 2016. The funds have helped them to gradually return to normal life by focusing on education.

RESULTS Phone cOMpany

Vodafone Tim/Telecom Wind/Infostrada/3 Tiscali Fastweb CoopVoce PosteMobile TWT

TOTAL

AMOUNT (€.)

17,592 55,019 15,724 308 2,553 500 1,836 16

93,548

PUBLIC EVENTS With the help of many volunteers, Mission Bambini organized 2 nation-wide events during 2016. On Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th of April we organized the event “Banco per l’infanzia” in Prénatal stores for the third time. 500 volunteers collected various items, such as diapers, wet wipes, feeding bottles and clothes for a total selling value of 50,000 euros. These articles were then distributed to 130 institutions that provide everyday help to children in need throughout the country: nurseries, playgroups, foster homes and pregnancy centers. On Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th of December Mission Bambini volunteers organized the traditional Christmas

event “Le Piazze del cuore” in many Italian streets and squares. Thanks to this event and to donations collected through the new crowdfunding campaign “Give the beat!” and by helpers wrapping Christmas presents in Prénatal stores, Mission Bambini raised over 94,000 euros to support the “Children’s Heart” Program. During 2016, the Foundation organized a series of events – such as fund raising dinners – for donors, supporters and supporting companies: pleasant meetings and gatherings, with special the appearance of testimonials and show business VIPs or sporting champions, beside famous chefs. The funds raised on these occasions are devoted to supporting Programs in favor of children and young persons in need in Italy and in the world.

VOLUNTARY WORK The voluntary work proposed by Mission Bambini has a specific character: anybody can do it, it is useful and concrete work, a responsible commitment, a therapy for the soul, direct and transparent, as volunteers are able to witness immediately the results of solidarity. It brings out the talents of each and every one, and shows a particular tenderness for children. The Foundation’s volunteers are normal people with enthusiasm and motivation, who are willing to receive coaching. Voluntary work can take different forms. Volunteers at headquarters carry out office jobs under the supervision of co-workers. They represent an invaluable resource: with a total of over 12,000 working hours in 2016, 71 volunteers at headquarters have done the work of 7 full time employees. In Italy the Foundation can count on a network of 1,000 volunteers taking part in national fundraising events. These volunteers report to 30 Provincial Coordinators, all volunte-

ers, who represent the Foundation at local level, promoting its mission amongst citizens, in institutions, companies and on the media. Outside Italy volunteers are involved in concrete working experiences in direct contact with children, in schools, after-school centers, foster homes and other projects supported by the Foundation in Africa, Asia, Latin America or Eastern Europe. Volunteers abroad look after children, help them with their school work, distribute meals, organize recreational or sporting activities, outings or visits to families. They also act as fist-hand witnesses of how the Foundations funds are used: once back from their trip, Mission Bambini asks the volunteers to submit a report on their experience, complete with photos or videos. In 2016, 37 volunteers inspected 25 projects during 22 missions abroad. Volunteers bear the costs of the journey and insurance themselves.

Fu nd r a i s i ng

Partnership with companies For many years, Mission Bambini has been promoting ways of developing Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) together with national and international companies. Cooperating with the Foundation brings a whole range of benefits to companies; their employees and stakeholders are involved in the partnership, they increase brand awareness by implementing concrete projects, which are monitored with precise reports on their development, by producing innovative social models and by including cooperation in the corporate strategy, with the opportunity of planning actions as partners. The following pages present 4 successful partnerships developed by Mission Bambini in 2016.

RESULTS

139

supporting corporations of which 25 new companies

170

employees involved in payroll giving actions

employees involved in voluntary work days

SUCCESSFUL CASE HISTORY

MATCHING GIFT

Linklaters Solicitors – specializing in international law, with offices in Milan and Rome – joined the fundraising activity promoted by Mission Bambini in favor of the people living in areas hit by the earthquakes that caused devastation in central Italy at the end of August 2016 and in the following months. Linklaters started to raise funds among employees and members of staff, the amount was first doubled by the associates in Milan, and afterwards by those in London.

SPONSORSHIP

Cassa Lombarda - a small private bank based in Milan and with branch offices in Lombardy and in Rome - was main sponsor of the Gala dinner with Niko Romito on 21 November 2016 at the Research and Training Center Saps in Lallio (BG), which belongs to the famous “Baldassare Agnelli” company. All the funds collected during this evening were devoted to Mission Bambini’s Safe@School project, which is aimed at securing various school buildings in areas around L’Aquila that had become unsafe after the earthquake in autumn 2016.

STRATEGIC ALLIANCE

The Artsana Group – owner of the Chicco brand – has been supporting the “Children’s Heart” Program, devised by Mission Bambini to cure children with heart diseases in the poorest countries, since 2013. The action involves 9 branches throughout the world: in the UK, France, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Russia, the US, Spain and Italy, supporting the program with local CSR initiatives. The company’s top managers joined four volunteer doctors’ missions abroad – the latest in December 2016 - that were supported by the “Children’s Heart” Program. They could verify from direct experience the deep impact of these missions

CAUSE RELATED MARKETING In September 2016, only a few days before the beginning of the new school year, Groupon and Mission Bambini created the 8+ project, aimed at supporting ordinary maintenance and providing equipment in 8 schools in Milan, Rome, Bologna, Turin, Genoa, Vicenza, Brescia and Naples. During 3 weeks 1€ for each coupon sold on selected deals was allocated to the project. Within this action Groupon started a survey among its users and asked them to evaluate public school structures in Italy.

based on the fundamental human values of respect and solidarity. “Chicco’s engagement on an international level, supporting an Italian foundation - said Francesca Catelli, CSR Director of Artsana Group - is based, on the one hand, on the common Italian roots of both our corporation and the Foundation and, on the other, on the reliability, honesty and professional handling of resources guaranteed by the Foundation. The CSR engagement informs all our activities and, together with children’s happiness, constitutes the essence of our mission”.

“Together with its commercial partners and thanks to the engagement of its users, for the last 5 years Groupon has been supporting non-profit organizations operating in Italy - said Nicola Catarossi, Groupon’s Managing Director for Southern Europe - in the effort of providing concrete help to local communities. The project developed together with Mission Bambini helps us to support an institution at the very heart of our society, by providing concrete and immediate support to schools in very poor conditions”.

Fu nd r a i s i ng

Partnership with foundations

The Mission Bambini Foundation designs projects in partnership with other foundations, in those fields in which its efforts have been most successful. By offering to share its know-how, in particular, Mission Bambini is able to try out innovative models and to share experience, skills and relations. Moreover, Mission Bambini directly implements important projects financed by other foundations.

RESULTS

partner foundations

1.3

million euros collected

percentage of funds raised by foundations against the total fundraising

The following pages present 4 successful partnerships developed by Mission Bambini in 2016.

SUCCESSFUL CASE HISTORY SHARED WORK ON SCHOOL MAINTENANCE

Together with the Marcegaglia Foundation, Mission Bambini promoted the call for bids “AT SCHOOL FOR 1 DAY”, aimed at funding ordinary maintenance in seven public schools in northern and central Italy, for the wellbeing of 5,000 pupils. The winning projects, announced in May 2016, were selected among more than 40 proposals made by the employees in the Marcegaglia branches throughout Italy. The total allocations amount to more than 30,000 euros: they have been used to purchase school equipment and the necessary materials to repair and renovate decaying buildings, to repaint classrooms, halls, gratings and gates, to clean and make outside areas accessible, to convert unused rooms into laboratories and to buy furniture.

EMPLOYMENT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

Together with the Canali Onlus Foundation, San Zeno Foundation, UniCredit Foundation and Manageritalia Milano - Gruppo Volontariato Professionale, Mission Bambini promoted the second edition of the national fundraising bid “Let Us Find an Occupation!”. The results of this nation-wide call, with a total funding of 504,940 euros, were announced in May 2016, and to-date 7 projects are already under way with the common aim of promoting first working experiences for young people between 16 and 29 by means of social enterprises. These organizations have selected or are currently selecting the first young persons to employ and are starting to manufacture and sell goods and/or services. In most cases, these activities are already producing an income.

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Through the call for bids “Community Welfare and Social Innovation”, the Cariplo Foundation chose the progettonovepiu “Nove+” as winning project, put forward by Mission Bambini and 14 partners, among which the of Milan City Council Department of education, four schools and eight non-profit organizations based in the Zona 9 district of Milan. The project was launched in April 2016 with a total funding of 1.7 million euros over three years, in favor of 1,500 families with minor children, 3,500 minors (between 6 and 18) and 200 young persons (between 14 and 23).

After an earthquake hit the town of Norcia on October 30, 2016, Mission Bambini and the town council planned to build a new school and nursery school called “Norcia rinasce”. In the following weeks the Prosolidar Foundation – a bilateral body inspired by the Italian “financial institution’s nationwide fund in favor of Onlus solidarity projects” which includes, as equal partners, all the financial sectors’ trade unions and all the companies within the Italian banking association (ABI) and ABI itself – announced the intention of covering the cost of the building, which was officially opened, after a very short time, on December 22.

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Istituto Comprensivo Scialoia

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The main objective of the “Nove+” project is activating the whole community living in the Zona 9 district, so that local inhabitants can take responsibility and play a decisive role in the education of their own children and teenagers, by creating and testing new models of “generative welfare”. The project’s particular aim is focused on detecting the needs connected with education within families and on pointing to possible solutions, on fighting school dropouts and on promoting working opportunities for young people. To-date 5 community centers have been opened, where local families can find counsel and support; new IT learning equipment has been donated to local schools, together with teachers’ training on how to use it; counselling and vocational training are being provided to young people.

“The proposal of financing the new school in Norcia – said Giancarlo Durante, lawyer and President of the Prosolidar Foundation – came from the Mission Bambini Foundation. We were already collecting donations for the people living in the earthquake affected areas in central Italy and we decided to cover the costs of this building project because it responds to the needs of the most fragile members of society, that is infant children, and because the plan had extremely short implementation deadlines, which were met with absolute precision”.

Consolidated accounts*

Income

Financial statement 2016

2015

(€.)

1. WAREHOUSE STOCKS 1.1 Variations on warehouse stocks

(€.)

2. INCOME FROM STATUTORY ACTIVITIES 2.1 From project-related contributions

1,119,990

2.2 From contracts with Public entities

24,400 _

141,189 _

200,000 _

300,000 _

1,344,390

441,189

303,978

354,865

1,912,047

1,953,701

3.3 Donations from Companies

614,307

532,782

3.4 Donations from Foundations

471,025

1,037,697

3.5 Income from Events

310,753

317,698

3,612,109

4,196,741

19,119

42,117

19,119

42,117

1,451 _

983 _

1,357

27,098

2,808

28,080

6.1 Non-operating income

5,281

24,835

Total extraordinary income

5,281

24,835

2.3 From contracts with Private entities 2.4 From Non-members 2.5 From Founders 2.6 Other income Total income from statutory activities 3. INCOME FROM FUND RAISING 3.1 Income from the “5 and 8 per mille” initiative (tax-payers’ contribution) 3.2 Donations from Private subjects

Total income from fund raising 4. INCOME FROM ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES 4.1 Income from additional activities Total income from additional activities 5. FINANCIAL AND PROPERTY INCOME 5.1 Income from bank deposits 5.2 Income from postal deposits 5.3 Income from financial investments Total financial and property income 6. EXTRAORDINARY INCOME

NEGATIVE OPERATING RESULT Totale proventi

4.732.962

TOTAL INCOME

4,983,706

4,732,962

* The figures refer to the Mission Bambini Group, composed of Mission Bambini Italia and Mission Bambini Switzerland.

Expenses 1. EXPENSES FROM STATUTORY ACTIVITIES 1.1 For projects in Italy 1.2 For projects in Europe, excluding Italy 1.3 For projects in Africa 1.4 For projects in Latin America 1.5 For projects in Asia

2015

878,227 46,519 518,254 94,963 265,893 _

550,467 48,997 600,929 96,581 512,364

(€.)

1.6 For non-restricted projects to be executed 1.7 For restricted projects to be executed 1.8 Personnel and project staff 1.9 Various project-linked expenses 1.10 Expenses for awareness campaigns Total expenses from statutory activities 2. EXPENSES FROM FUND RAISING 2.1 Expenses for fundraising campaigns 2.2 Expenses for events Total expenses from fund raising 3. FINANCIAL AND PROPERTY FEES 3.1 Bank account fees 3.2 Postal account fees

2016

966,997 544,250 125,599 393,733 3,834,435

268,223 95,830 364,053

92,500 354,865 679,065 34,371 455,721 3,425,859

218,296 137,057Totale 355,353

3.3 Fees on value adjustment of bonds registered in fixed assets that do not constitute shareholding 3.4 Other fees 3.5 Foreign exchange gains/losses Total financial and property fees 4. EXPENSES FROM GENERAL SUPPORT 4.1 Personnel 4.2 Running expenses 4.3 Lease of third-party assets 4.4 Amortizations 4.5 Extraordinary expenses 4.6 Various taxes 4.7 Provisions for liabilities Total expenses from general support POSITIVE OPERATING RESULT TOTAL EXPENSES

15,164 4,939 _

15,316 5,743 _

960 3,147 24,211

737 503 22,298

376,438 195,706 95,203 49,085 9,599 7,931 14,929 748,891 12,117

1,768

4,983,706

4,732,962

The operating result for 2016 shows a surplus income of 12,117 Euros. Upon closing of year 2016, the Foundation’s net assets amount to 1,143,519 Euros.

497,812 231,899 109,800 54,221 25,450 2,503 6,000ri 927,684

Consolidated accounts*

Balance sheet Assets

31/12/2016

31/12/2015

(€.)

A) RECEIVABLES FROM MEMBERSHIP FEES B) FIXED ASSETS I. Intangible assets II. Tangible assets III. Financial assets Total fixed assets C) CIRCULATING ASSETS I. Warehouse stocks II. Receivables from donors III. Receivables for projects’ allocations IV. Various receivables V. Short-term financial assets VI. Liquid assets Total circulating assets D) PREPAID EXPENSES AND ACCRUED INCOME I. Prepaid expenses and accrued income Total prepaid expenses and accrued income TOTAL ASSETS

Liabilities

32,322 67,662 1,314,074 1,414,058

30,869 52,269 1,327,646 1,410,784

337,320 20,863 419,590 577,310 414 811,431 2,166,937

170,563 43,457 462,279 424 723,020 1,399,743

13,207 13,207 3,594,202

10,165 10,165 2,820,692

31/12/2016

31/12/2015

12,117 -26,645 88,617 -1,948

1,768

60,204 1,675

1,071,378 1,143,519

1,071,378 1,135,025

231,510

188,926

650,862 32,450 38,350 788,037 174,212 1,683,913

458,095 35,641 32,320

(€.)

A) NET ASSETS I. Net assets 1. Operating result of the current fiscal year 2. Operating result of previous fiscal years 3. Non-restricted projects fund 4. Reserve for translations II. Restricted assets 1. Restricted fund by decision of the institutional bodies Total net assets B) SEVERANCE PAY INDEMNITY C) PAYABLES I. Payables to suppliers II. Taxes payable III Payables to welfare and social security entities IV. Payables to projects’ allocations V. Other payables Total payables D) ACCRUED LIABILITIES I. Total accrued liabilities II. Accrued liabilities for restricted projects III. Accrued liabilities for non-restricted projects Total accrued liabilities TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS

(€.)

_ o net

535,261

535,261 3,594,202

(€.)

180,363 706,420 10,211 687,610 92,500 790,321 2,820,692

* The figures refer to the Mission Bambini Group, composed of Mission Bambini Italia and Mission Bambini Switzerland.

THE MAIN PARTNERS OF MISSION BAMBINI IN 2016

Mission Bambini Foundation – ITALY Via Ronchi, 17 - 20134 Milan Ph. +39 02 21 00 241 / info@missionbambini.org www.missionbambini.org Donations by credit transfer: ● IBAN: IT 63 U 03359 01600 100000067111 ● BIC: BCITITMX / SIA: 20B00

Mission Bambini Foundation – SWITZERLAND Via Nassa, 21 - 6900 Lugano Ph. +41 (0)91 922 23 11 / info@missionbambini.ch www.missionbambini.ch Donations by credit transfer: ● CHF: CH21 0024 7247 1445 7740 L ● EUR: CH69 0024 7247 1445 7741 R ● Swift: UBSWCHZH80A

Friends of Mission Bambini fund – USA Please make US donations payable to: King Baudouin Foundation United States (KBFUS) 10 Rockefeller Plaza, 16th Floor - New York, NY 10020 Ph. +1 (212) 713 7660 / info@kbfus.org / www.kbfus.org Gifts by check or by wire transfer: write your check to KBFUS, write “Mission Bambini” in the memo section, and send it to KBFUS; or contact KBFUS by email or by phone