2010 COOPI REPORT
A year of fight against poverty
Somalia, Ph. Giuseppe Selvaggi
Table of contents
_______________________ Editorial 45 years of committment for a better world
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Vincenzo Barbieri: forerunner, peacemaker, remarkable missionary COOPI year by year
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COOPI in brief
_______________________ _______________________ A year of fight against poverty
Our interventions 9 Introduction 10-11 Food Security 12-13 Water and sanitation 14-15 Humanitarian Assistance 16-17 Socio-economic services 18-19 Education 20-21 Child sponsorship program 22-23 Migrations 24-25 Governance and human rights 26-27 Health 28-30 Communication and fundraising
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Investing for a better world
31-32 Our budget 33 34 35 36 37
The Foundation between the lines COOPI: from Association to Foundation Vision, mission, values Excerpt from New Statute Organization chart 10 Good reasons to support COOPI
_______________________ credits Coordination: Isabella Samà Authors: Daniela Aprile, Lucilla Bertolli, Claudio Ceravolo, Alessandro Gandolfi, Ennio Miccoli, Sabrina Munaò, Diana Nahum, Barbara Nese, Domenico Porco, Francesco Quistelli, Isabella Samà, Chiara Zaru. Iconographic research: Laura Carbonara Images: Archivio COOPI, Roberto Bianconi, Luca Bonacini, Contrasto, Vincenzo Dell’Aversano, Lorenzo Dell’Uva, Silvia Favaron, Alessandro Gandolfi, Marzia Giribardi, Vittorio Oppizzi, Ugo Panella, Michele Papa, Jacopo Quaranta, Giuseppe Selvaggi, Livio Senigalliesi, Daniele Tamagni, Riccardo Venturi, Marcello Volta, Gabriele Viviani, Francesco Zanet, Antonio Zivieri. Graphic design: TOSICAMPANINI Printed by: Brain Print & Solution Printed on recycled paper.
Editorial
The drafting of the annual report is an opportunity for us at COOPI to stop for a moment, reflect on the work carried out and look forward to the future prospects and the signs of the times that we must be ready to seize with intelligence. The year 2010 gives us one more reason to reflect. The year just ended is indeed that of our 45th birthday, quite an achievement for any association that lives on the enthusiasm and the spirit of sacrifice of hundreds of people around the world. What has changed in the world of cooperation and will change increasingly more radically in the near future?
Claudio Ceravolo, Ph. Roberto Bianconi
Essentially the political and economic relations between different regions of the world are changing , the size of public development aid is increasingly being cut down, the requirements for donations are being changed, and NGOs from the Southern Hemisphere are coming into the limelight. In general, the decline of public commitments is balanced by the growing role of private philanthropy, but over the years this has led to the confinement to the background of the “development cooperation” as such, that is, the policy of building social justice, of opportunities for peace and progress, that policy whose results take time to manifest, attentive to the needs and timing of the Southern partners, that policy of capacity building and institutional support to local communities. This complex picture of changes has dramatically influenced the way NGOs operate: on the one hand, they have increasingly intensified the professional skills, becoming as a matter of fact non-profit companies that must respond effectively to the calls from international donors; on the other hand, they have developed the ability to support people and communities in the South in combating and eradicating the causes of poverty such as poor governance, the exploitation of labor and marginalization, the exclusion of women from social and economic life, the exploitation of the environment... That is, NGOs commit themselves more and more to help the civil society in the South to get organized in order to have an impact on local, national and international policies. Working within the field of rights and human development also encourages the Italian NGOs to constantly raise the awareness of people from donor countries, like COOPI has been doing for many years. And if we talk about raising people’s awareness we cannot but remember a person who, in the sultry weather of August as well as in the freezing weather of January, almost every night was there, where some public event was being held, to shake the conscience of all of us asking for “one euro for one child “, to support dozens of charitable projects in Africa and thousands of people in need. Naturally we are talking about Father Vincenzo Barbieri, who passed away in 2010. Tidying up his papers, we have realized the wonderful work he did over many years: how many thousands of children have been able to study, how many families have had a concrete help, how many of the activities started in Africa did not close only because Barbieri did not cease his own contribution. COOPI has therefore immediately opened a fund named after him, to continue his work and to prevent that any assistance, aimed at those who were close to his heart, could suddenly stop. Barbieri has left us, but in the imminence of the many changes that I have tried to illustrate earlier, his memory gives us strength to face the new challenges. Many times in his life, Barbieri had to make radical choices, and always did so with courage and foresight: we must also try to keep up with him. Claudio Ceravolo President of COOPI - Cooperazione Internazionale
45 years of commitment for a better world Vincenzo Barbieri forerunner, peacemaker, remarkable missionary by Luciano Scalettari, correspondent for Famiglia Cristiana
Did Father Vincenzo Barbieri know, in that far 1962, what he was doing? To put it better: was he aware that he was working on something that did not even have a name? Were they choices made 1967, P. Barbieri almost instinctively or did he already have a more or less accurate intuition? I wonder often, not only with reference to him, but also to the other three or four “fathers” of the Italian Cooperation. What did he have in mind 50 years ago, when he set his mind on thinking that not only religious people but also lay people could go to developing Countries and work on a mission? Today it is easy to talk about cooperation, international volunteering and development assistance. But how about those days? There were only the missionaries, that is priests, nuns, religious and friars who were leaving. And they were still travelling by boat to reach, after a month or two, the very exotic and remote places where they intended to bring the Good News: they departed, ultimately, to spread the messages of Jesus Christ to those who had never heard of Him. That is something very different from sending doctors, nurses, agronomists, logisticians, and in general experts from the various fields of cooperation. Hence, how did the young Jesuit, who was in France getting ready to leave as a missionary, conceive the peculiar idea that lay people - and possibly not necessarily believers - could go to the Southern Hemisphere to implement development projects? Certainly there was a particular atmosphere in those years. In the North of Italy there was a lot happening: Father Aldo Benevelli in Cuneo, Professor Francesco Canova and Father Luigi Mazzuccato in Padova, Luciano Silveri and Vittorino Chizzolini in Brescia. In the late fifties and early sixties, that still unformed intuition begins to circulate. Soon afterwards, the nineteen sixty-eight uprisings will break out with their message “I care”. Yet in those early sixties all this is still to come. Only a few people can grasp the novelty in the air. Father Barbieri captures it in Milan, where, just returned from Lyon, he decides to postpone his departure for Africa because - as he himself said - there was a big desire to leave, there were many volunteers ready to pack and move for a few years in Latin America, Africa or Asia. “It was necessary to prepare them. It would have been a shame to drop all those good intentions. On the other hand we could not send people to Africa in jeopardy. I decided to come to Italy to organize these volunteers.” They speak among themselves, they meet. This handful of visionaries understands - or rather senses - that something big is about to change. Would they have been able to overcome the resistance, the misunderstandings, the outright hostility of those who could not or did not want to sense the changes in the air, had they not found the illustrious
and powerful support of the then Archbishop of Milan, Cardinal Montini? It is hard to say. The future Pope Paul VI was in Milan. And he was so in tune with these “prophets of justice and peace” that a few years later, in 1967, he published the encyclical that became the reference point of the whole cooperation of Christian influence, Populorum Progressio, in which he gave voice “to the cry of anguish that rises dramatically from the people suffering from hunger to the people blessed with abundance”. “Whole populations,” he wrote, “deprived of the necessary, live in a state of such dependence that prevents them from any initiative and responsibility as well as any possibility of cultural promotion and participation to social and political life”. It must not be forgotten that in 1962, Father Vincenzo Barbieri in some way - or it could also be said ‘in his own way’ - had understood. In 1965 he had already founded COOPI – Cooperazione Internazionale. Fifteen years later, in 1980, he understands that his ‘creature’ must grow and ‘throws’ COOPI in the risky adventure of going to work in the vast and chaotic humanitarian crisis in Ogaden, Ethiopia. In 1990, he understands that the NGO has now grown up, and is now too big to be managed on his own, and assigns it (while remaining its president) to the group of his most experienced and capable colleagues. In all of these critical steps he seems to have always been ahead of the times. He has always seized the novelties and, for some mysterious reason, he made the right decision. I was not a close friend of Father Vincenzo, but we have known each other for more than 15 years. I have been a journalist of the most popular Italian weekly, and he has been the head of one of the largest non-governmental organizations of our country, we were both in Milan. Inevitably we met, more or less often, more or less deliberately. Maybe that is why I have “discovered” Father Barbieri little by little. It is perhaps for this reason that only in recent years I became aware of how he had been a “visionary.” On the other hand, Father Barbieri was the type of person that would not give much of himself, with his manners always gruff and dry, a man of few words and looking invariably shabby. Never making any big speech, never with the attitude of ‘knowing-it-all’, he would convey to his interlocutor the right dose of irony and at the same time self-irony: he would never take you too seriously and not even himself.
15 April 1965. By the notary for the foundation of COOPI
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Many other aspects of Father Barbieri I discovered over the years. For example, his double life: by day as president of a large modern NGO; in the evening with the small box as a ‘beggar’ in front of theaters and fairs in Milan with his small table and his white tunic. “Is that him? Really?” I asked when I found out. “But why? He is the head of an organization that moves millions of Euros towards the Southern Hemisphere, what is the need to go and ask for ‘a dollar to feed a child ‘?”. Later on I understood. The reason belongs to that series of insights that characterized his life. His unique missionary style also included the notion of “living hidden “, to paraphrase the famous saying of Epicurus. If he exposed himself, it was only to fight the injustice of poverty. And it was only for those subjected to said injustice that he would place himself at the entrances of fairs or theaters, wearing unfailingly his white tunic, shouting with the megaphone in order to have one euro (“but usually they were giving me more” he confessed) from passers-by who were going to some concert or show. His battle against poverty was a real obsession. At every moment of life, every moment of the day, at every possible opportunity. Until the last moment of the last day. He was truly a “founding father” of our international volunteering and cooperation, Father Barbieri. And then, over the years, he has been a tireless and fearless peace builder. Always living hidden, to the point that today the name of the organization he created is remembered more than his own name. Father Barbieri never went to work on a mission (apart from the brief African ‘tour’ that he was doing in the summer, during his ‘vacation’). But for half a century he has been a missionary working from Milan, from the old farmhouse of Via De Lemene 50, the historic headquarters of the NGO. Today, we know, COOPI is a big organization: if we consider it to be the atypical mission of Father Barbieri, it is undeniable that he has built an
impressive work. When I had a long interview with him, two years ago, he said: “The organization is big enough and strong enough to go ahead without me.” “Tired?” he added, “Well yes, at my age it is hard, because I have five bypasses on me. But if I think that people in poor countries live on less than a dollar a day, then I know that my evening spent standing outside the theater can feed 150 people. Their effort is much greater than my own.” At the end of that interview, made on 12 August 2009, he concluded in this way: “I feel satisfied with my life. Had I left on a mission, after my death, the Church would simply be left with one less missionary. Instead, COOPI will continue. I often meet friends from religious orders who went to work on missions. We meet up in Milan when they come back. Everyone followed their own path, going where the wind blew. I tell myself that at that time, perhaps for unknown reasons, the wind blew for me to another direction, where I came across the reality of lay people who were leaving; and I too went where the wind was blowing. I followed the wind even when I was told to leave this task to others, or when I passed in front of the theatre ‘Smeraldo’and I said to myself “why not trying?” even without knowing where it would lead me to. That is how he explained his insights. Then, in that late afternoon of August, I did not try to insist in asking further about the profound reasons than led to some of his decisions. Was I wrong? Maybe yes. I did not have another opportunity, as I thought. However, I think he would have probably not responded in more detail. That evening I stopped because at one point he looked at his watch and said impatiently that he needed to go to collect donations. Meaning: “That’s enough. Let’s cut it short “. Father Barbieri style.
Luciano Scalettari
Un anno di Cooperazione Internazionale
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P. Barbieri, Ph. Ugo Panella,
Our history year by year
COOPI - Cooperazione internazionale was born officially on 15th of April 1965, when the association was formally established in Milan. But COOPI’s history is even longer than that, it dates back to 1961.
1961 Vincenzo Barbieri, founder of the organization, is in Lion to study theology, in order to leave for a mission in Ciad, as a Jesuit. In France he starts to get in touch with the lay international volunteer movements, which has been sending motivated volunteers to the developing countries for years. 1962 Barbieri decides to export this experience in Italy. He writes a lot of articles for the catholic press, searching for volunteers ready to leave. The result is surprising. In a few months many letters arrive. Barbieri decides then to postpone his departure and organize these people who answered to the appeal. In Lion he builds up a house for the first Italian volunteers and prepares them for the missions. 1963 After having been ordered priest and been back in Italy, Barbieri, with a group of lays, rents two houses in Milan: one in Via Agnesi, assigned to the offices and the girls, and the female-volunteers, and the other one in Porta Romana, assigned to the boys. 1964 The first two COOPI’s volunteers, Bruno and Erica Volpi, just married, are ready to leave to Rwanda. Barbieri contacts some journalists to give the news of their departure: they’re the first lay Italian volunteers leaving to the South of the World, real news at the time. International Cooperation starts to be known, and due to the press and television coverage, an increasing number of young people ask to leave on mission. 1965 On 15th of April, Barbieri, together with 18 volunteers, founds officially COOPI – Cooperazione Internazionale. This is also the year when COOPI starts to collaborate with other associations to work on the text of the Pedini’s law, to replace the military service with 24 months of civil service in the developing countries. 1966 The law comes into force. COOPI is already made of 25 active volunteers in 10 countries of South America and Africa. Together with other 4 organizations, it is the founder of FOCSIV, Federation of the Christian organisms of international voluntary work.
January 1969 Padre Barbieri, still remaining a priest, leaves the Jesuit Order. He decides to dedicate his life to the training and the organization of volunteers. June 1969 The COOPI’s head office moves in Via De Lemene, in a farmstead to renovate owned by the Milan’s municipality. In
this new headquarters there are also the volunteers houses, the offices and the stockrooms. All the activities are directed by Padre Barbieri with some volunteers. They also organize vocational training, for the leaving volunteers. The farmstead in Via De Lemene is still the Italian head office of COOPI.
1973 COOPI continues to grow with more projects, more realities and volunteers. Who leaves to the South of the World, will remain at least two years. 1976 COOPI starts to work on the projects and on the programmes funded by the Italian Government, by CEE and ONU. In 1976 the MAE (Foreign Ministry) starts to collaborate with COOPI for a government programme in Malta. Before that, MAE had only worked with private missionary projects or local communities.
1978 Among the first Italian organizations, COOPI receives funds from the European Community, to work on a development project regarding Cameroon.
1980 For the first time in history, COOPI collaborates in a emergency operation in Somaliland, for the refugees hit by the crisis in the
Ogaden region. This is a new goal for COOPI, required by the Foreign Ministry and the UN High commission for refugees, due to the association’s strength and the importance.
1982 COOPI starts to improve its structure to better respond to the new organizational needs. That allows to become more reliable for the institutional backers.
1990 Besides international cooperation activities, COOPI improves its awareness raising and development education sectors. 1991 COOPI launches the first project funded by ECHO, the Department for the humanitarian aids of the European Commission. It’s
a very important action in Somaliland.
1993 COOPI is ECHO’s partner for the first time. 1997 COOPI takes part in the institution of the international master in Development cooperation at the University of Pavia, still active today.
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1999 Together with other Italian Ong, COOPI takes part in “Missione Arcobaleno”, to face the Balcan’s crisis. 2001 COOPI reaches the target of 22 million Euros spent in implemented projects, with the best ever growth in the emergency
sector. Always in 2001 three head quarters are opened: Marche, Piemonte and Veneto regions.
2002 COOPI develops an emergency office, to allow a more efficient organization in crisis situations. Some important projects in Middle East are opened. 2004 COOPI starts to work for the prevention of natural disasters. The first project is launched in Ecuador. In little time, it becomes the most innovative sector of intervention for COOPI. In occasion of the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, COOPI decides to start emergency projects and, at the same time, becomes a member of “Italia Aiuta”. In December, the South-east Asia is damaged by a violent tsunami. A great tragedy. COOPI is among the first Italian NGOs to organize emergency interventions. After that other development actions will be carried on in Sri Lanka. 2005 COOPI and Padre Barbieri receive two important awards. The first one is a special mention at the “Prize for peace”, delivered by the Lombardy regional council for the “engagement in the south-east Asian tragedy”. The second one is the Certificate of civic benevolence, delivered to Padre Barbieri by the Milan municipality for his engagement in social work. 2006 COOPI decides to work with a Child sponsorship programme too. 2007 COOPI becomes a member of the Watch Group of Voice, the European association of NGOs working in emergency. COOPI,
with other ten Italian associations, creates a network called LINK2007. In 2007, COOPI joins the Associazione Mosaico that works in the Civil Services sector in Italy and abroad.
2008 COOPI subscribes an “Agreement with donors”, in which it establishes the donors’ rights and the association’s duties, in accordance with its mission and values. An office for the relations with the donors is opened to answers to all donors’ questions. 2009 “ITALIA AIUTA” becomes a member of AGIRE, the Italian agency for the emergencies, that joins some of the most important non government organizations in Italy. 2010 COOPI operates in Haiti, after the terrible earth-quake, to give first aid. It works for the preparation of the camps, for bringing access to water and hygienic services, for the protection of children and women. In December, 9th, f. Barbieri died. Today COOPI is one of the greatest and important Italian non-governmental organizations. In May 2011, COOPI has become Participatory Foundation, while maintaining the right of non-profit organization.
Un anno di Cooperazione Internazionale 2010. F. Barbieri jointly with the long-standing volunteers
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One year of fight against poverty
COOPI in brief COOPI is present in 21 countries around the world. In 7 of these, it works also through child sponsorship program projects. It runs a total of 224 projects (194 of these are “international” projects, 27 are child sponsorship projects and 3 are projects carried out in Italy) addressed to more than 5 million people (5,036,628 coming from international projects, 2,140 from child sponsorship projects and 1.487 from projects in Italy). COOPI works primarily with two macro-projects: emergency and development. In 2010, the emergency projects, which are shortterm- as they are related to extreme situations and events (tensions of socio-economic character or nature-originated events) were 69, while
the development projects, which are long term (2 to 6 years) and not limited to the immediate emergency circumstances, were 125. In the category “other” (see graph 3 on page 8) are included instead the 3 projects in Italy and the 27 child sponsorship projects, for a total of 30 projects. COOPI is active in 9 areas of intervention, the most significant ones, based on the number of projects and beneficiaries are Food Security and Health (as shown by graphs 1 and 2 on page 8). Over the years, the presence of COOPI decreased in Asia and Eastern Europe, however it intensified in the traditional areas of intervention, i.e. in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America.
Countries where COOPI is present in 2010 Countries where COOPI is present also with child sponsorship projects in 2010 Countries where COOPI has been present before 2010
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Number of projects, beneficiaries, expatriate and local staff per country and geographic region umber of Countries Nprojects
Number of beneficiaries
Number of expatriate staff
Numero operatori locali
Senegal Cameroon South Sudan Mozambique Kenya Sudan/Darfur Uganda Sierra Leone Ethiopia Malawi Chad Central African Republic Somalia D.R. of Congo
1 2 2 2 6 7 7 10 11 13 14 18 24 40
141 298 13,742 28,235 103,310 115,105 188,050 586,204 318,387 233,078 199,309 264,371 2.378,612 440,511
0 1 * 0 4 5 4 7 6 4 22 15 1 35
1 7 * 3 54 85 43 71 108 31 211 110 96 663
Africa Total
157
4,869,353
104
1,483
Haiti Colombia Guatemala Paraguay Ecuador Peru Bolivia
2 2 4 4 6 7 8
9,864 981 10,436 25,977 43,325 39,054 34,168
6 3 2 3 7 4
20 13 4 8 3 11
South America and the Caribbean Total
33
163,805
25
59
Palestine
4
3,470
7
37
Middle East Total
4
3,470
7
37
136
1,579
Total
21** counties
194
5,036,628
* It is included in the total of Kenya, as South Sudan is associated with the Coordination based in Nairobi. ** South Sudan and Darfur Sudan, although administered by two different offices of COOPI, in this instance are considered part of the same country- Sudan- and therefore counted as 1.
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COOPI’s numbers 21 Countries 194 International Projects 27 Child sponsorship Projects 3 Projects in Italy 9 Areas of intervention 5,038,115 Direct beneficiaries 2,140 Child sponsorship beneficiaries 136 International staff 1,579 Local staff 67 Collaborators in Italy 11 Volunteers in the headquarters 250 Local volunteers 25,000 Supporters in Italy 1,950 Child sponsors 5 Regional Offices 35,494,335 Budget (in euros)
Projects per Geographic Area 33 South America and Caribbean
4 Middle East
157 Africa
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Cameroon, Archivio COOPI
Graph 1 - Number of projects per sector of intervention Migration
2
Governance and Human Rights Education
12 15 16
Water
27
Child sponsorship
28
Socio-Economic Services
30
Humanitarian Assistance
41
Health
52
Food Security
Graph 2 - Beneficiaries per sector of intervention 592,051 Water
134,953 SSocio-Economic Services
138,499 Education
453,722 Humanitarian Assistance
245,684 Governance and Human Rights 593 Migration
1,561,927 Food security
1,909,686 Health
2,140 Child sponsorship
Chart 3 - Number of projects per area of intervention 125
69
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Development Emergency
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Other
Our interventions
Introduction 2010 has been an important year for COOPI, focusing on carrying on and strengthening all those actions undertaken in the last three years and aimed at making our work more effective and incisive. With regard to international activities, COOPI’s cornerstones have been “emergency response” and ”innovation”. On the first area, the organization, as in previous years, continued the support in contexts characterized by chronic social and political emergency situations such Ennio Miccoli, Ph. Vincenzo Dell’Aversano as Chad, Somalia, Palestine and the Democratic Republic of Congo. In addition to this type of intervention, COOPI has intensified its efforts, intervening in the aftermath of natural disasters such as the earthquake in Haiti on 12 January 2010, which caused nearly 250,000 deaths. Our organization was among the first ones, just two days after the disaster, to start the first aid emergency operations and afterwards the management of refugee camps for the population of Port-au-Prince. 2010 has been for us a year of important challenges in the field of innovations. In some countries, such as Sierra Leone, COOPI has promoted the use of simple but effective technologies to improve and add value to the production of local farmers’ groups from a semi-industrial perspective. In addition to the technologies related to the food sector, the organization has also worked to promote the use of technologies such as GIS (satellite mapping) in the programs for natural disasters risk reduction in Africa. In addition, it worked to define two very ambitious projects that will aim to promote the use of renewable energy in Ethiopia and Malawi and thus allow access to energy even in rural areas. This is an important challenge, which aims to combine sustainability, innovation and development, and a challenge that our organization has met with enthusiasm. To better support international programs, COOPI has continued the actions undertaken since 2008 and aimed at strengthening the organizational structure of its country offices and its headquarters in Milan. In 2010 indeed, COOPI has worked to consolidate the decentralized regional coordination offices of Nairobi (that manages Uganda, Kenya, Somalia and Southern Sudan) and of Quito (that manages Guatemala, Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Paraguay and Haiti). At the same time, the organization continued to develop organizational processes and procedures related to all the area of “international activities” of the headquarters, standardizing and simplifying the management tools available to all COOPI’s operators . Finally, an internal unit has been created to deal with quality control and to allow the organization to improve the quality of its work and to respond in a more timely manner to the demands of public and private funders with whom our organization works. As for our presence in Italy, during 2010, we note with satisfaction the increase in the number of supporters, volunteers and media coverage. The focus of the organization was mainly aimed at promoting children’s rights, through child sponsorship and the launch of the campaign “Together for a Hundred Thousand - Insieme per Centomila”. In addition COOPI has developed further partnerships with the manufacturing and business world in order to work in synergy for the development of the Southern Hemisphere. Finally, in 2010 the association has launched a new and provocative corporate campaign, “I do care - Io Non Me Ne Frego” in order to awaken the will to fight against all forms of poverty, among the general public. 2010 has been an important year and we can also say it was a year with many achievements and successes of which we can be satisfied. All this has been possible thanks to the contribution of many people: our staff, our public and private donors, our partners, our volunteers. Thank you all!
Ennio Miccoli Director
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Chad, Ph. Alessandro Gandolfi
Some of COOPI’s results in this sector Our achievements in 2010: _______________________________________________ Trained 52,000 farmers on the most innovative cultivation techniques; _______________________________________________ Distributed 670,000 kg of seeds; _______________________________________________ Trained 90 veterinarians on animal vaccination techniques and anti parasite treatment; _______________________________________________ Vaccinated 480,000 cattle.
Food security COOPI has continued to work with particular intensity in the area of food security, carrying out 52 projects in 13 countries for 1,561,927 beneficiaries. This has always been among the most important areas of work for the organization. In 2010 reforestation activities were promoted in areas of high hydro-geological risk such as Bolivia and Malawi, to ensure the protection of the ground during natural disasters. In the livestock sector, small scale projects to boost family run self-production were introduced alongside large scale support programs for pastoral communities in the climatic area occupied by Somalia and Sudan; in these two countries, the efforts have focused on animal health, facilitating the access to water sources and training farmers on the most advanced zoo-technical techniques. In support of agricultural production, the organization has worked on projects implemented mainly in Sub-Saharan Africa, both in development contexts and in response to emergency climate conditions or the devastation caused by political crises. In urban areas (Nairobi, Kenya), COOPI has implemented training projects on self-production for livelihood, including through specific techniques such as “vertical” cultivation (in bags) and terracing. In the peri-urban areas of Freetown, Sierra Leone, COOPI has assisted 100 farmers with the distribution of inputs (seeds and tools), training them on crop diversification, providing assistance in the creation of
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community saving systems, and finally carrying out a comprehensive training program on production cycles and the start-up of a factory farm for 175 young people of the area . In a similar project implemented in the peri-urban area of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, through the support to producers in the stages of processing, storage and transportation of products, COOPI has managed to improve the access to the city market for products cultivated in the plateau of Beteké, one of the major agricultural sites in the region. On the other hand, in rural areas, alongside important projects in Chad and Central African Republic, a success story worth mentioning is represented by a project in Pader District, Uganda. In this intervention, 480 farmers have received training and vouchers for the purchase of seeds and tools and furthermore 6 trade fairs have been set up. In addition to these activities, the organization worked to set up saving groups aimed at ensuring greater access to credit and at financing income-generating activities. With regard to the link between agriculture and women’s rights, it is worth mentioning a project that took place in Ethiopia, in the area of Belogegenfoye and supported about 2,000 women, training them on cultivation techniques and equipping them with the needed tools; as a result of such project the participants were able to organize themselves in groups and start income generating activities from local fruit crops.
1
Central African Republic
Chad
Sudan Darfur
Southern Sudan
Uganda
Ethiopia
Kenya
Somalia
Malawi
TTotal
7
4
1
2
1
2
1
1
2
1
25
1
2
3
1
2
2
8
1
Fishing and forestry resources
21 2
2
Projects per country
1
1
2
3
7
6
4
5
1
2
3
3
11
Beneficiaries per country
2.287
2.635
27.600
121.136
42.959
35.685
37.567
3.742
3.107
53.220
48.129
1.175.935
1
2.382
Livestock
3 3
3
52 1.561.927
1
3
5.543
Agriculture
Democratic Republic of Congo
Food Security
Sierra Leone
Bolivia
Perù
Guatemala
Food Security Number of projects, subsectors and beneficiaries per country Year 2010
Somalia, Ph. Giuseppe Selvaggi
FOCUS - Kenya, Nairobi. Planting vegetable gardens in the slums to fight hunger. “My life has changed a lot, now I live like a human being”. Susan Nitore is 54 years old and lives in Huruma, one of the slums (poor neighborhoods) of Nairobi, in the midst of dirt, crumbling structures, and shacks made of metal sheet and cardboard. Places where running water and electricity are a dream and sewerage systems do not exist. A condition that affects more than half of the four million residents of Nairobi. Susan is one of the beneficiaries of COOPI’s “vertical farming” project, which provided food in affordable and simple ways for the inhabitants of the slum. COOPI donated to each beneficiary family a big bag full of soil, where over 40 plants could be planted and “bore fruit” in just a few weeks. Each “mini-farm” or “set” of bags can provide vegetables, like spinach, for 150 families. “We achieved a twofold result: on the one hand we increased the quantity and nutritional supply of crops, and on the other hand, we were able to unite people in the slum through a common activity”, says Claudio Torres, COOPI’s project manager in Kenya. “It was not easy to find a solution because in the slums there are no suitable places to be cultivated, but we have been able to produce large quantities of
crops, using to the utmost the limited space available”. In Mathare, another slum of the city, a group of 27 young people have tried to work the land on the banks of the Nairobi River with the support of COOPI, “snatching” a field of 12 for 9 meters where a variety of vegetables is now growing. The method used is the “terracing”, that helps to slow down soil erosion and the collapse of the banks. “We went into the nearest forest and talked to the authorities who have agreed to sell us some soil suitable for agriculture,” says Claudio Torres. “We carried 60 tonnes of soil in Mathare and we placed them on the terracing, mixing them with manure. Afterwards we have fenced the plots to protect them from animals”. The group of young people, made up of males and females, were trained on how to sustain their own plots. “Trough the lessons we were able to make the project sustainable over time and prepare young people for agriculture. We taught them some pest control mechanisms, weeding, soil protection and practices to diversify crops “, says Claudio. Tomatoes, cabbage, spinach and onions were planted in the vegetable gardens. Un anno di Cooperazione Internazionale
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Chad, Ph. Alessandro Gandolfi
Some of COOPI’s results in this sector Our achievements in 2010: _______________________________________________ Set up 1,250 latrine blocks; _______________________________________________ Established and prepared 100 groups for the management of water infrastructures; _______________________________________________ Installed or repaired 600 pumps (including solar energy ones); _______________________________________________ Built 70 full scale systems of water distribution.
Water and sanitation In 2010 COOPI has carried out 16 projects in the field of “water and sanitation” by intervening in 9 countries and bringing benefits to 592.051 people. The activities in this area include the management of water resources, the construction of distribution and drainage systems and waste management, such activities were carried out both in the urban areas of Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Middle East and in areas affected by severe natural disasters or conflicts that have caused the destruction of existing infrastructure (such as in the cases of, respectively, the drought in Bolivia, Somalia and Darfur). More specifically, in the area of the Horn of Africa, in two projects, the activities of construction or recovery of springs and access points to the resource have resulted in an increase in the amount of water available per person to 270 m3 per day (175 m3 per day for pasture animals), improving the living conditions of the agricultural and pastoral communities and of vulnerable families living in the area. In the Bolivian Chaco, an area affected by repeated natural disasters, COOPI has installed raised tanks and rainwater collection systems, to address the lack of underground springs or the impossibility
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to use them during floods. In Malawi, in areas subject to many riverfloods, the sanitation situation of the communities has improved by 70% thanks to a program of construction of 5 full-scale systems of water distribution and drainage, in addition to disaster preparedness activities in schools, which were equipped to act as evacuation points during crisis. In North Darfur, 10,000 people, including displaced persons and host communities, can now easily and safely access the water in the apposite spaces used for the extraction and distribution of the resource to people and pasture animals. Finally, with regard to the disposal of solid waste, in Palestine the organization designed and managed a system for collecting solid waste in Gaza City, in order to encourage the process of plastic recycling as well as composting or organic waste treatment. A total of almost 300,000 people, after a year, now have been guaranteed better access and storage of water resources, through the construction of wells, catchment areas for the collection of rainwater and tanks; approximately the same amount of people have benefited from waste disposal and management systems and the installation of sanitation systems.
1
1
Ethiopia
Kenya
Somalia
TTotal
Southern Sudan
2 1
Water-sanitation
Sudan Darfur
Palestine
1
Central African Republic
1
Malawi
Paraguay
Water
Boliva
Water and sanitation Number of projects, subsectors and beneficiaries per country Year 2010
1
1
2
8
2
2
7
1
Waste disposal management
1
Projects per country
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
3
1
Beneficiaries per country
60
60
3.937
145.833
95
31.454
10.000
159.270
27.556
4
16
213.786 592.051
Haiti, Ph. Contrasto
FOCUS - Haiti, Port-au-prince. Cholera emergency. Erik Fattorelli, COOPI’s Camp Manager in Haiti, November 2010 “The fact that Wharf Jeremy has become the main outbreak of cholera in Port-au-Prince did not come as a surprise. People do not have bathrooms. Their homes are in a downhill ground, where water constantly stagnates. Garbage covers every corner. The inhabitants relieve themselves a bit everywhere, on the banks of the drainage channel, amid the garbage, in the streets. The first time I came to Wharf Jeremy I breathed a heavy air, almost grim. The looks of the people are more serious, their expressions more contrite. In the first week of work we bought a generator, while our partners have increased the number of staff and the clinic started operating during the night. We followed the instructions of the doctors: they taught us that the patients suspected of suffering from cholera cannot remain in the same room with patients with full-blown cholera nor use the same beds and chairs. COOPI has therefore built an outside structure, where patients who arrive in conditions not yet impaired receive rehydration treatment. If such
treatment does not have positive results it is almost certainly cholera. At this point the patients are moved inside the clinic, where they receive the necessary medical treatment intravenously. This prevents the spread of cholera between diagnosed patients and those who simply have a more common diarrheal disease. With the help of our partners, we installed 40 chemical latrines. The distribution of the water has begun and we fill daily 7 tanks outside the clinic and 2 inside, for a total of about 40,000 liters. Today we finished building the outer cover for the rehydration centre and installing an additional reserve, which we will fill with potable water, for the preparation of rehydrating solutions. We have a hundred people who will be working every day in the neighborhood, collecting the garbage and maintaining the latrines in acceptable hygienic conditions. There is still much work to do, but we are happy because in a week we have managed to get off the ground every available resource�. Un anno di Cooperazione Internazionale
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Some of COOPI’s results in this sector Our achievements in 2010: _______________________________________________ Trained and equipped 50 community groups on the management of the risks of natural disasters; _______________________________________________ Prepared 32 local emergency plans; _______________________________________________ Assisted more than 130,000 internally displaced people; _______________________________________________ Raised the awareness of nearly 9,000 students (both children and adolescents) on the practices of preparedness and mitigation of natural disasters.
Ethiopia, Ph. Riccardo Venturi
Humanitarian Assistance
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In 2010, COOPI has worked in 15 countries with 30 projects of humanitarian assistance, reaching 453,722 people in need.
two countries, maps, geographic databases, evacuation and emergency management plans were prepared, benefiting more than 6,000 people.
The organization has provided humanitarian assistance at the occurrence of the biggest emergencies that have affected the countries of the Southern Hemisphere - from the earthquake in Haiti to the continuous inter-ethnic clashes that for many years have affected the northeastern area of the Democratic Republic of Congo. In Latin America and the Caribbean, frequent natural disasters of climatic and hydrogeological origin have led COOPI to carry out interventions in many sectors in support of the population - mainly reconstruction activities, rehabilitating the infrastructure and preparation for future crises. In Haiti, the organization has intervened in response to the earthquake, working to improve poor hygienic conditions, through the creation of water systems and waste water disposal systems in the structures recovered after the disaster (schools, shared canteens, etc.) and through the installation of 100 blocks of latrines and 3 bio-digestion systems. Also in Sub-Saharan Africa COOPI has focused on actions for the relief of unfavorable weather conditions (drought in Kenya and floods in Malawi) intervening primarily to increase the capacity of the local communities to cope with cyclical crisis through preparation. In this regard, in the
In the context of humanitarian assistance, during wars or internal armed conflicts, the organization has been at the forefront of the provision of support to refugees and internally displaced people in Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Somalia and Darfur, through integrated programs in support of the communities of displaced people as well as of the hosting communities. Among the 6 programs implemented, the intervention in Ituri (DRC) in support of internally displaced people returning back to their home villages, in just one year has provided access to basic health services for the 80% of the population, to vaccinations for the 90% and has contributed to lowering child malnutrition for the 5% of the population. Such intervention has also enabled 2,700 children to return to school and it has provided assistance and protection to children and women victims of violence. In order to support internally displaced people, along with interventions to address the basic needs, COOPI has also started projects to develop income-generating activities, especially in Darfur, by setting up protection measures for grazing animals and as a result decreasing their mortality rate by 10%, and creating vegetable gardens for the cultivation of local edible plants.
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1
Refugee aid
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
4
30
2.004
453.722
2
1
89.000
763
1
1
18.333
9.864
3
2
18.333
8.054
5
1
2.000
Beneficiaries per country
2
6
39.134
1
14
46.083
2
99.918
3
2
14.429
Projects per country
1
30.949
2
35.946
1
38.912
Other
3 1
1
Food aid
TTotal
1
Malawi
Kenya
1
Somalia
Ethiopia
1
Uganda
1
Democratic Republic of Congo
Paraguay
4
Sudan/Darfur
Bolivia
1
Chad
Peru
Colombia
2
Ecuador
Disaster Prevention
Haiti
Number of projects, subsectors and beneficiaries per country Year 2010
Guatemala
Humanitarian Assistance
8
FOCUS - Malawi, Salima District. Where rural communities learn how to cope with risks, increase food security and protect nature. COOPI has been operating in Malawi since 2002; this is a State sandwiched between Zambia and Mozambique, near the Great Lake and with a striking poverty rate. In particular, last year, the organization has intervened in support of approximately 4,000 inhabitants from the river communities of the district of Salima, an area subject to continuous and severe floods causing loss of lives, displacements of families, damage to bridges and roads and loss of goods and agricultural products. As described by Moira Simpson - COOPI’s Project Manager for disaster prevention in Malawi - ”COOPI works with the NGO Maleza and the University of Salzburg to deal with food insecurity, which is the first factor of vulnerability for the local population, and is caused by the floods and the destruction of crops that regularly affect the rural communities. COOPI believes that community groups, when provided with appropriate tools and adequate technical training , can effectively support their villages before, during and after the occurrence of natural disasters. That is why we started the new year with a series of micro-projects, creating a strategic action plan in case of emergencies, which includes the distribution of seeds, the stabilization of the banks of the rivers and the management of wildlife (that can cause damage to the
fields). In collaboration with the Civil Protection Committees and with Local Community Organizations, we train them - and the population groups that they represent - to be self-sufficient and to raise funds in a short time frame to tackle the effects of food insecurity in times of emergency. In the district we have taken action on two fronts: on the one hand, to stabilize the river banks to prevent or reduce flood damage during the rainy season in 2012 and to provide income for the families in time of famine; on the other hand, to manage the wildlife in order to protect the crops from the damages caused by the invasions of elephants, as well as of baboons and birds that represent an immediate physical threat to small farmers. To address this danger, here at COOPI Malawi we have employed a method developed by FAO, which utilizes the cultivation of chili peppers as one of farmers’ best forms of protection from the transit of animals, but also as a potentially profitable crop. With the support of International Cooperation and of FAO in particular - Moira continues - the 2011 promises to be a crucial year for the attainment of autonomy and food security for the population in the district of Salima, insofar as we will succeed to incorporate disaster risk-reduction activities in the activities planned for the conservation of agriculture and wildlife”. Un anno di Cooperazione Internazionale
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Some of COOPI’s results in this sector Our achievements in 2010: _______________________________________________ Implemented vocational training courses for more than 800 people; _______________________________________________ Helped in successfully starting up 64 businesses; _______________________________________________ Provided psycho-social support to more than 3,000 children; _______________________________________________ Created or developed approximately 20 healthcare and psychosocial centers for women and children.
Chad, Ph. Lorenzo Dell’Uva
Socio-economic services The field of “socio-economic services” covers two different areas of intervention: on the one hand, social assistance and psycho-social integration of victims of violence; on the other, supporting the start up of income-generating activities.
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In 2010, COOPI implemented 28 projects in 8 countries, by succeeding in helping 134,953 people.
multisectoral care programme, including emergency medical treatment, psychological assistance, re-inclusion of school dropouts into the educational system, family reintegration and community outreach. In another project implemented between the Ituri and Maniema, besides providing direct assistance to approximately 500 survivors of violence, the organization took charge of the construction of 6 community centers for the protection and promotion of the rights of women and children.
Within the framework of women and children protection, COOPI provided direct assistance to the most vulnerable beneficiaries, in particular to the victims of sexual or gender-based violence, single mothers, children associated with armed groups. The organization is engaged in psycho-social assistance activities, especially in Sierra Leone (Kono Province) and in the Eastern Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where clashes led to continuous and serious human rights violation, and COOPI consolidated the actions undertaken over the past years. COOPI implemented 16 protection projects in Congo; among those, it is worth pointing out the intervention that was performed in the Ituri, where more than 1,700 people were directly assisted through a
With regards to the field of microfinance, COOPI worked in five SubSaharan countries and in Latin America, especially focusing in training and career guidance programs for vulnerable young people and women. Furthermore, COOPI worked in Cameroon and Sierra Leone in the local handicraft field, by counseling and helping 200 young people start up small businesses. A project of great interest was implemented in Paraguay to support some young people in creating and managing a “crosscultural pharmacy”: the activity allowed the sale of traditional medicines locally produced and provided job placement for young indigenous men and 130 women from the Chaco region, while promoting their socioeconomic inclusion.
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2
2
1
1 2
2
2 1
16
Psychosocial assistance
TTotal
Kenya
Ethiopia
Democratic Republic of Congo
Palestine
Cameroon
1
Social services Work, income generating activities, microfinance
Sierra Leone
Paraguay
Number of projects, subsectors and beneficiaries per Country Year 2010
Ecuador
Socio-economic services
10 16
Projects per Country
2
2
2
2
2
16
1
1
28
Beneficiaries per Country
2.100
11.488
5.267
298
1.450
100.687
4.371
9.292
134.953
Congo, Ph. Livio Senigalliesi
FOCUS - Democratic Republic of Congo. The richest and poorest Country. Although Congo is one of the richest countries in natural resources in Africa, it is one of the poorest countries in the world. Coltan, diamonds, oil, timber, water are invaluable assets. Yet, Congo ranks 167th out of 169th in the Human Development Index. And it is always vulnerable groups like children who bear the brunt and are pressed into the service of armed groups without mercy. For this reason COOPI has been active there since 1977, in order to cope with the chronic humanitarian emergency. Andrea Dominici coordinates the 40 ongoing projects in the DRC. Being a coordinator means substantially to manage relations with donors, as well as the budget and staff, and to monitor the projects. This is a demanding task, even if it is mainly carried out in the office. Andrea has a sparkle in his eyes when he tells one of the happiest moments of his experience in the Congo: “It was when I visited one of our training centers for street children... it was very exciting.” The training center that Andrea visited is one of three managed by COOPI which consists of: a carpentry, mechanical workshop and a cutting and sewing workshop. Many of the guys who are there had terrible experiences, such as being abducted by the rebel group “the Lord’s Resistance Army”. In fact, one of COOPI’s
main activities is to help these kids recover so to give them hope. Usually, children who are abducted are taken into the forest. They do not directly participate in war actions, but endure unimaginable hardship being enslaved by the paramilitary. “If they do not succeed in escaping from the rebels, we ourselves go and pick them up - says Andrea - to do that, we work with local organizations to negotiate the release of children directly with the generals. We must keep in mind that these are criminal offenses, and therefore punishable by law”. Once children recover, they are introduced to foster families. They are separated from each other to avoid becoming easy targets. After that, we begin the search for the true family of the child, while the child is entrusted to the care of psychosocial specialist.” The Congo is a difficult country where international cooperation has been operating for at least 40 years. “The problems never end - says Andrea; the country is too unstable and the relationship with the government remains difficult. The humanitarian emergency is chronic, for this reason it is right that COOPI continues its work in the field, but changes must be made both in the politics and in the system”. Until that change comes, COOPI will continue to deal with the tragedy of child soldiers. But do you need to go to the Congo to contribute to changing things? According to Andrea “It’s enough to inform yourself, to listen to other voices and talk about the problems”.
Some of COOPI’s results in this sector Our achievements in 2010: _______________________________________________ Ensured access to quality educational programs for approximately 56,000 children; _______________________________________________ Equipped and opened 64 nursery schools; _______________________________________________ Trained over 500 teachers; _______________________________________________ Trained 490 young people, out of which 270 have started business activities and 220 were employed in existing businesses.
Haiti, Ph. Roberto Bianconi
Education In 2010, COOPI worked in the field of “education” with 15 projects in 7 countries, reaching 138,499 beneficiaries. The organization worked mainly in Sub-Saharan Africa, to ensure quality education for the youngest children and vocational training for young people in urban areas. In Sierra Leone, Ethiopia and Palestine, a total of almost 2,000 young people took part in vocational training activities aimed both at the professional integration in salaried jobs and at the set up of small businesses, mostly artisan enterprises. In this context, in the region of Kono, in Sierra Leone, COOPI has worked with the most vulnerable young people and people with disabilities, promoting their access to employment and supporting them to identify an economic and social role in their communities of origin. In Palestine, thanks to COOPI’s intervention, young women, previously excluded from vocational training centers, have been able to access them. With regard to pre-school education and primary-education, the country where the organization has set up the most comprehensive educational programs, in close cooperation with ministerial institutions and
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local authorities- is by far, the Central African Republic, where after one year, approximately 30,000 additional children were able to attend educational facilities and 2,100 children started the new nursery schools built by COOPI. Over 80 schools have benefited from rehabilitation or renovation work, while 2 “forest schools” were created to allow also children belonging to ethnic minorities (Aka Pygmies) to access wellequipped and quality school facilities. In the absence of permanent teachers, always in the Central African Republic, 240 parents or community members (auxiliary teachers) have been trained and replaced professional teachers. In addition to educational activities carried out in developing countries, COOPI - in consortium with the Italian NGO VIS and CISP and the University of Pavia - coordinates the Master in Development Cooperation at the University of Cartagena, in Colombia and the Master in Development Cooperation of the University of Pavia in the homonymous city. In 2010 the courses involved nearly 800 and 1,000 people respectively, among students, professors and university staff.
Vocational training Secondary education
2
1
1
TTotal
7
Primary education
Ethiopia
Uganda
Palestine
Central African Republic
Italiy
Sierra leone
Colombia
Education Number of projects, subsectors and beneficiaries per country Year 2010
1
8
1
5
University education
1
1
Projects per country
1
2
1
7
1
1
2
15
Beneficiaries per country
218
196
35
65.833
1.925
69.376
916
138.499
2
Ethiopia, Ph. Vittorio Oppizzi
FOCUS - Ethiopia, Addis Abeba. A better future for young people. “Without the help of COOPI I would have never been able to come out of poverty in Addis Ababa. My father did not earn enough to make me continue my studies, but thanks to this project I have been able to do it”. These are the words of Sentayehu, after she completed the training course organized by COOPI. Indeed, in Addis Ababa, one of the poorest cities in the world, the Organization has launched a training project for young people between 15 and 29 years who have completed primary education but who, for economic reasons, cannot continue their studies. “The project is divided in two parts. The first part includes vocational training through the set up of technical training courses (tailoring, plumbing, and mechanics) funded and managed by COOPI, while the second part of the project focuses on mentoring and professional development to promote young people’s professional integration in the leading sectors of the Ethiopian economy” - explains Cristian De Luca, COOPI’s project manager in Addis Ababa. “Through this career path we try to foster the professional integration of young people in the job market and to provide the cultural background to enable them to improve their future. COOPI provides all that is necessary for the attendance of the
courses and in addition young people are given an allowance that allows them to support also their families. In this way not only young people will be able to improve their living conditions, but as a result there will also be a cascading positive effect impacting their families and the communities in which they live”. Sentayehu is one such example. She is 22 year old, lives in the Square neighborhood of Addis Ababa and has completed her primary education, but due to the difficult economic and family situation, she was unable to continue her studies and believed that she could not improve her life. Actually, her story, like those of many other young people, has a happy ending! Sentayehu has managed to gain a diploma as an electrician and now has a salaried job, but she did not stop dreaming: her wish is to become self-employed and to open her own business. “COOPI has changed my life, it has given me a job and above all it has given me a future”. Un anno di Cooperazione Internazionale
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Chad, Ph. Marzia Giribardi
Some of COOPI’s results in this sector Under the child sponsorship projects, we succeeded in responding to specific and special requests for help thanks to extra donations received by supporters and some companies. In particular, we achieved: _______________________________________________
Child sponsorship program In 2010 27 child sponsorship projects have been undertaken by involving 7 Countries: Ethiopia, Haiti, Central African Republic, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Peru and Uganda. Compared to last year a new country has been added, Haiti, where we developed a child sponsorship project specifically to ensure education for child victims of the earthquake. In all countries, the objectives have been to protect the fundamental rights of children, which can be summarized in the following points: nutrition through meals offered in school cafeterias or food packages distributed to families;
● adequate
●
basic medical care through the establishment of a health fund to draw from in case of need (in particular, in Central African Republic, Senegal and Uganda, where COOPI supports partners who work with disabled children, the child sponsorship program has enabled the realization of surgery procedures, and has sponsored also the pre and post surgical meetings, as well as the physiotherapy);
● education, through coverage of school fees, distribution of uniforms
and educational materials, teacher training and promotion of families’ awareness on the importance of sending their children to school; ● protection of children through family mediation and meetings with
psycho-social workers and counselling at home; ● play and leisure, through visits to museums and zoos, dancing, mu-
sic courses, carnival masquerades, painting labs and handicraft workshops, trips out of town, organization of sports tournaments and purchase of relative uniforms.
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Purchase of 51 HIV/Aids test kits destined to Hogar San Camillo in Peru; _______________________________________________ 60 tables offered to the children of Assorep Centre in Senegal, to prevent them from eating on the ground and hygiene-related diseases; _______________________________________________ Purchase of 3 new wheelchairs and 5 walking frames for the children who are looked after by the Poverty Missionaries in Uganda, as well as funding surgeries for three children in Uganda and for one child in Senegal; _______________________________________________ To give a gift to each child for Christmas and organize a small party in each structure, with the goal of giving back to each of them the right to play and leisure.
Child sponsorship also works in two directions: 1. Vocational training for boys/girls and for their mothers: with regard to woodworking, welding, sewing, cooking, etc.., craft teaching can guarantee a better and more qualified job in the future, thus better paid, that makes the beneficiaries in the long term autonomous and independent from outside help; 2. Strengthening the capacities of local partners, through adult education on project management. In this way the efficiency and effectiveness of intervention are improved, as well as the autonomy and performance of the local organization are increased.
Haiti
Perù
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Central African Republic
Ethiopia
Uganda
TTotal
Projects per Country
1
4
3
5
6
4
4
27
Children supported per Country
99
347
377
213
474
211
419
2.140
Child sponsorship program Number of projects and children supported per Country Year 2010
FOCUS - Perù. The meeting between “a small star” and its sponsors. It all begun on 10 July 2008, when COOPI organized “The Night of the Little Stars” in Milan. We are “curious” to know the organization with which we have already started child sponsorship for two beautiful boys. At the end of the evening, we felt the need to start another child sponsorship. This time we wanted to support a girl, and among the forms on the booth’s table, our heart was captured by the photograph of a girl whose eyes looked a bit sad and gloomy: Joissy. And there we are, after some mail exchanges, we decide to organize a trip to Peru, obviously to see this Country, but above all to discover the project “la Casa de Panchita” and to finally meet Joissy. It is January 7th 2010. At 8.30 am Morena, head of COOPI projects in Peru, collects us from the hotel, accompanied by Gabriel, to take us to the child’s home, in the district of Villa Maria del Triunfo, where the only triumph we see there is that of dirt and misery. We have a lump in our throats, and incredulity, anger, and many unspoken questions race through our minds: why are there still so many situations of degradation and misery? Why are so many children forced to endure these conditions for which they are not responsible? We cannot find the answers, but the economic security we have achieved allows us to fulfill at least some of those youth resolutions through which we wanted to change the world. Little gestures, but essential for children. Joissy lives with two sisters and her mother, while a third sister, the eldest, works away from home as a domestic worker (which sometimes, here in Peru, is like being a slave). While Morena is knocking, our minds are crowded with many emotions and fears: the thrill of having achieved a greatly desired moment, the thrill for a long-awaited contact, the fear of not being good enough, and fear of doing the wrong thing, but mainly the fear of not being accepted. A beautiful girl opens the door and Tiziana immediately embraces her, while Morena introduces her to us as Juana, Joissy’s elder sister. It is a gaffe, but it helps to relieve the nervous tension of that moment.
Finally, another young girl appears, keeping her shiny gaze to the floor: it is our Joissy! The embrace accompanied by kisses confuses her, but she accepts the cuddle - we are told that they are used to give a single kiss. We enter and fill the room that serves as a “living room”, while the sound of a TV comes to us from an adjacent room, separated by a curtain, that serves as a bedroom (they sleep there in 4, and even 5 persons when Alexandra, the elder sister, is at home). The whole house probably does not reach 40 square meters. They are, however, “lucky” to live in a brick house, while many others live in improvised homes. We are rather clumsy, we know only a few words of Spanish. Luckily Morena and Gabriel help us to break the ice. Also the mother arrives, she is late because she had to accompany Alexandra to replace her in her workplace so to stay with us and to meet us. Joissy takes her notebooks and sits down among us to show her work. As I point out an error while looking at the book of English, we understand that we have been accepted without reservation: two black eyes as bright as a star watching you and warming the heart; we get the sense that you don’t need a common language or a bond of blood to love somebody, and we feel the desire to hold her tight and never leave her again. Two hours have flown past, and we have to go. The last photos, last greetings, the promise to be close to her for whatever she needs or for any dream she may harbor, and to return as soon as possible, because we miss her already. We have realized that by helping Joissy we help her whole family. A huge thank you to Diana, Luisa, Morena, Gabriel and to all those who we have not known, but are part of this project, because it is thanks to their presence, their commitment and their daily perseverance that we could achieve this lifelong dream, and most importantly, that our Joissy and many children like her can dream. THANK YOU!!! Pier Luigi e Tiziana
Some of COOPI’s results in this sector Our achievements in 2010: _______________________________________________ Trained 8 migrants associations on management skills; _______________________________________________ Coached 16 migrants associations on processing cooperation projects; _______________________________________________ Realized a seminar on the Senegalese Diaspora; _______________________________________________ Conducted a research on migrant communities as active actors in co-development.
Chad, Ph. Michele Papa
Migrations In 2010 COOPI implemented 2 projects in the “migration� field, one in Italy and one in Senegal, and 593 people were supported. In this way, it has continued its commitment to support immigrant communities in Italy and in building bridges with their countries of origin to promote the dynamics of co-development and integration in the Italian territory. This year the organization worked mostly with the Senegalese community in Italy, by organizing training courses for 8 Senegalese Associations in Milan and for 2 Associations in the Lombardy region on content-based learning, management techniques and institutional strengthening. Meanwhile, COOPI has been working to promote partnerships between Italy and Senegal, with the aim of starting synergies among the ongoing initiative, the players of decentralized cooperation at regional level, and the Senegalese associations involved in the project. The climax was
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a workshop where we focused on the role of the Senegalese Diaspora in three different areas: economic development and the production sectors in Senegal, promoting intercultural education development projects, social and economic relations between Italy and Senegal. In order to promote co-development dynamics, 16 migrant associations have been trained in project writing and have launched a pilot project consisting in a baker apprenticeship for some Senegalese immigrants in Milan. Furthermore, a school/bakery was built in Kelle, Senegal, and a mission in Senegal of Senegalese people trained in Italy has been activated to transfer their skills to the other bakers. In 2010 a research was also carried out aimed at identifying communities of immigrants living in Milan who are most frequently engaged in co-development activities; the research was focused on some cases of three communities with which COOPI is working (Ecuador, El Salvador and Peru).
FOCUS - Italy-Senegal. A bridge made of bread. Migration is an exchange of knowledge and culture. But it is also an opportunity for development of the migrants’ countries of origin. This is the underlying vision of co-development that COOPI translates into practice together with several associations of Senegalese migrants in the territory of Milan, among which Sunugal and Amante. The co-development projects are based on the assumption that migration is a value, and the migrants are considered development agents for their countries of origin. This means that they become promoters of knowledge, culture, commerce and they promote the integrated development of their countries. This process is called “circular migration”. In Lombardy lives a third of the Senegalese present in Italy. This is a significant diaspora, both from a quantitative and qualitative point of view. The Senegalese resident in Lombardy are particularly active in developing initiatives dedicated to their country, but they lack the technical knowledge to present structured project and to apply for public funding. It is here that COOPI fits in. COOPI achieves what is called “Institutional follow-up.” It provides project and budget drafting support to migrant associations, thereby facilitating their access to funding. “Migrant Bread” is one of the projects supported by COOPI that was born from the cooperation and exchange between Senegalese and Italian craftsmen. It all begun in San Buono in the province of Chieti, where the retired bakers named Rita Cerella and Vittorio Pico decided to donate their bakery machinery to Kelle, a town near Dakar, Senegal. At the same time, the Senegalese migrant associations Amirante and Sunugal in Milan made agreements with Bresso Apulian bakery, Danelli bakery and Martesana pastry store. The goal was to share ideas and knowledge on bread making so to transfer them in Senegal. The three Senegalese craftsmen who took part in these self-training cycles then went to Kelle, and there, with the help of donated equipment, in October 2010 they were able to train 10 boys in the art of baking. But the project does not end here. All the migrants who are in Italy can buy a card with which they can help to launch the opening of a real school for bakers. Their relatives from Kelle will be able through the card to get the bread made in the school. Once one has cleared up the stereotypes and clichés, the migration is finally appreciated for what it really is thanks to co-development: a great opportunity for growth and trade.
Chad, Ph. Antonio Zivieri
Chad, Ph. Lorenzo Dell’Uva
Migration - Other
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Co-development
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Italy
Migrations Number of projects, subsectors and beneficiaries per Country Year 2010
Senegal
Chad, Ph. Lorenzo Dell’Uva
1 1
1
Projects per Country
1
1
2
Beneficiaries per Country
141
452
593
Chad, Ph. Lorenzo Dell’Uva
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Congo, Ph. Livio Senigalliesi
Some of COOPI’s results in this sector Our achievements in 2010: _______________________________________________ Raised awareness in more than 100 public officers about the minorities’ rights; established 3 cultural centres to advocate for ethnic minorities; _______________________________________________ Implemented 5 local development plans, set up 13 institutional consultative committees and 1 departmental strategy to support the public management of resources destined toward social policies; _______________________________________________ Increased awareness of about 3,000 women of their rights.
Governance and human rights In 2010 COOPI has continued to demonstrate its commitment to “governance and human rights” through 12 projects in 6 countries for 245,684 people, thus proceeding to strengthen governance and promoting the protection and raising awareness of human rights, especially for ethnic minorities or social groups in these countries. With reference to the governance sector, COOPI has been actively working in Chad and Central African Republic. In Chad it contributed to the preparation of 13 local development plans as well as of a district level strategy in the department of the Lam Mountains, on the fields of public health, formal education, food security, water management and sanitation facilities. These results were achieved through the establishment of committees, unions and federations of Rural Community Action, through training of local officers on most effective use of resources, and lastly by facilitating the dialogue among the different actors involved in local governance. In the Central African Republic, on the other hand, the organization promoted the creation of a national center for conflict me-
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diation to support local authorities in stabilizing the country emerging from violent conflicts following the 2003 coup. With regard to human rights, the organization has been engaged in carrying out activities to protect the rights - educational activities, economic inclusion activities and training of local administrators - as well as in spreading the knowledge of rights, by promoting the direct involvement of beneficiaries in organizing awareness campaigns. To that end, COOPI has continued its work in Ecuador on the Protection and Promotion of the rights of the Afro-descendant as a minority, through direct-action women’s groups, who led awareness initiatives; in the Central African Republic it worked to support Aka Pygmy communities by organizing literacy classes, that allowed adults to acquire basic skills so to become aware of their rights. Finally, it trained 325 women leaders in Sierra Leone to assert their land ownership rights by strengthening their legal skills and by involving them as seminar promoters to disseminate their knowledge to other women.
Ethnic minorities
1
Conflict prevention and resolution
1
Civil Society Strengthening
2
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Uganda
Central African Republic
Chad
Sierra Leone
Bolivia
Number of projects, subsectors and beneficiaries per Country Year 2010
Ecuador
Governance and human rights
3 1
1
1
1
3
1
Democratic participation Culture, human rights and vulnerable groups
1
Projects per Country
2
2
2
2
Beneficiaries per Country
2.313
523
223.142
7.240
1
2
1
4
3
1
12
9.746
2.720
245.684
Paraguay, Ph. Silvia Favaron
FOCUS - Bolivia, Chaco. The modern slavery of the indigenous. COOPI has been working in Bolivia since 1977. Its action has always been concentrated in the districts of Potosi, Cochabamba, La Paz and the Bolivian Chaco region, the border area among Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina and Bolivia which is considered one of the driest places on the planet because of massive deforestation. It is in this hostile ecosystem that the Guarani indigenous people live. In addition to the scourge of drought, the Guarani people are subjected to slavery-like practices. “Although they are not formally defined as slaves, they live as de facto slaves” - says Matteo Fumi, COOPI’s responsible of Bolivian projects. The indigenous people live on the land purchased by landowners, therefore taken away, and are paid very little money to cultivate it. They cannot go to school because they have to work, there is water scarcity, poor communications and inadequate sanitary conditions. Families often get landed with multi-generational debt that they won’t be able to pay. Hence they are condemned to a life of slavery”. This is a serious human rights violation involving 5,000 to 7,000 people. To cope with this tragedy, COOPI is working closely with
the Asamblea del Pueblo Guarani, the representative body of the Guarani people, that has been active since 1987. The overall objective is to promote respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms of Guarani families, by promoting democratic reform in the system of slavery. In order to achieve these results, COOPI focused on strengthening leadership, so to enable the natives to claim their rights against the owners and the State. Furthermore the organization is seeking to create a platform for dialogue among the actors involved for the peaceful resolution of the conflict. “Ever since Evo Morales came to power, things have somewhat ‘improved’ - Matteo continues. Last year, Bolivia legalized community justice, in other words indigenous groups will have the opportunity to apply their jurisdiction for minor offenses”. A great result that has been achieved also thanks to COOPI’s cooperation, and that bodes well for the chosen path. Un anno di Cooperazione Internazionale
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Chad, Ph. Alessandro Gandolfi
Some of COOPI’s results in this sector Our achievements in 2010: _______________________________________________ Provided nutritional assistance to more than 93,000 people; _______________________________________________ Provided access to maternal and child health services to more than 10,000 women and 3,000 children; _______________________________________________ Equipped and supported 7 hospitals and 10 clinics; _______________________________________________ Built and/or rehabilitated 160 nutritional centers.
Health In 2010, COOPI worked in 9 countries, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa and Central America, with 41 health projects, supporting 1,909,686 people. The sector is indeed of particular importance for COOPI and comprises the areas of nutrition, maternal and child health, combating HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases. With regard to nutrition, the organization has continued the implementation of now well established strategies for dealing with the different types of malnutrition (moderate and acute) and in patients of different age groups. Only in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 140,000 people have been assessed, transferred to nutritional centers and assisted with appropriate supplements and medicines. Closely linked to this type of intervention is also the range of activities related to maternal and child care, which in 2010 was mainly carried out in Malawi, Democratic Republic of Congo and Chad, through the strengthening of diagnostic capacity and dealing with the complications related to pregnancy and childbirth - for example fistulas - and ensuring primary care, surgical and post-surgical care. In the field of HIV/AIDS,
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COOPI has been working both on the prevention and treatment with antiretroviral medicines, as well as on awareness-raising activities on a national scale, including through the creation of theater groups and, in Mozambique, through the creation of a radio station to spread information campaigns. In Peru, the organization has supported the reestablishment of specialist treatment centers for the integrated care of victims of HIV/AIDS in the units of Lima and Arequipa of the Hogar San Camilo. In general, the organization has placed great emphasis on the cooperation with existing medical centers, which were stocked with non-perishable medical supplies and supported in the reorganization of procedures for the supply of drugs and the transfers of patients, and that ultimately have benefited from the construction of specialist departments for the implementation of specific treatments. Just in the hospital of Boroma in Somalia, in a year, 1,600 patients were examined, 1,000 tests were performed and 200 new beds have been created with an increase of 20% of hospitalizations, while the medical staff was primarily trained on antiretroviral treatments, detection of sexually transmitted diseases, immunization and maternal and child health.
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Maternal and child health Basic Health Sexually transmitted diseases and HIV/AIDS
3
1
1
1
1
Other
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1
Mozambique
2
Malawi
2
Somalia
2
Ethiopia
10
Uganda
Chad
Nutrition
Democratic Republic of Congo
Sierra Leone
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Health Number of projects, subsectors and beneficiaries per country Year 2010
2
14
3
9
5
1
11
1
1
4
1
2
3
Projects per country
1
1
15
6
2
1
8
5
2
41
Beneficiaries per country
820
330.000
179.554
56.467
110.847
82.278
899.891
221.594
28.235
1.909.686
FOCUS - “The Madonna of Goz Beida” Alessandro Gandolfi, photojournalist and founder of the Agency ParalleloZero The Madonna of Goz Beida is a 17 year old girl, closed in a yellow veil and austere like the virgins painted by Giotto . Fatma Hosman is sitting on the bed, holding close to her a tiny girl that seems born only a few months ago. Little Marie is two years old, but still does not walk, weighs 8 kilograms and refuses to eat, and so has never grown up. The Madonna of Goz Beida, from a few days has been living in COOPI’s nutritional center in eastern Chad, a barren savanna invaded by insects and interrupted here and there by sluggish watercourses that swell enormously during the rainy seasons. The eastern Chad is a hard territory, battered by bad weather, subject to sudden meteorological changes: months of drought alternating with violent rainfall and the crops are lost and ruined as a result. In Chad the loss of an agricultural cycle brings damages for all. The food becomes scarce, children do not eat, get sick and often die. From neighboring Sudan Darfur - the country of Fur farmers - a long and bloody war drove 250 thousand people to flee across the border. ‘A religious war between Christians and Muslims’- it has been defined on several occasions. There is some truth, of course. But the one in Darfur
is primarily a war between the poor. Poor sedentary farmers and poor nomadic livestock farmers found themselves gradually landless as a result of the advance of the desert. Since there was no longer enough land for everyone, the farmers started cultivating where once the cattle of the livestock farmers grazed, and the livestock farmers began to overstep with their animals the fields cultivated by farmers. Then one party prevailed and the weakest - the farmers - have been forced to flee. So Chad had to face another emergency, that of refugees. Fatma Hosman is one of them. She lost her husband in the war, little Marie is her only daughter. Here at the nutritional center, COOPI’s doctors are providing all possible help, but it is not easy: often there is a lack of money, sometimes medicines are in short supply, and in addition to this, usually local habits do not help. Here people eat only once a day, it has always been like this. Here the skin of the patients is cut because it is believed that the blood, flowing, will heal. Here the anus of the children is burned with hot irons to try to stop the diarrhea. All this has been done for a long time, in good faith. That is why COOPI’s presence here is needed for a long time: to help, to teach, to give hope.
Some of COOPI’s results in this sector Our achievements in 2010: _______________________________________________ Increase the number of companies supporting our causes by collecting donations (including gifts in-kind, free press and sponsorships) equal to more than e 250,000;
_______________________________________________ Receive about e1,800,000 for humanitarian projects by “private” donors (in jargon, people and companies adhering to our direct marketing campaigns);
_______________________________________________ Collect more than e 600,000 to further support child sponsorship projects and to fulfill the extra needs of children (medical care and surgery), centers and schools restructuring, Christmas gifts, etc.);
_______________________________________________ Start two new local voluntary groups (Milan and Quartucciu, in the province of Cagliari) and a new regional headquarters (COOPI Trentino);
_______________________________________________ Organize 81 local events and 13 national events. Haiti, Ph. Roberto Bianconi
Communication and fundraising In 2010 COOPI was even more engaged in the field of communication and fundraising.
Corporate communication The major event of the year was undoubtedly the launch of the new corporate campaign, provocatively called “I do care”. Indeed, “I do care” is the statement of those who are not indifferent to war, injustice and environmental degradation, such as COOPI that has been fighting for 45 years against all forms of poverty. The goal of the campaign was three-fold: • to ignite a rush of public outrage over forgetfulness and ultraconservative policies affecting those who can be helpful to the less fortunate people of the planet; • to urge a renewed commitment by the mass media and politics to addressing humanitarian and social issues; • make COOPI more visible by showing how a better future for all can be built through its work. The main spokesperson of the campaign was Father Vincenzo Barbieri, founder of COOPI, who represents a concrete example of what a person can achieve if he firmly follows the dream of doing good to others. Other supporters of COOPI who contributed to the campaign: Silver, Lupo Alberto’s “father”, Gianni Biondillo, writer; Daniela Ducoli, journalist; Ringo, director of Virgin Radio; Emanuela Folliero, TV presenter; the Italian Women’s Rhythmic Gymnastics Team, gold medal at the 2010 world championships; Alex Polita, Italian superbike championship rider; Ferruccio Lamborghini, 600 supersport rider; Ben Harper, musician from the USA. The “I do care” campaign was promoted via National media, local 28
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events, billboards in the major Italian cities, postcards and a website that involved the participation of hundreds of people. This initiative will certainly be pursued over the next years.
Press Office The department of communication has been very busy over the Francesco Quistelli, Ph. Marcello Volta last year to promote the mission of COOPI by strengthening relationships with national and local media. In order to report on cooperation projects in the field, the following journalistic missions were organized and facilitated: in September, the crew of “Border Stories” (Rete 4), headed by the expert Lombezzi Mimmo, produced an entire episode on our efforts in Ethiopia, starting from the project that focused on training and employability of vulnerable youth (funded by the TV programme Mediafriends, “The smile factory”); in October Tiziana Prezzo from SkyTg24, who is the winner of Cutuli and Alpi Prize, visited the cooperation projects in Ecuador, especially in the Amazon area and along the border with Colombia, and recorded the terrible environmental damage caused by a big oil company to the detriment of the indigenous, as well as the hard condition of “drug refugees”; always in October, Alessandro Gandolfi, photojournalist working for the Agency ParalleloZero, the writer Gianni Biondillo, the TG1 correspondent Duraccio Lucia and the cameraman Guido Cravero, went in the south and east of Chad, where they could see with their own eyes how
people live in two different camps: the Maro camp, on the border with the Central African Republic, where COOPI works in a multi-sectoral project to promote integration between refugees and local people, and the Goz Beida camp, on the border of Darfur, where the problems affecting the refugees add up to the devastating spectrum of malnutrition. In November, instead, COOPI facilitated the production of the documentary “Gaza a cielo aperto” by Maurizio Fantoni Minnella, that focused on the waste issue, which COOPI tried to address by promoting the garbage collection using donkeys, and with many other management and recycling projects supported by the European Commission. A year of hard work can also be seen through the results achieved: COOPI’s name was mentioned 356 times in the press, 510 times on the web, 14 times on television and 19 times on the radio, for a total of 899.
Web communication The year 2010 was devoted mostly to improving the website www.coopi.org, in fact from November the 10th it is possible to visit its new version beautifully designed. On the whole, all web communication tools recorded significant growth rates: COOPI corporate website received 252,474 visits and 162,902 visitors (25% more than in 2009), the number of donations and donors who chose online payment method has increased by 27% and 30% compared to last year; the blog (coopi. wordpress.com) received 35,371 visits (10,000 more if compared to 2009); 2,060 people liked COOPI fan page on facebook (http://www. facebook.com/coopi.org) that opened on 17 March 2010; COOPI twitter (http://twitter.com/coopi) had 1,173 followers; COOPI Channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/COOPIchannel) added 37 new videos and counted up to 33,057 views; finally also the Newsletter grew by 23%, reaching 17,844 subscribers.
Child Sponsorship In 2010, the work on the area of child sponsorship focused on three main strategic lines. Firstly, it put much emphasis on strengthening relationships with donors, by arranging meetings (in Milan, Padua, Rome and Turin where it was engaged in direct dialogue with 100 people), launching the operation “Become a promoter of children’s rights” (every supporter can motivate a friend to subscribe to child sponsorship, thanks to their positive experience with COOPI), inviting donors to the local events organized by the association (COOPI Together, Bags for Africa, etc.), running direct appeals (to cover the urgent needs of children or those of the centres supported through child sponsorship), enhancing information campaigns about ongoing projects (publishing news and project updates on the blog, increasing immediacy of response to the public, etc.). Secondly, this area worked to raise awareness of the needs and to influence public opinion: the valuable support offered by Emanuela Folliero first, and then by Valentina Vezzali (fencing champion who won 3 Olympic gold medals, 5 world titles and 5 European titles) allowed to substantially increase the number child sponsorships (to be exact, 400 more than in 2009). Besides, the support provided by Telesia and Neoadvertising, as well as that of many radio, was crucial in broadcasting the promotion campaign for free, not to mention the great contribution of numerous restaurants and bars to the initiative “A tavola per bene.” Thirdly, child sponsorship worked to spread awareness and increase knowledge about child rights, with a special emphasis on children living in the Southern Hemisphere. To that end, a meeting was organized on November 20th in Milan, where noteworthy speakers shared their researches and experiences with children in need.
Fundraising from individuals In 2010 the direct marketing branch was implemented through the experimental approach of direct dialogue with donors, the so-called
Ben Harper, Ph. Francesco Zanet
“Face to face”. In only 3 months the team from Milan made up of 14 operators succeeded in involving over 120 donors. Such a successful fundraising method will be performed and developed in other Italian cities where COOPI local groups are working. Another important initiative on which the child sponsorship branch focused was the launch of the campaign “Together for a hundred thousand – Insieme per Centomila”. The purpose of the initiative was to raise funds to save 100,000 African children from malnutrition, a disease that causes high infant mortality rates (every five seconds a child dies of hunger), increased exposure to debilitating diseases (such as blindness and mental retardation) , risk of birth defects or miscarriage (when the mother herself is malnourished), and so on. Now the organization treats 100,000 children suffering from malnutrition: the great challenge is to double the number of children’s lives saved, halting this plague that represents both a humanitarian tragedy and a social issue. Finally, this area sought to strengthen relations with donors, implementing more effective and direct communication tools. In relation to this, good results were achieved also thanks to the relationships with major donors: they contributed 16% of the total funds raised by the sector.
La malnutrizione uccide più della guerra. Aiutalo a combatterla.
Il tuo aiuto può essere un prezioso alleato per salvare 100.000 bambini. Dal 1965 COOPI opera nel Sud del mondo con un approccio pragmatico e concreto per sconfiggere la povertà. Oggi ci siamo assegnati una nuova missione: salvare 100.000 bambini dalla malnutrizione grazie al tuo fondamentale aiuto. Possiamo farcela con un solido e sperimentato programma terapeutico nutrizionale e soprattutto con le tue donazioni. Aiutaci a combattere il nemico più odioso. Insieme, possiamo vincere.
Sostieni l’operazione “Insieme X 100.000” C/C Postale n.990200 on line sul sito www.coopi.org CO O P I - C o o p e r a z i o n e I n te r n a z i o n a l e O N G O n l u s - v i a F. D e L e m e n e 5 0 - 2 0 1 5 1 M i l a n o - N . Ve rd e : 8 0 0 .1 1 . 7 7. 5 5
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in Milan and incorporates crafts from southern world and Italian high fashion accessories for charity purposes. “The good shop” has the merit of creating a new union between fashion and international solidarity, which are only apparently opposite. Also worth mentioning in this connection are two memorable events: “Cividini - Fashion for Africa” and “Bags for Africa.” The fashion house Cividini decided to create and to donate 4 limited edition bags to COOPI, two were auctioned on Ebay, and two were sold at the store in Via Solferino in Milan. The designer also took part in the charity auction “Bags for Africa”, sponsored by the National Chamber for Italian Fashion. Thanks to the invaluable assistance of the Director of Christie’s Italy, 24 bags designed by major fashion houses were auctioned at Clerici Palace, and the proceeds were entirely donated to COOPI to build a tailor shop and to set up a sewing and cutting course for 50 young disadvantaged mothers in Ziguinchor, Senegal.
In 2010 COOPI continued to work with companies in order to build valuable partnerships that could result in pathways leading to social responsibility, distinctive development projects in areas lagging behind, direct support to humanitarian causes. Between 2009 and 2010, there was an increase in the number of companies that gave donations (93 compared to 65). In terms of corporate culture, COOPI organized a successful conference in February, in collaboration with Banca Etica, Vita Consulting, Aretè, Bocconi School of Management, Elacid Research Centre of the University of Cartagena in Colombia and Link 2007. More than 150 participants were interviewed about “NGOs and businesses: is a partnership for development possible?”. Furthermore, thanks to Link 2007, a round table was organized jointly by the Lombardy Region and the Association of Italian industries to discuss key policy issues relevant to public-private and private-public partnerships. Finally, in May 2010 COOPI, as part of the Global Compact team, contributed to the collection and valorization of best practices of Italian companies and organizations participating in the Global Compact to support the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. The publication was presented in New York at the Leaders Summit on June 24th-25th, and in Italy through an Italian network.
Volunteering COOPI Volunteers have shown outstanding commitment through their efforts in the area, organizing numerous events, exhibitions, training courses, meetings on education for sustainable development, seminars and conferences with the Universities and participating in decentralized cooperation calls for proposals. More than 300 young people and adults are engaged in volunteer work, and helped raising more than e 70,000 to support the projects.
Events The events section of COOPI has continued to present innovative and successful events, such as “Ngo World Videos” and “The Good Shop”. The first one is a social documentary preview promoted by Italian and foreign humanitarian organizations in the framework of the prestigious Milano Film Festival, in order to enhance the video production of this sector, and to discuss about quality and prospects issues. The second event consists in a temporary store that is open during the fashion week
Francesco Quistelli Head of Communications and Fundraising Department
FOCUS - Out of sight, but not out of my mind! “I’ve been talking to my mum about the idea of activating a sponsorship for years, but I did not know how to do it, the doubts and uncertainties kept me paralysed, so I postponed my decision. At Christmas 2010 a colleague of mine asked me for some information about associations having child sponsorship programs, so, being a geek myself, I started searching the internet. Through multitude of websites, I found that of COOPI. I hadn’t known about the organization until that moment, but I was immediately struck by their projects and also by the way they were described. After doing some research, more or less formal, my doubts disappeared. I looked over the active projects and chose Peru, not because I had preference for a specific country, but rather because I had a smattering of Spanish, hence I thought I might have less difficulty in writing letters to the child. I sent
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a thousand e-mails to COOPI to find out what to do, and I got all my anxious questions answered and things explained by calm and exhaustive responses... I was wondering if they took lessons in patience to keep the anxieties of the donors at bay? I guess so... A week after the start of the child sponsorship, I found an envelope from COOPI in the letterbox. How strange: I activated the adoption together with my mom even if we live in two different cities, but when I received the letter we were together! We opened it and inside there was a dossier with the story of a beautiful baby girl, together with her photo. It was at this moment that everything seemed more real. Obviously in a few days, the photo showed beautifully on my bedside table. Then I begun to write a letter to explain to the child who we are and I sent it together with our photos so to make ourselves known. And my colleague? He was still waiting for an answer... I forwarded him all the documentation, and shortly after he informed me that he found the information very helpful and he adopted 2 girls. In the meantime, I had told my friends about this experience, and after a while I heard that another couple decided to start a long distance adoption. Does it get any better than this?! A few months later, I got emotionally involved while reading an appeal. I did the math to see if I could afford to support a second child (because often the desire to help collides with the reality of everyday life). I could give up something unnecessary, he could continue his education...the balance was clearly on one side, hence I wrote to see if the appeal was still active. It was still active... or better... it had been active!” Un anno di Cooperazione Internazionale 27 Cinzia (Turin) Rapporto CoopI 2010
Investing for a better world Our budget
Report of Auditors – PKF Italia Spa To the Board of Directors of the Association COOPI - Cooperazione Internazionale 1. We have audited the financial statements of Associazione COOPI - Cooperazione Internazionale, at December 31 , 2010. The members of Board of Directors of Associazione COOPI - Cooperazione Internazionale are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the applicable laws. It is our responsibility to express an opinion on the financial statements based on our examination. This opinion has been issued on a volountary basis being Associazione COOPI - Cooperazione Internazionale not subject to audit according to art. 2409 bis and followings of the Italian Civil Code. 2. Our examination was performed on the basis of the auditing standards issued by Consiglio Nazionale dei Dottori Commercialisti e degli Esperti Contabili (the National Chartered Accountants Committee and the Account Experts) and recommended by CONSOB. In accordance with these standards, the audit was planned and performed in order to obtain all the necessary elements to assess whether there are significant errors in the financial statements and whether the results, on the whole are acceptable. Our audit includes the verification on test basis of all the evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, of the suitability and correctness of the accounting principles used and of the estimates made by management. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for the expression of an opinion. For the opinion on the prior year financial statements, which figures are presented for comparative purposes in agreement with the law, we refer to our report issued on June 24, 2010. 3. In our opinion, the financial statements of Associazione COOPI Cooperazione Internazionale at December 31 , 2010 have been correctly prepared in accordance with the application laws and show a true and fair view of the financial situation and of the results of the Association. Milan, July 5th 2011 Fioranna Negri - Ivo Costa
This report has been translated into the English language from the original which was issued in accordance with Italian legislation, for the convenience of international readers.
Statement of Financial Position in euro INCOME Project income Membership fees Donations Refunds and other income Financial income
2010
2009
34,084,943 8,625 817,829 111,017 471,921 35,494,335
EXPENSES Project expenditure Office staff and collaborators Institutional expenditure General expenditure Financial expenditure BALANCE OF THE ASSOCIATION
32,244,967 35,901,557 1,629,070 1,511,606 477,677 362,798 394,630 469,266 746,299 707,463 35,492,643 38,952,690 1,692 7,467
37,008,563 9,225 1,210,389 517,005 214,975 38,960,157
Donations and Contributions in euro European Union International Organizations Italian Government and Local Authorities Other Governments Private Donations Other sources TOTAL
2010 17,551,379 11,029,580 1,637,677 2,595,024 2,345,857 35,159,516 334,819 35,494,335
2009 1 5,640,293 13,333,641 3,667,907 2,600,745 2,976,939 38,219,525 740,632 38,960,157
Assets and Financial Standing in euro ACTIVE Net fixed assets Credits from donors Credits from others Liquidity Accrued and deferred charges Deferred charges for ongoing projects TOTAL Active
2010
2009
938,416 5,358,401 902,610 4,753,861 - 20,943,994 32,897,282
662,145 4,544,600 634,052 4,678,823 16,395,971 26,915,591
PASSIVE Common fund 109,422 109,422 Earnings 1,691 7,467 TOTAL NET ASSETS 111,114 116,889 Funds for risks and expenses 961 961 Severance pay for subordinate work 109,500 100,909 Liabilities towards banks 2,518,434 3,270,735 Other short-term liabilities 3,366,580 4,139,798 Accrued and deferred income 15,033 22,771 Deferred income from ongoing projects 26,775,661 19,263,527 TOTAL PASSIVe 32,897,282 26,915,591
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Utilization per geographic area
Donations and contributions to COOPI
Distribution
In millions of euro 40 35
6,48% Asia e Middle East
30 25 20
78,39/% Africa
4,26% Italy
15 10
10,87% Latin & Central America
5 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
7,31% Private donations
0
94%
0,95% Other sources
6,60% Other governments 4,61% Italian government and local Authorities
49,45% European Union
31,07% International organizations
6% Headquarters Projects and activities in Italy
Where the funds come from
How funds are utilized
Donations and contributions
Distribution
Thank you to: ____________________________________________________________________ Istitutional donors 1 ECHO; UNICEF, Unione Europea; USAID; UNDP; Ministero Affari Esteri; UNHCR; Cooperazione Italiana; Banca Mondiale World Banck; CHF International; OCHA Nazioni Unite; FAO; FIE, Fondo Italo Ecuadoriano; WFP, World Food Programme; Fondazione CARIPLO; Mediafriends; Fondo internazionale di Lotta all’AIDS, alla Tubercolosi e alla Malaria; Compagnia San Paolo; AGIRE; AU-IBAR, African Union-Interafrican Bureau For Animal Resources; UNOPS, United Nations Office for Project Services; Ambasciata Norvegese; International Criminal Court – The Hague; World Vision International; Charity and Defence of Nature Foundation; UNFPA; Provincia di Milano; Cooperazione Francese; OIM, Organisation Internationale pour le Migrations; Comune di Milano; UNIFEM; Regione Lombardia; Tavola Valdese; RCF, Relief Foundation Ciad; Fondazione Rita Levi Montalcini; Provincia di Bolzano.
____________________________________________________________________ Corporate AIDDA; Allea; Banca Popolare Etica; Banca Simetica; Barclays Private Equità; Brussels Airlines; Carlo Erba; Gruppo Cartorama; Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana; Datagest; ELGON; Fabbrica Energie Rinnovabili Alternative; GB Plange; Gemeaz Cusin; GUNA; Intesi Group; Luna di Miele Solidale; Neo advertisng; Partesa; Reed Exhibitions; Sanofi Italia; Scapa Italia; Sperling & Kupfer; Terna; Teuco.
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Data referring to projects concluded within December 31st, 2010.
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Rapporto CoopI 2010
The Foundation between the lines
COOPI: from Association to Foundation On 7th May, we received notification from the Prefecture of processing of the COOPI’s conversion into a Foundation. The members’ meeting on December 18th, 2010 had already ratified the conversion and approved the new Statute, but to make the transformation effective, the final approval from Prefecture was required, so after the completion of the auditing a positive opinion was issued. In plain terms, COOPI Association no longer exists; there is now a structure - COOPI Foundation – that will pursue its main corporate purpose with new energies- that is to step up its fight against poverty and to promote development amongst the people of the Southern world. But why such a challenging path, that touches on the essence of an Association to which many of us have dedicated many years of their life? The reason must be sought in the transformation of the world of international cooperation, that is changing very quickly. One of the outstanding characteristics of COOPI that distinguishes it from other NGOs is its awareness of ongoing changes, to which it must be able to respond quickly, under penalty of a slow death. One of the most important changes concerns the role of local NGOs and the South-South cooperation. The concept of cooperation meant as the “white man” who was teaching new technology to the “little black” has definitely disappeared: nowadays we have highly skilled and professional local partners, so that the backbone of COOPI is made up of non-Italians. In addition, field offices are becoming increasingly autonomous, as they have the ability to directly discuss with donors and to fully manage the project cycle. COOPI already has two decentralized offices - Nairobi and Quito - and in a couple of years the process of decentralization will be extended, and consequently the reorganization will lead us to rely on the field offices to manage many activities that until a few years ago were the preserve of the Headquarter in Milan. This process would place COOPI at risk of bursting, or rather it could pulverize it into a galaxy of local COOPI that barely know each other, unless the orga-
Peru, Ph. Daniele Tamagni
nization’s shape was changed. From the experience of other NGOs (eg. AVSI) we learnt that the Foundation is an excellent tool to hold multiple realities together, since they’ve been established in compliance with the local laws that may vary widely from Nairobi to Quito. Local realities can be represented and connected to the networks within the Foundation, by leaving it to Milan’s headquarter to fundraise, manage, control and represent the Foundation. Regarding these functions, particularly those that are economically significant, a Foundation is much more agile than an Association; furthermore, it can also cooperate with other structures, while fully respecting the fiscal laws, and at the same time it will allow to increase revenue growth without altering the non profit nature of COOPI, that will always remain a non profit Organization. This means that the economic activity will solely serve a social purpose- that is to improve the living conditions of the world’s poorest people. Not only the social purposes, but even the composition of the Foundation do not “disown” the history of COOPI: essentially, the Founders will be new and old members who believe in this path, and the form of “Participatory Foundation” grants a set of democratic mechanisms that allow members to control the institution no less than they are controlling today. Furthermore, the statute provides that besides Founders, there may be other categories of members so to allow membership enlargement. Hence the membership base instead of being restricted, should rather be extended, allowing entry of individuals (as it happens today), but also of field offices (eg. COOPI Latin America), regional offices, public bodies or companies willing to share our path and vision. On the other hand, the control unit has been changed with a more flexible management structure, best suited for dealing with the complexity of today’s COOPI’s issues and, above all, an enhanced networking capacity. Hence this transformation will allow us to grow and to be more capable of responding to the challenges of poverty and underdevelopment.
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Our vision A world without poverty COOPI aspires to a world without poverty, able to achieve the ideals of equality and justice, sustainable development and social cohesion, thanks to the meeting and cooperation of all populations.
Our Mission Working together for development Through the commitment, involvement, resolution and professionalism of its staff, COOPI wants to contribute to the process of fight against poverty and growth of the communities with which it cooperates all over the world, intervening in situations of emergency, reconstruction and development, in order to reduce the unbalance between the North and the South of the world, between developed areas and depressed or developing areas.
Charter of Values SOLIDARITY COOPI wants to spread and affirm the culture of solidarity informing and raising the awareness of the public on the defence and respect of the fundamental rights of all people, as provided for by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of the United Nations.
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TRANSPARENCY COOPI undertakes to efficiently manage the funds collected and account for them before all its institutional and private donors.
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NEUTRALITY COOPI operates independently on private interests and autonomously with respect to governmental policies, keeping an equal distance from political parties and religious ideologies.
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PARTNERSHIP COOPI works with local institutions, communities, associations and organisations for analysing the problems and finding the most suitable solutions, always respecting the cultures, uses and customs of its beneficiaries.
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SUSTAINABILITY OF INTERVENTION COOPI implements its projects valorising the local structures, economic resources and personnel, for a real and lasting development of the countries where it intervenes.
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RESPONSIBILITY COOPI constantly evaluates the effectiveness of its interventions, checking the qualities and capacities of its local partners in order to guarantee the self-sustainability of the project.
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TRANSFER OF KNOWLEDGE COOPI provides its competence so that the people benefiting from its interventions can work in a completely autonomous and independent way.
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INNOVATION COOPI works for continuously improving its skills, refining its operational methods and strategies and implementing increasingly effective innovative approaches.
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RESPECT OF DIVERSITY AND FIGHT AGAINST DISCRIMINATION COOPI works for valorising the cultures and differences in the belief that this is a fundamental condition for progress.
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VALORISATION OF HUMAN RESOURCES COOPI respects the rights and protects the safety of all its collaborators and volunteers, acknowledging their professional work in compliance with the international rules and the rules of the country in which they work.
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Excerpt from New Statute of the Foundation The members of the Foundation are the Founders and the Participants. The bodies of the Foundation are: the Board of Founders, the Board of Participants, the Board of the international institutions (International Advisory Board), the Board of Directors, the President, the Vice President, the Board of Auditors. Founders are individuals who, already members of the Association, having expressed in writing their consent to take the title of Founder and having paid the annual fee established by the Association, are shown in the specific list annexed to the deed of change of name of the Association into participatory Foundation. Following the approval of the Board of Founders any public or private may subsequently become Founder as long as they share the aims of the Foundation. Participants are individuals, legal entities, public and private institutions, and organizations; including those without legal status, that contribute to the life of the Foundation and to the achievement of the institutional goals Board of Founders is constituted by the founders and it approves the final and the estimated budget; assesses the achievements and defines the general guidelines of the activity; appoints members of the Board; revokes the members of the Board of Directors; appoints the President, the Vice President and the members of the Board of Auditors; approves amendments to the Statute; establishes and disestablishes operational offices, secondary offices and local branches. Board of Participants is formed if the number of participants is higher than 100 and it meets at least once a year. It recommends at least three parties to the Board of Founders, within which the Board of Founders chooses one or two members of the Board of Directors; it can submit to the Board of Founders some recommendations for statutory changes, as well as commenting and making non binding proposals on activities and programmes of the Foundation. International Advisory Board is made of foreign bodies that cooperate with the Foundation while sharing its spirit and aims. It issues written nonbinding comments on the institutional work of the Foundation and has the authority to autonomously present initiatives, proposals and projects to the other Foundation bodies. Board of Directors is responsible for the ordinary and extraordinary administration of the Foundation and may appoint the Director. President and Vice President. The President shall be the legal representative of the Foundation. He/she convenes the Board of Founders, the Board of Participants and the Board of Directors and is responsible for maintaining relationships with institutions, companies, public and private sector. The Vice President replaces the President in case of absence or impediment, and carries out the functions as may be conferred upon him or her by the President. Board of Auditors is the supervisory body for the financial and accounting activities of the Foundation. It supervises the financial management of the Foundation, assesses proper book-keeping, evaluates the estimated budget and the final account, and carries out cash auditing. A year of Cooperazione Internazionale 35
Organization chart
BOARD OF FOUNDERS
President Claudio Ceravolo
vice President Carla Ricci
BOARD OF DIRECTORS President: Claudio Ceravolo Members of Board of Directors: Giuliano Bottino, Olimpio Gasparotto, Marco Missaglia, Carla Ricci, Luigi Pietro Roveda, Luciano Scalettari
BOARD OF AUDITORS President: Dario Vignati Adriano Barlassina, Giuseppe Sala.
INTERNAL AUDIT Dario Vignati DIRECTOR Ennio Miccoli
Accountancy & Balance sheet Elena Di Leo, Gemma Occhioni, Angela Volpicella HR Administration Yerma Baraldi, Luca Benelli
Information Technology Alessio Carminati Gianluca Signorotto Control & Accounting Leia Benevenuta, Sofia Bergonzani, Milena Brocchi, Rita Di Pietrangeli, Paolo Gioffreda, Anna Liberatore, Sara Menichetti, Simonetta Ravenna, Matilde Ricci, Silvana Scandone
Communication & Press Office Person Responsible: Isabella Samà. Nico Porco, Chiara Zaru, Daniela Aprile
HUMAN RESOURCES Person Responsible: Marco Cinquegrana. Roberta Castelli, Anna Frangi, Beatrice Michell
General Secretary Person Responsible: Silvana Oldani. Anna Benedan, Sihin Concas Carmerita Gervasi
Events Ingrid Tamborin
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS PLANNING Person Responsible: Barbara Nese. Lucilla Bertolli
INSTITUTIONAL COMMUNICATION/ADVOCACY Person Responsible: Francesco Quistelli
Corporate & Foundations Person Responsible: Licia Casamassima. Elisa Bonora
ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE Person Responsible: Alberto Cogo
COMMUNICATION AND FUNDRAISING Person Responsible: Francesco Quistelli
Education to Development Iris Troiano
EMERGENCY Person Responsible: Giacomo Franceschini. Marianna Addonizio, Cristina Lisi
AUDIT & QUALITY Person Responsible: Efrem Fumagalli
Child Sponsorship Luisa Colzani Diana Nahum, Claudia Pacchioni
RESEARCH AND PROJECT CONCEPTION Person Responsible: Lorenzo Bianchi Carnevale. Margherita Dametti
Individuals Person Responsible: Marta Medi. Jacopo Brusca, Riccardo Fiori
Purchase & Logistic Miriam Bellasio
Volunteers Groups Cecilia Cinelli
DECENTRALISED COUNTRY Coordination Nairobi
DECENTRALISED COUNTRY Coordination Latin America
(Kenya, Somalia, Uganda)
(Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, haiti, paraguay, peru) Piero Brunod
Paola Grivel
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Local Offices: Lazio Sardegna Toscana Trentino Veneto
Local Groups Brescia Crema Milano
Madagascar, Malawi, Sierra Leone
Ethiopia, Palestine, Sudan
Ivory Coast, Morocco, Senegal
CAR, Chad, Cameroon
DR Congo
Migrations
Child sponsorship
Person Responsible: Giacomo Franceschini
Person Responsible: Uberto Pedeferri
Person Responsible: Novella Maifredi
Person Responsible: Claudio Tarchi
Person Responsible: Angela Spettoli
Person Responsible: Novella Maifredi
Person Responsible: Sabrina Munaò
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10 good reasons to support COOPI
Contact us
___________________________________________________________ If you have any questions about COOPI, regarding the support programs, or about the products of COOPI’s SHOP you can contact us anytime, by asking for the Office of Individuals Relations Mon-Fri 9.00-18.00 Telephone +39.02.3085057 - Fax +39.02.33403570 ___________________________________________________________ Donor Relations Jacopo Brusca email: amici@coopi.org - skype name: ‘coopi.amici’ ___________________________________________________________ Major donors and legacies Marta Medi email: medi@coopi.org ___________________________________________________________ Italian Volunteers Cecilia Cinelli email: volontari@coopi.org ___________________________________________________________ Child Sponsorship program Luisa Colzani email: colzani@coopi.org ___________________________________________________________ Office of Corporate and Foundations Licia Casamassima email: aziende@coopi.org ___________________________________________________________
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As COOPI believes that together we can fight global poverty and contribute to the development of people, to the abatement of economic and social inequalities, to build a better world.
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As COOPI works on behalf of all the needy people without any discrimination on any ground such as sex, political or any other opinion, religion or belief.
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As COOPI, since 1965, has completed more than 700 projects, gaining experience in projects of development cooperation and emergency management.
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As COOPI leads its initiatives respecting needs, customs and habits of the beneficiaries. Before conceiving and implementing projects, we involve our partners and local communities, and listen to their needs to agree upon implementation strategies.
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As COOPI operates in a transparent manner and it is certified by an independent auditing firm. Its budget is published on the website, and is also available both as hardcopy and digitalized document.
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As COOPI relies on professionals who, besides being driven by a strong motivation, have gained extensive experience and expertise in their field of specialization.
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As COOPI interacts with its donors and keeps them informed through the office of donor relations, Coopi’s journal, the newsletter and website www.coopi.org.
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As we are always available to meet and get to know one another in person at events and initiatives that we organize throughout the year in Italy, or at our headquarter.
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As COOPI’s goal is to bring together people and ideas to make the world a better place.
10 As COOPI drafted the charter of values and the donor agreement.
HOW TO SUPPORT US By Post: postal account 990200 account holder: COOPI - Cooperazione Internazionale - ONG ONLUS By Bank: current account 000000102369, Banca Popolare Etica IBAN: IT 06 R 05018 01600 00000010236 current account Banca Prossima - Milan branch - 20121, Via Manzoni (corner with via Verdi) IBAN: IT36A0335901600100000000003 account holder: COOPI - Cooperazione Internazionale - ONG Onlus. Online: go to www.coopi.org
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COOPI AROUND THE WORLD*
* Our country offices may change. Consult the website www.coopi.org for up-to-date information.
Bolivia Av. Arce N ˚ 2314 . Edif. Fundación DEMMER PISO 4 ˚- Of. n. 8 y 9, La Paz
EThIOPIA Bole Kefle Ketama Kebele, n. 10 House n. 013 P.O. BOX 2204 Addis Abeba
MoROCCO 58, Rue Aguelira App. n.°10, 4ème Etage BP 1773 62000 Nador
DR Congo Av du Ring 67 Quartier Macampagne Commune de Ngaliema Kinshasa
Cameroon B.P. 16075 Yaoundé
GUATEMALA 28 Calle 11-74 zona 11, Colonia Granai II Ciudad de Guatemala
Palestine Mounts of Olives, Alshik Anbar street, Sbeh building, flat n. 5 PO Box 49621 Jerusalem
Senegal Avenue Birag Diop (Rue 5 x F - Point E) B.P. 11561 Dakar
ChAD B.P. 1900 Klemat, N’djamena COLOMBIA Carrera 27A n. 40A-68 barrio La Soledad Bogotà IVORY COAST Résidence François rue Paul Langevin, Zone 4 Abidjan ECUADOR Calle Ultimas Noticias N39-127 y El Universo Quito
HAITI Avenue des Marguerites, Rue Maranatha 2, Belvil Port au Prince KENYA Peponi Road, House 0039, Westlands P.O. Box 3857 - 00100 Nairobi Malawi Area 14 plot 11 Lilongwe
Sierra Leone 49H Off Spur Road Freetown
Paraguay Ruta Transchaco Km. 410 Predio IPTA Cruce Pioneros (Depto Presidente Hayes) Asuncion Peru Calle Coronel Zegarra n. 264 Jesus Maria, Lima
Sudan Amarat street 53, Block 12, House 36 Khartoum Uganda P.O. BOX 33058 Plot 3999 Bukasa Close, Muyenga Kampala
CAR B.P. 1335 Bangui
COOPI - COOPERAZIONE INTERNAZIONALE NGO NPO Headquarters: via F. De Lemene 50 - 20151 Milan - Italy Tel. +39.02.3085057 r.a. - FAX +39.02.33403570 - coopi@coopi.org - www.coopi.org C.F. e P. IVA 80118750159