AVSI Annual Report 2011 - English

annual reportAVSI foundation

YEARS

4 Introduction 6 Identity and Values 8 Where we are, what we do 10 Focus 12 Stakeholders 13 Network e Costituency 14 Our Organization Structure 16 Intervention Areas 28 CSR and Fund Raising 30 Economic data 34 Consolidated Financial Statement

AVSI Annual Report is edited byGiampaolo Silvestri, Maria Teresa Gatti, Elisabetta Ponzone, Marco Andreolli,Andrea Nebuloni, in collaboration withall the staff from the departments of AVSI.

Photo courtesy byFabrizio Arigossi, Blossom,Massimo Cuttica, Pio De Rose,Ilaria Di Biagio, Emiliano Larizza,Fabrizio Lava, Brett Morton,Luca Rossetti, Staff AVSI.On the cover: Brett Morton

Translated byAntonio Pinna

Graphic designAccent on Design, Milan

index

For my country, Haiti, AVSIs method is the most suitable: valuingFor my country, Haiti, AVSIs method is the most suitable: valuingFor my country, Haiti, AVSIs method is the most suitable: valuingFor my country, Haiti, AVSIs method is the most suitable: valuing

the person, avoiding passive dependence on assistance which is sothe person, avoiding passive dependence on assistance which is sothe person, avoiding passive dependence on assistance which is sothe person, avoiding passive dependence on assistance which is so

frequently brought about by international aid, optimizing the resourcesfrequently brought about by international aid, optimizing the resourcesfrequently brought about by international aid, optimizing the resourcesfrequently brought about by international aid, optimizing the resources

of the area, the local traditions, within the Christian faith.of the area, the local traditions, within the Christian faith.of the area, the local traditions, within the Christian faith.of the area, the local traditions, within the Christian faith. Brice Gaspard, agronomist, has been collaborating with AVSI

at Les Cayes for more than 10 years

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Haiti

Mission of Kiringye:40 years of development by Ezio CastelliVice President of AVSI Foundation

While we are putting our 2012 Annual Report into print, our memory goes back to 40 years ago, in 1972, when the Association of Volunteers for International Service was created.

AVSI was founded by a group of friends who wanted to provide a more structured support to another group of friends who had left on a development and cooperation initiative in the heart of Africa, at Kiringye, in the Eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Those were volunteers united and motivated by a drive generated in them by the Christian encounter to share their own humanity, including their professional expertise, with the people of the Ruzizi Plain, abouthalf way between Uvira and Bukavu.

It was one kind of involvement in the world of international cooperation which was not born out of a planning roomor out of the desire to do good or to solve the problem of underdevelopment: its objective was to express andcontinue a friendship. Today, 40 years later, surprising similarities can be drawn between that fi rst program of AVSI diverse in content (rural development, health, education...)

and long in duration (12 years) and all the development of the following years.Such development was not guided by strategic expansion plans: unfortunately, these are much too often dictated by dominant ideologies, the power of media or easy access to fi nancial resources. Instead, such development was guidedby a series of encounters, of investments in the maturation of people and their skills, and by valuing results and opportunities in the fi eld.

The initial project for Kiringye was laid out following visits and contacts with prominent fi gures who had a deep knowledge of the area in terms of its historical, social, economic and political background. Likewise, focus groups were conducted among the local people. The resulting activities had the objective of involving approximately 100,000 people in a rural development program which would unfold along two main lines: improvement of work and income from agricultural activities thanksto processing (of peanuts into oiland of husked rice) and trading, and access to integrated health services,all with a strong educationalcontent and approach.

The story of AVSIs fi rst intervention in former Zaire forty years ago can be found in the book: Kiringye 1973-83.By P. Cremonesi e L. Vaccari.Published in Italy by Franco Angeli.

While we are putting our 2012 Annual and long in duration (12 years) and all

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FLEXIBILITY AND BOTTOM-UP APPROACH. Though we did have a rather accurate intervention plan at the beginning, the constant process of cross checking with the ever-changing context (needs and resources, other actors, etc), we ended up not only adjusting the plan a little bit, but also changing the type of activity (e.g. we shifted from a hospital-oriented approach, although justifi ed, to the creation and strengthening of a whole network of new and old, private and public primary health centers). Above all, after the initial two or three years, we found ourselves supporting projects or initiatives that had been planned by the people we worked with or we met (literacy classes, womens programs, basic education groups,and so forth).

Still today, we, the earliest AVSI volunteers, are surprised to hear that in spiteof the tragic events and general instability in this part of the Congo since the late 1990s, the people we have worked with have tried to keep going and to follow in the stepsof what we had commenced and developed together. Development in Kiringye, just like within AVSI, was possible thanks to the fact that the leaders always maintained a tension towards what lies at the origin of the personal growth and richness of capacity that we have been astonished by throughout all these years.These accomplishments do not depend primarily on program principles or strategies:the origin lies in the comprehensive way of looking at and facing reality brought aboutby the Christian event, as the tradition of the Church makes possible for everyone to live.Over these years, facts have shown us how this event becomes the possibility forreal development of every person, capable of transforming the community wherethey live and through a positive domino effect - the world.

I would like to point out three lessons that we, as AVSI, have learned fromI would like to point out three lessons that we, as AVSI, have learned fromthis work and which we deem useful for the current debate on development.this work and which we deem useful for the current debate on development.

EXTENSION AND SUSTAINABILITY (SCALING UP OR EFFETTO DOMINO).The commitment on the part of some actors (the fi rst groups of farmers or the staff of the fi rst health centers) caused a positive domino effect on the surrounding areas. That is, thousands of farmers progressively joined the two cooperatives (oil and rice) as their initial hesitation was being overcome by the change they recognized in others who were not different from themselves.

IMPACT AND EFFICIENCY. Through the course of this work we have learned that in order for the interventions to deliver an effi cient impact, it wasnt so much about favoring and coordinating different initiatives (agriculture, basic education, health) taking place in the same geographical area as it was about supporting each other in the leadership team to look at everyone as persons, with that unique and infi nite dignity we are given , and thus to deal with the specifi c need seen as an expression of his or her desire for total meaning and fulfi llment.

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CENTRALITY OF THE PERSONThe person is seen as a uniquebeing in his or her fundamental relationships, family and society.The person cannot be reducedto a social categoryor a limitation such as poverty,disease or disability.

identityand values

AVSI works with 700 partners worldwide (governmental, educational, healthcare agencies, non-governmental organizations and faith-based organizations); with private and public donors, such as municipalities, local institutions, the Italian State, the European Union, bilateral cooperation, international agencies, development banks. Among these, more than 60 organizations make up an informal AVSI network, which operates under the supervision of the Knowledge Centre, on the implementation of projects and discussionon development issues, in order to share methods and experiences.The network includes AVSIs founding members and participating members, as well as partners. A network bound by operative friendship.

AVSIs fi nancial statement is certifi ed by a major auditingfi rm and can be found AVSI website.

AVSI has been recognized since 1973 by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a non-governmental organization for international cooperation (NGOs); is registered as a PVO with the Agency for International Development of the United States (USAID) and holds General Consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in New York and UN Childrens Fund (UNICEF), is an accredited participant of the UN Global Compact and is recognized on the NGO Special List of the International Labor Organization (ILO);it is offi cially listed as a not-for-profi t entity eligible forpre-tax donations as per Italian law 5 per 1000.

It is affi liated to CDO Social Works, which includes as many as 1,400 not-for-profi t entities all over Italy, provides AVSI with a great possibility to learn and share know how for projects and partners in the countries where it operates. Since 2006, Fondazione per la Sussidiariet is a cultural and scientifi c partner in resource optimization, study on anthropological issues and comprehension of social and economic events all of which is based on a shared vision: centrality of the person and the value of the common good.

AVSI is licensed for international adoptions under authorizationby the Italian Government.

AVSI FOUNDATION IS ANON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION,

ONLUS. CREATED IN 1972,IT IS INVOLVED IN MORE THAN

100 COOPERATION PROJECTS IN 37 DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE

in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Eastern Europe,

Middle East and Asia.

AVSIs main activity areas are socio-education, urban development, healthcare, labour, agriculture,

food security and water, energy and environment, humanitarian emergency

and migration, reaching more than 4.000.000 direct benefi ciaries.

Its mission is to promote the dignity of the person through development cooperation activity, according to the

social teaching of the Catholic Church.

AVSI staff is 1,450 people(100 expatriated staff, 1.,300

local staff and 50 in the Italian headquarters). A network

of approximately 1,000 volunteersin Italy is involved in fundraising

activities and is capable of meetingas many as 400,000 people yearly.

In 2011, AVSI received contributionsfor a total amount of about 28 million

euros (the amount raised by AVSIs system in the world is 35 million euros),

both from institutional and private donors. Among its major institutional

donors are the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the European Union, USAID, FAO,

UNICEF, the World Bank.

AVSI FOUNDATION IS A

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DOING WITHStarting from arelationship with thepeople to whom theproject is directed and building with themon the basis of their development path.

DEVELOPMENT OF CIVILSOCIETY AND SUBSIDIARITY Development projects mustfavor associations,ackowledgment and must value the establishment of intermediate bodies along with responsibleand engaged social fabric.

PARTNERSHIPPromotion ofpartnerships withall the actorsin the fi eldin order to favorsynergies and optimizeavailable resources.

STARTING FROM THE POSITIVEEvery person and every community represents a potential resource, regardless of their vulnerability.This means valuing and strengthening all that has been made by peopleand also helping people to understand their own value and dignity.

ALBNIA

SWITZERLANDUSTRIA

GERMANY

SPAIN

PORTUGAL

ROMANIA

KOSOVO

ITALY

SAN MARINO

JORDAN

PALESTINIAN TERRITORY

LEBANON

LITHUNIA

POLAND

PHILIPPINES

ANGOLA

UGANDA

MOZAMBIQUE

SIERRA LEONE

IVORY COAST

NIGERIA

D.R. of CONGO

KENYA

ETHIOPIA

RWANDABURUNDI

SOUTH SUDAN

VENEZUELA

ARGENTINA

BRAZIL

PERU

ECUADOR

CHILE

CANADA

RUSSIA

KAZAKHSTAN

THAILANDHAITI

PARAGUAY

MEXICO

UNITED STATESOF AMERICA

COLOMBIA

MYANMAR

CONGO BRAZZAVILLE

HONDURAS

TANZANIA

Countries where AVSIis implementing projects

Countries where AVSIis promoting activities

in Africa, Latin America, Caribbean,the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Asia, in addition to the distance support.

In 2011,AVSI Foundationhas completed projects coutries

99 x 37

total resources 2011

27.252.000 euros Private Public

35%9.512.000 euros

65%17.740.000 euros

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ALBNIA

SWITZERLANDUSTRIA

GERMANY

SPAIN

PORTUGAL

ROMANIA

KOSOVO

ITALY

SAN MARINO

JORDAN

PALESTINIAN TERRITORY

LEBANON

LITHUNIA

POLAND

PHILIPPINES

ANGOLA

UGANDA

MOZAMBIQUE

SIERRA LEONE

IVORY COAST

NIGERIA

D.R. of CONGO

KENYA

ETHIOPIA

RWANDABURUNDI

SOUTH SUDAN

VENEZUELA

ARGENTINA

BRAZIL

PERU

ECUADOR

CHILE

CANADA

RUSSIA

KAZAKHSTAN

THAILANDHAITI

PARAGUAY

MEXICO

UNITED STATESOF AMERICA

COLOMBIA

MYANMAR

CONGO BRAZZAVILLE

HONDURAS

TANZANIA

agriculture, social human emergency work healthcare urban energy and migrations food security, educational rights development environment water TOTAL

AFRICA 4 29 2 1 7 1 1 2 47 LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN 3 17 1 2 5 1 1 0 0 30 ASIA 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 MIDDLE EAST 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 EASTERN EUROPE 1 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 10 TOTAL 11 60 1 4 7 8 2 1 5 99

type ofprojects

> focus On the occasion of the international celebrations of World AIDS Day, and in collaboration with the association Medicina & Persona, on December 1st AVSI presented FREE, a campaign about AVSIs ten years efforts and successes in Uganda in support of HIV mother-to-child transmission reduction programs. A booklet, a video were published and an exhibition was hosted by the mayor of Rome, Mr. Gianni Alemanno, in the magnifi cent Rome City Hall on the Capitoline Hill.

> activities This project has already involved 197,343 mothers, 4,713 healthy babies born from HIV-positive mothers, 4 hospitals and 37 health centers. It has been sponsored and supported by AVSI since 2002, and become an international model to reach the targets set by the United Nations for 2015: promoting gender equality and womens empowerment, reducing mortality. AVSI has been including the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) as a component of its healthcare projects for 10 years now,

sponsoring Northern Ugandas major hospitals and health centers. This program, through the administration of antiretroviral drugs to the mother during labor and to the baby within 72 hours of birth and along with a special attention to feeding methods, reduces the chance of HIV mother-to-child transmission by at least 70%.

> partners Activities in Uganda are carried out in collaboration with the Ugandan government, the Italian Development Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, local healthcare institutions, local civil society organizations. Also important is the role of the private partners which ensure project sustainability through their contributions.

> reason Not only does PMTCT provide HIV-positive mothers with the possibility of having healthy babies, it also makes it possible for all the women to access complete and effi cient antenatal care, thanks to the improvement of the health system and support to mothers, fathers and children, in an effective combination of information, prevention and medical treatments.

rvore da vidawork

Freehealthcare

Focus. Four cases from around the world. The person at the core of development

campaign about AVSIs ten years efforts

of Rome, Mr. Gianni Alemanno, in the

This project has already involved

197,343mothers, 4,713 healthy babiesborn from HIV-positive mothers,4 hospitals and 37 health centers.

> focus Mr. Sergio Marchionne, Chief Executive Offi cer of FIAT, praises the vocational training project rvore da Vida, presented by AVSI at the Rimini Meeting in the month of August. The previous day, the President of FIAT, Mr. John Elkann marvels at the results of the program as he meets Brasilian women of Cooparvore, intent on making accessories out of recovered material from car production waste in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

> activities rvore da Vida was born in 2004 from FIAT Brazils desire to invest and value the educational resources in the communities around the Belo Horizonte facility (Terezopolis area, Minas Gerais) with the hope of reducing crime and improving professional skills. The program has helped the youth continue their schooling and subsequently access the labor market. Direct benefi ciaries are 13,500, of which: 6,547 children and adolescents have attended educational, recreational and sport activities, 825 youth have attended literacy courses and remedial classes and 1,471 have attended training courses, 1,200 youth have a decent job, 800 of which at FIAT or satellite industries. 9 educational centers have been restored attended by 5,500 children, adolescents and families; a cooperative has been started with 27 women (some of whom participated in the Rimini Meeting). This cooperative manufactures accessories made from car production waste. Furthermore, 51 companies have been involved.

> partners CDM, Fiat Automobiles, Italian Cooperation, Region of Lombardy, Embassy of Italy in Brazil, Region of Sicily, Aethra, Apromiv, Municipality of Betim, Conselho Municipal da Crianas e Adolecencia - CMDCA, CDO Alto Milanese, COSMIT, ERRECI, PETROLVALVES.

> reason The project was successful in letting out the aspirations of the heart on the part of the people involved, especially the youth, and self-confi dence, by proving that life is not only about gang fi ghts, traffi cking and crime: it also has

a meaning and everybody can make the best of their own talents and capacities in sight of the

common good, just like any company would do.

> focusOn the occasion of the international celebrations of World

> focus Mr. Sergio Marchionne, Chief Executive Offi cer of FIAT, praises the vocational training project rvore da Vida, presented

> focus Since April 2011, AVSI has been an offi cially-recognized NGO in Congo-Brazzaville, too (Republic of the Congo), where it is operating on an integrated project with social and educational, entertainment and agricultural activities. That means providing new opportunities in the prefecture of Hinda about 50 km north-east of Ponte Noire in collaboration with ENI. In order for the company to be able to carry out its business activities and for the local communities to make the most out of sustainable development, a partnership has to be established on shared goals. In this context, AVSI aims to acts as an intemediary between ENI and the local communities so that the business will serve as a tool to improve the quality of life of people and the quality of the environment.

> activities In order to have a better knowledge of the reality, AVSI has conducted a number of studies on the communities around ENIs production facility of MBoundi, in the Kouilou Department. The research involved an estimated population of 25,000 people living in 24 villages (out of a total 34,000 people living in 31 villages), or 77% of the population. The studies have been the starting point of a Community Investment (CI) Plan for an integrated development plan of the communities. Furthermore, AVSI supports social, economic and educational activities, favors community/meeting opportunities where agriculture and respect for the environment are promoted.

> partners The so-called CI Plan with its integrated approach, showed a set of development activities within a medium and long term program to be implemented in close collaboration with the local communities.

> reason The concept here is that companies locating in a particular area provide chances of integrated development only if the local communities are aware of the value of human dignity and the positive effect of company activities on the persons dignity, values and social relations.

> focus Since 2011, the Horn of Africa has been experiencing the most severe drought in the past 20 years - adding up to the diffi cult situation of Somalia. In such a dramatic context, 12 million people have been suffering hunger. Addressing the Holy Fathers call to take a stand on this emergency, AVSI immediately intervened in the month of July.

> activities AVSI has been at Dadaab since 2009: this refugee camp in Kenya is a shelter for hundreds of Somali families fl eeing hunger and thirst the foundations goal is that incoming people will start again a worthy life. The logic behind the intervention was to address the educational emergency by improving access to education and education quality

itself; reskilling the teachers and building safe places where children and adolescents could spend their time and learn to read and write, facilitating girls school attendance and providing schooltexts, desks and all the necessary tools.

> partners United Nations High Commissioner

for Refugees (UNHCR), Italian Development Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mount Kenya University, UNICEF, the U.S. Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (BPRM), AGIRE and the Permanent Center of Education (PCE) in Uganda, which is a partner of AVSI on training in Africa.

> reason The key point is a presence centered on the person not merely on the refugees or displaced - capable of restarting, driven by their dignity and fueled by hope.

CI Plan with ENI energy and environment

Dadaabsocial educational and migrations

Focus. Four cases from around the world. The person at the core of development

> focus Since 2011, the Horn of Africa has been experiencing the most severe drought in the past

> focus Since April 2011, AVSI has been an offi cially-recognized NGO

stakeholdersStakeholders are interest-bearers.By this term all the subjects are meant who exertsome kind of infl uence on an organization.These include staff, local partners, internationalpartners and sponsors.

EMPLOYEES1 CONSULTANTS VOLUNTEERS CIVIL SERVICE TOTAL VOLUNTEERS

Cesena 27 0 13 0 40Milan 29 1 5 4 39Total 56 1 18 4 79

EXPATRIATE CONSULTANTS FREE LOCALLY TOTAL STAFF COLLABORATIONS HIRED STAFF

Albania 3 7 1 11Brazil 5 2 26 33Burundi 3 3 50 56Ivory Coast 4 46 50Ecuador 2 1 2 5Ethiopia 1 1 2Jordan 1 1 2Haiti 12 6 236 254Kazakhstan 1 1Kenya 7 3 1 58 69Kosovo 5 5Palestine 2 3 5Lebanon 2 1 12 15Mexico 1 1 2Myanmar 1 28 29Mozambico 2 3 1 6Nigeria 3 13 16Peru 1 78 79R.Congo (Br) 1 3 4D. R. Congo 11 3 1 281 296Romania 1 1Russia 1 1Rwanda 3 5 89 96Sierra Leone 2 2 4 8South Sudan 4 55 59Thailand 1 14 15Uganda 22 3 1 176 202Total abroad 96 44 4 1,178 1,322

Staff in Italy

Staff Abroad

donors 27,564 distance support sponsors 3,197 private donors 253 AVSI Points

local partners 700 governmental, educational, healthcare institutions, non-governmental and religious organizations

29,518708 companies, individuals, banks, foundations, schools, families. Among these 708 companies

(1) Also includes project-termemployees (27 in all)

with more than 700 events during the Tents Campaign

human resources total Italy 79 - total abroad 1,322human resourceshuman resources total Italy 79 - total abroad 1,322

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ITALY > Associazione Famiglieper lAccoglienzawww.famiglieperaccoglienza.itfounding member

> Associazione per lUganda> AVSI Alto Adige Sdtirolhttp://users.south-tyrolean.net/avsi-aast

> CBAU - Comunit Biellesi Aiuti Umanitari - www.cbau.net

> DIESSE - www.diesse.org> EDUS - www.educazionesviluppo.org > FOE Federazione Opere Educative www.foe.it

> Fondazione per la Sussidiarietwww.sussidiarieta.netfounding member

> Fondazione Sacro Cuore di Cesena founding member

ALBANIA > SHIS www.shisalbania.orgfounding member

ARGENTINA > ACDI Asociacin Culturalpara el Desarollo Integralwww.acdi.org.ar - founding member

> Obra Padre Mario Pantaleohttp://padremario.org

ANGOLA > A Semente do futuro

BRAZIL > CODESC founding member> CDM - www.cdm.org.brfounding member

> AVSI North-East> Ceduc > Obras educativas Padre Giussani www.obraseducativas.org.br

> CREN Sao Paulowww.unifesp.br/suplem/cren/

> Cantinho da Natureza di Riowww.cantinhodanatureza.org.br/

> Scuola Agricola Rainhados Apostolos di Manaus

BULGARIA > APSI Association in support of social enterprises

CANADA > AVSI Canada - http://avsi-canada.org founding member

CHILE > Fundacin Domuswww.fundaciondomus.clfounding member

ECUADOR > Fundacion Sembrar> CUET

GERMANY > Support International V.www.supportinternational.defounding member

HAITI > Universit Notre Dame dHaiti> National Bishops Commission on Justice and Peace

KENYA > St. Kizito Vocational Training Institute www.stkizito.com> COWA founding member> Cardinal Otunga School

KAZAKHSTAN > MASP

KOSOVO > SHPRESA E JETS> Agrodukagjini

LEBANON > La Libanaise> Caritas Lebanon www.caritas.org.lb/

LITHUANIA > SOTAS - www.sotas.orgfounding member

MEXICO > CRECER DIJO founding member> CSJ founding member

MYANMAR > Ayeyarwaddy Homeland

MOZAMBIQUE > Khandlelo Associaao Para Desevolvimento Juvenil

NIGERIA > St. Kizito Clinic founding member> The Seed founding member

PALESTINE > Effet> ATS e Custodia di Terra Santawww.terrasancta.org

PARAGUAY > Fundacion San Rafael www.sanrafael.org.py

PERU > Universidad Catlica Sedes Sapientiae - www.ucss.edu.pe

POLAND > AVSI Polska - www.avsipolska.orgfounding member

PORTUGAL > VIDA - www.vida.org.ptfounding member

ROMANIA > Fundatia Dezvoltarea Popoarelor www.fdpsr.rofounding member

RUSSIA > Maksora - www.maksora.rufounding member

SAN MARINO > AVSI San Marinowww.avsisanmarino.smfounding member

SPAIN > CESAL - www.cesal.orgfounding member

SIERRA LEONE > Family Homes Movementwww.thefhm.org/ITA/Benvenuto.html

SOUTH SUDAN > St. Marys University> St. Kizito School> St. Theresa Clinic

SWITZERLAND > AVAID founding member

UGANDA > COWA (Companionshipof Works Association)www.btvet-uganda.org/training-provider/homepages/cowa-vocational-training-centerfounding member

> Meeting Point Internationalwww.meetingpoint-int.orgfounding member

> Meeting Point Kitgumhttp://meetingpointkitgum.orgfounding member

> Permanent Center for Education> Luigi Giussani High School> Meeting Point Hoima> St. Joseph Hospital

USA > AVSI USA www.avsi-usa.org founding member

VENEZUELA > Fundacion San Antonio

the networkand

constituency

AVSI is expression of a network of actors bound by a mission and guiding values, worldwide. This network is made up by the partner organizations in the countries where AVSI operates: more than 60 organizations now make up the informal AVSI network, which works systematically on the implementation of projects, common refl ection on development, to share methods and experiences.

The network includes founding members and participating members, but also partners. A network bound by operative friendship. Also, 253 support groups in Italy participate in and infl uence - AVSIs activities, through fundraising and awareness campaigns: more than 700 events in 2011.

donors 27,564 distance support sponsors 3,197 private donors 253 AVSI Points

local partners 700 governmental, educational, healthcare institutions, non-governmental and religious organizations

bodies members

BOARDOF FOUNDERS

It gathers twice a year, approves and defi nes the activities of the foundation which are suggestedby the Board of Directors: It appoints thedirectors, the president of the foundation,the board of auditors, decides on statutechanges, and approves both fi nal andbudget plans.

41 founding members: 24 agencies of which:

7 NGOs from developed countries15 NGOs from developingand transition countries 2 Italian foundations17 natural persons

BOARD OF PARTICIPATINGMEMBERS

It gathers at least once a year, summonedand headed by the president of the foundation, suggests one or two representatives out of which the board of founders appoints a member of the board of directors. It expresses non-binding opinions and proposals concerningthe activities of the foundation.

112 participants: 4 agencies of which:

2 NGOs from developing countries2 Italian associations107 natural persons

CBOARD OF DIRECTORS

It has all the powers of ordinary andextraordinary administration of thefoundation. Mandate lasts three years;number of members can vary from 7 to 11 according to the board of founders.It prepares the fi nal and budgetplans, suggests possible statute changes,appoints the secretary-general, anddraws guidelines for the activities.

In 2010 AVSI boardof directors was renewed. Mario SaporitiEzio CastelliAlberto PiattiPablo Llano TorresDaniele NembriniFabrizio PalaiMichele Faldi

PRESIDENT The president represents the foundationand monitors the execution of approved acts.

Mario Saporiti

VICE-PRESIDENT The vice president replaces the presidentin case of absence or impediment.

Ezio Castelli

SECRETARY-GENERAL

The secretary-general is responsible forthe operative direction of the foundationand exercises all the ordinary and extraordinary powers conferred to him by the board of directors. The mandate lasts three years and can be renewed.

Alberto Piatti

BOARDOF AUDITORS

Monitors the activities of the foundationand is made up of three members.The board has a mandate of three yearsand its members can be renewed

Paolo Scium - PresidentDamiano ZazzeronAlvaro Agasisti

our organizational structure

AVSI Foundation manages its activities throughthe following institutional bodies.


DistanceSupport

Sponsors Department

Volunteers

CommunicationDepartment

Tents CampaignAVSI Point Network

AVSI Point Network Secretary

PRESIDENT

Boardof Directors

SecretaryGeneral

FinanceTreasury

OperatingManager

AdministrationManager

Directorof CTO

KnowledgeCenter Offi cer

Fund raising

Fund Raising Dept Coordination

Data BaseDepartment

Payments Department

AfricaDesk Area

Eastern Europe/AsiaDesk Area

Latin America & Caribbean Desk Area

Middle EastDesk Area

Milan Cesena Naples

Private donors

External Relations

Data system support CRM

Adopt a Work:Wedding FavorsCompany Gifts

Humanresource

Relations with EU

QualitySystems

LocalCooperation

General Offi ces

AdministrationOffi ces

National Technical Team Foreign Countries

Coordination Offi ceCommunication

Offi cer

Communication Projects

Accounting

Front desk Cesena

International Adoptions

Reporting

Purchasing

Personnel

RulesImple-

mentation

Logistics

IT

AVSI USARepresentationwith international

agencies

Following the example given in the parable of the Good SamaritanFollowing the example given in the parable of the Good SamaritanFollowing the example given in the parable of the Good SamaritanFollowing the example given in the parable of the Good SamaritanFollowing the example given in the parable of the Good Samaritan,,Christian charity is rst of all the simple response to immediate needs and speci cChristian charity is rst of all the simple response to immediate needs and speci cChristian charity is rst of all the simple response to immediate needs and speci cChristian charity is rst of all the simple response to immediate needs and speci cChristian charity is rst of all the simple response to immediate needs and speci cChristian charity is rst of all the simple response to immediate needs and speci cChristian charity is rst of all the simple response to immediate needs and speci csituations: feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, caring for and healing the sick,situations: feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, caring for and healing the sick,situations: feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, caring for and healing the sick,situations: feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, caring for and healing the sick,situations: feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, caring for and healing the sick,situations: feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, caring for and healing the sick,situations: feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, caring for and healing the sick,visiting those in prison, etc. Individuals who care for those in need must rst bevisiting those in prison, etc. Individuals who care for those in need must rst bevisiting those in prison, etc. Individuals who care for those in need must rst bevisiting those in prison, etc. Individuals who care for those in need must rst bevisiting those in prison, etc. Individuals who care for those in need must rst bevisiting those in prison, etc. Individuals who care for those in need must rst bevisiting those in prison, etc. Individuals who care for those in need must rst beprofessionally competent: they should be properly trained in what to do and howprofessionally competent: they should be properly trained in what to do and howprofessionally competent: they should be properly trained in what to do and howprofessionally competent: they should be properly trained in what to do and howprofessionally competent: they should be properly trained in what to do and howprofessionally competent: they should be properly trained in what to do and howto do it, and committed to continuing care. Yet, while professional competenceto do it, and committed to continuing care. Yet, while professional competenceto do it, and committed to continuing care. Yet, while professional competenceto do it, and committed to continuing care. Yet, while professional competence

with human beings, and human beings always need something more thanwith human beings, and human beings always need something more thanwith human beings, and human beings always need something more thanwith human beings, and human beings always need something more thantechnically proper care. They need humanity. They need heartfelt concerntechnically proper care. They need humanity. They need heartfelt concerntechnically proper care. They need humanity. They need heartfelt concerntechnically proper care. They need humanity. They need heartfelt concern

Benedictus XVI, Deus Caritas Est (n. 28-31)Benedictus XVI, Deus Caritas Est (n. 28-31)Benedictus XVI, Deus Caritas Est (n. 28-31)Benedictus XVI, Deus Caritas Est (n. 28-31)

to do it, and committed to continuing care. Yet, while professional competenceto do it, and committed to continuing care. Yet, while professional competenceis a primary, fundamental requirement, it is not of itself suf cient. We are dealingis a primary, fundamental requirement, it is not of itself suf cient. We are dealingis a primary, fundamental requirement, it is not of itself suf cient. We are dealingis a primary, fundamental requirement, it is not of itself suf cient. We are dealingis a primary, fundamental requirement, it is not of itself suf cient. We are dealingis a primary, fundamental requirement, it is not of itself suf cient. We are dealing

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Rather than with an easy-charity approach, projects Rather than with an easy-charity approach, projects are carried out with a focus on education by valuingare carried out with a focus on education by valuingthe person who learns from past and shared experiences,the person who learns from past and shared experiences,who is ambitious and ignites the spark of development.who is ambitious and ignites the spark of development.

The social and educational fi eldis the largest for AVSI Foundation.

It includes activities of sheltering, family support, primary and secondary pre-school education, informal education, educational quality, maternal and women skills quality, childhood care and protection, civil society organizations and solidarity networks support, reconstruction of intra-community relations in conditions of vulnerability and post-war scenarios, and special attention to people with disabilities.

The implementation method is common to many interventions: focusing on the person within her/his family and community, valuing her/his personal background (resilience), valuing the community heritage through the strengthening of helping relations,the support to associations of people, and the involvement of the institutions.

socialeducational

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29 africa 17 latin america and caribbean 4 asia 3 middle east 7 eastern europe

The social and educational fi eld

Many Italian schools, companies, corporations, groups of friends, families pay a lot of attention and dedication to the living conditions of the most vulnerable populations through distance support correspondence: this tool often becomes a way to share needs, thus igniting new synergies and opportunities. This is very much the case of Unicoop Tirreno which offers distance support as a token gift; of SKY Group which aired an AVSI distance support commercial for free on its TV channels after experiencing it fi rst-hand; the same goes for those who choose the distance support as wedding, baptism or confi rmation favors.

A distinctive feature of AVSI distance supportA distinctive feature of AVSI distance supportis educational accompaniment that ensures, alongis educational accompaniment that ensures, alongwith material support, the presence of adultswith material support, the presence of adultswho take care of the child over his/her growth. who take care of the child over his/her growth.

AVSI Foundation Distance SupportProgram (DSP) includes as many as 32,161 children and adolescents all over the world(data as of December 2011).

Distance Support is a way to share knowledge and experiences through a constant and continuous contribution (312 euro a year) by any Italian subject (individuals, families, groups of friends, companies...) and directed to a well-defi ned benefi ciary (either a child or an adolescent) in some country around the world.

The support allows the benefi ciary to receive food, medical treatments, healthcare, education and to participate in recreational and educational activities. It is a personalized path, where the child is entry point to his/her family and community. The intention here is never

to replace anybodys responsibility, but to guide them along the development of their own autonomy and make them factors of economic development and change for the society they live in.The sponsor is periodically informed about the child, his/her country, the project and AVSIs activity all around the world, and shares an interpersonal relationship aimed to teach the child gratitude and the sponsor a better understanding of the childs living environment.

distancesupport

DSP statsas of Dec 31st, 2011

32,161children and adolescents included in DSP

27,564active sponsors

0-3 years: |||||| 4.53%

4-5 years: |||||||||| 7.26%

6-12 years: |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 45.22%

13-16 years: |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 28.16%

17-18 years: ||||||||||| 7.81%

19-24 years: ||||||||| 6.72%

> 24 years: | 0.29%

AVSI Foundation Distance Support


humanrights

Human rights are indivisibleHuman rights are indivisibleby nature: a number of speci cby nature: a number of speci csituations may compromisesituations may compromisehuman rights (war, violence,human rights (war, violence,illness, poverty), but in each caseillness, poverty), but in each casethe approach have to be holisticthe approach have to be holisticand not fragmented in socialand not fragmented in socialcategories, because the aimcategories, because the aimof the human rights promotionof the human rights promotionis the person.is the person.

Human rights are an aspect that is present through every AVSI projects

AVSIs mission is actually to promote the dignity of the person through development cooperation activities with a special attention to children (food, family, education) and vulnerable people (the poor, the sick, the disabled, the refugees).

In child soldiers interventions, for instance, a key success factor is an approach focused on a global reconstruction of the individual, in his spiritual, personal, relational, behavioral dimensions.The civil society has to be supported in concrete interventions and not only by raising the awareness of public opinion or by external watching missions. Civil society organization like AVSI are really promoting human rights in their interventions and are able to help also in fi nding methodologies and approaches useful for policies.

The Beyond the Walls program, developed in Brazil in a partnership with the APACs (Associations for Protection and Assistance of Prisoners, non-profi t entities of the civil society), aims to humanize jail conditions, by employing a new approach which is now considered a key reference point worldwide in terms of detaineess conditions.The focus is resocialization of detainees in order to prevent recidivism; human rights promotion of 1,400 detainees; support of the APACs located in the State of Minas Gerais; vocational training of detainees for professional qualifi cation.

Human rights are an aspect that is present

Agriculture, food security and water are three milestones for AVSI,as they are strictly intertwined: they are potential factors in the development and in the improvement of life conditions.

In 2010, hungry people in the world numbered about one billion, 98% of which in the developing countries. In the food and farming sector, AVSI Foundations projects include food security and malnutrition reduction measures, with a focus on the improvement in the availability of food items for families, yet also orientation and training on innovative technologies in the farming sector, protection of the environment and of water resources.

Several of AVSIs experiences are largely contributing to the international debate promoted by EXPO 2015 on healthy nutrition. Such experiences are the urban yards in Haiti where families grow daily food and the activities in the southern part of the country which are generating future perspectives, by restoring and expanding water systems, providing university-level training to agricultural technicians, introducing

WATER AS ENERGY FOR LIFE.Eradicating hunger and thirst in the world is the goal of AQUAPLUS, the

Haiti project established by Expo 2015 and Rotary International District 2040 in the Rotary Club Foundation Milan for

Milan in partnership with the University of Milan , Unicredit Foundation.

tranformation and traceability projectsof cassava and other local crops, including soil management as well. Hopefully,the project will be presented at the EXPO Milan exhibition. In Lebanon, work with the farmers and regeneration of waters in the Marjayoun Plain, along the border with Israel, have both spread a unique method, by putting together benefi ciaries, governments and institutions. Whereas the Rice Bank for Burmese farmers households, in Myanmars Dry Zone, leverages solidarity to defeat usuryand poverty.

agriculture, food security and water

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From access to food aimedto reduce undernourishment

to access to internationalmarkets for the small producers.markets for the small producers.A sort of chain that goes fromA sort of chain that goes from

favoring a larger knowledgefavoring a larger knowledgeof growing and breeding techniquesof growing and breeding techniques

to improving water useto improving water useand maintenance at home.

Agriculture, food security and water are three milestones for AVSI,


Access to energy represents, in fact, an essential prerequisitefor the economic development of communities.

The hectic pace of todays life has nonetheless already affected a large part of the needy populations, who tend to access energy in ways that are harmful to the planet, ineffi cient and disrespectful of nature. It is the case with deforestation aimed to produce vegetable coal or illegal, ineffi cient access to the existing networks, especially in bigger cities.

In this fi eld of activities, AVSI works in partnership with some companies to improve energy supply effi ciency, provide studies on alternative access to energy in poorer environments and on environmental protection.

In Brazil, in fact, together with some companies, energy is supplied to the populations and at the same time real needs of thousands of people are assessed through daily meetings. Same goes for the Peace Forest program in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, whose focus is reforestation and improvement of both the ecosystem and biodiversity thanks to education

and training of households. The Peace Forest program helps balance out CO2 emissions, as shown by AVSI Double Zero CO2 campaign, along with Utilit and Matching.AVSI and ENI are trying to fi nd a way to match the companys presence in Africa with a social benefi t for the populations in its areas of operation.

energy andenvironment

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africa

The challenge is about re-establishing what Pope BenedictThe challenge is about re-establishing what Pope BenedictXVI calls the alliance between man and nature, withoutwhich the whole human family is destined to disappear.which the whole human family is destined to disappear.In a culture where this relationship is soured and con ictive,In a culture where this relationship is soured and con ictive,it is necessary to restore an intelligent, fruitfulit is necessary to restore an intelligent, fruitfuland constructive relationship.and constructive relationship.

Access to energy represents, in fact, an essential prerequisite

The challenge of cities sustainable development is about being ableThe challenge of cities sustainable development is about being ableto provide access to services that are adequate to the person and thatto provide access to services that are adequate to the person and thatcan adjust to the real needs of the new inhabitants. This leap necessarycan adjust to the real needs of the new inhabitants. This leap necessaryto bridge the gap between the person and the infrastructure, can onlyto bridge the gap between the person and the infrastructure, can onlybe made by the civil society organizations. Ultimately, by the person. be made by the civil society organizations. Ultimately, by the person.

In more than 20 years of experience in Brazilian metropolises,AVSI has developed a know-how and a specifi c methodin urban upgrading.

This method has been presented at many international summits, such as the G8 or the Pontifi cal Academy of Social Sciences, and has been documented in studies of agenciessuch as Cities Alliance.

AVSIs approach in informal urban areas is about building infrastructures and house maintenance along with activities of support for the individual

(healthcare, educational, social), involving the local communities and favoring the partnership among existing institutions and organizations. AVSIs experience goes to show that the perspective of a sustainable city is only possible when the person lies at the core of policies. In fact, when it comes to sustainable cities, what is mentioned is often services, transportation, energy, traffi c, thus downplaying the actual protagonist of all this: the person.

urban development

Two good examples of this are the following projects, both in Brazil, implemented with the Italian Government, Cities Alliance and the World Bank. The former, in Salvador Bahia, provided technical and methodological assistance to the local institutions on interventions in shantytowns in Salvador and other towns in the State of Bahia; the latter was located in the urban areas of Olinda, in the State of Pernambuco, involving all the know-how and expertise AVSI had developed to reduce poverty.

This is, in fact, a reproducible method that started in Brazil and then, following an agreement between governments, was implemented in Maputo, Mozambique, with the goal to improve life conditions in a poor neighborhood. Therefore, the method acquired in Bahia was replicated in Maputo.

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1 africa 1 latin america and caribbean

In more than 20 years of experience in Brazilian metropolises,


Among the Millennium Development Goals in the health sectorare reduction of child mortality and reduction the spread of AIDS by 2015, malaria and TBC or major diseases.

AVSIs healthcare projects, mainly focused in Africa, include public healthcare initiatives aimed to support existing healthcare facilities, build hospitals and clinics, grant access to treatments, develop programs for endemic diseases prevention and cure and prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, along with specifi c interventions on nutrition where technical competence has been acquired.

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healthcare initiatives aimed to support

child transmission of HIV, along with

Special attention has been dedicated to orientation,Special attention has been dedicated to orientation,training and ongoing formation of the operators as welltraining and ongoing formation of the operators as wellas to the involvement of the communities by raisingas to the involvement of the communities by raisingawareness on the disease and nally the use of mobileawareness on the disease and nally the use of mobilehealthcare teams capable of reaching patients in remotehealthcare teams capable of reaching patients in remoteor inaccessible areas lacking any medical assistance. or inaccessible areas lacking any medical assistance.

A good example of this is FREE: 10 years fi ght against AIDS in Uganda, 10 years of children born free from HIV. The campaign (see the section onFocus) launched with a booklet, an exhibition

and a video was intended to show and explain the data collected by AVSI over the ten year-old prevention of mother-to-child transmission in Uganda.www.avsi.org/free

Among the Millennium Development Goals in the health sector

work

AVSIs qualifying point is a conception of workAVSIs qualifying point is a conception of workas an expression of the persons talents. The idea isas an expression of the persons talents. The idea isto support the emergence of strong-skilled local humanto support the emergence of strong-skilled local humanresources often excluded by society due to the extreme vulnerability of the areas they live in, lackvulnerability of the areas they live in, lackof personal means, adequate training.of personal means, adequate training.

AVSI Foundations vocational projects and projects to support micro and small enterprises focus on widening access to work for vunerable people,by favoring the encounter between demand and supply, self-employment and microenterprise, with a special attention to youth and women.

Throughout its collaboration with its partner Fundatia Dezvoltarea Popoarelor, which celebrated its 15th anniversary in June 2011, AVSI has developed great expertise in job-oriented vocational training to the youth, after starting out with educational and health programs for children and families. That is a special accompaniment of people, from nursery school to university, from integration of rom families to disabled young men and women.One special focus on work has been put in periurban Lima: an offi ce for vocational training and support to micro-enterprises with a special attention to textile sector. In Eastern Lima, in fact, a large number of textile micro-entrepreneurs have been signifi cantly damaged by the 2008 crisis and the following collapse of exports; thanks to AVSIs support, they have reshaped and redirected their businesses to address the local market. AVSIs efforts were aimed to strenghten the chain and improve the design.

In Haiti, just like in Uganda, tailoring workshops are supported, where a profession is learned which later becomes a source of income, according to the local tradition. In Kampala, the Meeting Point International partner of AVSI takes good care of more than four thousand people affected by HIV and orphaned children. The women of the association have provided precious

resources by selling their recycled paper necklaces, thus helped build the Luigi Giussani secondary school which accommodates 400 children.

In Port-au-Prince, youth and women are learning new professions from master artisans, rediscovering sewing and needlework with the perlage technique for purses and accessories, along with iron work.

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1 africa 5 latin america and caribbean 1 eastern europe

AVSI Foundations vocational projects and projects to support micro and


humanitarianemergency

AVSIs interventions are conceivedto limit the consequences of these breakdowns,to limit the consequences of these breakdowns,by acting on healthcare, infrastructures,by acting on healthcare, infrastructures,education and family income generation.education and family income generation.Emergency situations can cause an evenEmergency situations can cause an evengreater damage to vulnerable people.greater damage to vulnerable people.

Although it is not specialized in emergencies, AVSI intervenesin chronic crises, confl ict and post-confl ict, never losing contactwith all the local actors on the ground.

AVSIs approach is fundamental as it is about rebuilding the human starting by the affi rmation of life notwithstanding the emergency.It is particularly worth mentioning that AVSI was involved in the INEE working groups to help defi ne the standards on education in emergencies.

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Although it is not specialized in emergencies, AVSI intervenes

migrations

AVSIs mission is supporting the people who leftAVSIs mission is supporting the people who lefttheir origins behind in the path to the re-discoverytheir origins behind in the path to the re-discoveryof that inborn dignity that is peculiar of everyof that inborn dignity that is peculiar of everyhuman being, according to Benedict XVI.human being, according to Benedict XVI.

Internal migrations, such as the urban drift and external migrations, entire peoples forced to leave their homeland and roots.

Some relocate abroad temporarily due to war or regimes that hamper a decent lifestyle. Others live away from their native land in conditions of lasting precariousness.

Therefore, AVSI operates in the refugee camps at Dadaab, Kenya (see the section on Focus), works with the Iraqi refugees in Jordan and builds new houses for the Palestinian refugees in Lebanon; also works with the Rom communities in Romania. The transformation of the shantytown of Ribeira Azul, Brazil into nice neighborhoods was possible because the project started from and focused on the positive that lies inevery person.

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2 africa 2 middle east 1 eastern europe

Internal migrations, such as the urban drift and external migrations,


internationaladoptions

AVSI Foundation has been approved by the International Adoptions Commission of the Italian Government for adoptions.

It currently operates in Brazil (States of Sao Paulo, Minas Gerais, Espiritu Santo and Bahia), Mexico, Lithuania, Kazakhstan and Colombia.

MAIN STEPS IN THE ADOPTION PROCESS WITH AVSI1. GROUP INFORMATION MEETINGSFor qualifi ed and unqualifi ed couples alike.

2. INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION PREPARATION CLASSLed by a psychologist with the participation of AVSI operators and families with adoption experience.

3. IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW AND CHOICE OF COUNTRY The social team meets the couple to further discuss adoption plan, motivation, and identify the country of choice.

4. PREPARATION AND TRANSMISSION OF ALL PAPERWORK DUE TO THE FOREIGN COUNTRYExplanation, preparation anddelivery of adoption requests to the foreign country authorities.

5. WAIT AND MATCHING PROPOSALAt this stage, several meetings and interviews are held with the couple. The technical team dedicates these specifi c meetings to the matching proposal and the couples approval.

6. JOURNEY ARRANGEMENT AND STAY ABROAD After the couples approval the journey(s) and stay(s) in the foreign country are arranged. During this time, the couple is always accompanied by an AVSI contact person.

7. POST ADOPTIONFor 2 years or longer the couple will have to keep regular contact with the social services and with AVSI with regard to the post-adoption reports for the foreign country.

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2 africa 2 middle east 1 eastern europe

LITHUANIA 34 47 39 37 157 114 BRAZIL 10 57 54 35 156 93 KAZAKHSTAN 2 - - - 2 2 COLOMBIA 1 1 - - 2 2 TOTAL 47 105 93 72 317 211

countrytotal

childrentotal

adoptionage of child at arrival in Italy

1-4 4-7 7-9 +9

adoptions completed

2011

6% Colombia

47% Brazil

47% Lithuania

from 2003 to 2011

total adopted children

34

211

49

317

AVSI Foundation has been approved by the International Adoptions

CSRand fund raising

Building cathedrals,AVSI Point and donors Everything is done with a goal. The awareness of the goal men in the Middle Ages had as they built cathedrals, is the same that moves the people who support AVSI year after year through the Tents or a donation. Those who built cathedrals back then would give a part of themselves to build something great which was none of their property. Those men would give time, money, materials; some would donate just one button or their whole capital to build the cathedral. The men and women who help AVSI whether for the fi rst time or for a long time through the Tents, distance support or some other way, express the same drive as the farmer did back in the fourteenth century when he would offer some days a month of free work to carry the stones, or dig up the foundations of his cathedral. The modern cathedral - The people who support AVSI actually help build this modern cathedral, something that makes it possible for the woman with HIV in Africa to receive her medication, the children in Ecuador to go to school, for the Burmese family to have rice, the kids in Haiti to learn a new job or the youth in the Holy Land to receive education to peace. The Tents initiatives are beautiful, neatly-organized, highly-participated, sociable events, concerts, shows. Some are apparently small, may not make the news, yet have the same value and meaning as greater events. Just drops in the ocean, but as Mother Teresa would say - the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.GRAZIELLA WORKS AT KRAFT and for many years has been suggesting her colleagues to help AVSI by buying some small handicraft she makes herself at night along with her sister and her friends from Muggi. THE WOMEN OF GREZZANA, near Verona, has been meeting up once a week since 1995 to work for AVSI. Everything came from Maria Girimondo and Cristina Lonardoni who encouraged Vanna Marias mother to share her needlework talent and the free time she was getting more of as her children were growing up. And Vanna gathered friends and acquaintances around her and transmitted that will to do something. Since then, theyve been meeting every week, they sell their products in gorgeous mansions and set up an association.VALTER, A DOCTOR FROM BREBBIA, near Varese, sets up the big lunch for AVSI every year, and involves the whole town: some cooks, some fi nds the tables, some set up the eating area, some sing, some prepare the lottery: everybodys welcome, as many as 400 grown-ups, children and elderly all participate every year.

NEW ALLIANCES IN BRAZIL WITH GE OIL & GAS NUOVO PIGNONE S.P.A. In favor of AVSIs Cantinho de Natureza educational center in Rio de Janeiro. The project includes job-oriented vocational training activities for 750 youth, also involving their families. A fi nancial contribution was necessary and the staff had to volunteer in favor of the boys and girls to teach them a job.

SINCE 2010, SAS INSTITUTE HAS BEEN SUPPORTING AVSIS ACTIVITIES IN HAITI. The partnership came as a consequence of a gift matching event after the tremendous earthquake that hit the country and continues today with both the company and the staff involved in building an educational center in Cit Soleil, Port-au-Prince. The center is expected to accommodate 1,000 children and adolescents, 200 mothers and 100 teachers/social workers. SAS Institute employees sponsor a number of children through AVSIs distance support program.

WORKSHOP ON SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. Within the frame of the XXXII Meeting of Friendship Among Peoples, AVSI has promoted a conference called System Italy: alliance for development. The speakers were the following: Mr. Alberto Piatti, Secretary General of AVSI; Ms. Marina Migliorato, Enel Corporate Social Responsibility Manager; Mr. Mauro Nori, General Director of AVSI; Mr. Francesco Confuorti, President of Advantage Financial; Mr. Daniele Mancini, Diplomatic Advisor of the Italian Ministry of Economic Affairs. Among other participants were Mr. Cesare Trevisani, Vice-President for Infrastructures, Logistics and Mobility of Confi ndustria; Mr. Antonio Miglio, Vice President ACRI; Mr. Giuseppe Tripoli, Department for Entrepreneurship and Internationalization of the Italian Ministry of Economic Affairs. Debate moderator was Mr. Roberto Fontolan, Director of the Community and Liberation International Center and Director of Buone Notizie.

We are looking for relevant alliances to create development through training and work, so as to make everyone protagonist in their own environment. Nonetheless, it becomes impossible to help developing countries at home if two-thirds of our national aid are cut off. This lack of positive future perspectives causes a growing infl ow of people fl eeing their countries. Italy as a whole can really represent a model for the growth of several developing countries, as it can leverage on its teamwork and networking skills. I believe our debate today can bring about a new shared vision of development cooperation, in consideration of the role of NGOs and other system actors.

Social responsibility is a need to stay together. But the real work is action. Working together for a common goal without overlapping - seems more and more necessary. Every actor can do their part for development by sharing their knowledge. We all have it clear in our mind that there is a richness to be rediscovered and which will assign to man the inborn dignity hes made of. A new subject should step in and take the situation to hand. A new Italian company for development.

Building cathedrals,WORKSHOP ON SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. Within the frame


fund raisingand effi ciency

Fund raising effi ciency ratevalue in euro

How we use your donationvalue in euro

Private/public fund raising progress

average 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 on 5 years

0.06 0.05 0.07 0.06 0.07 0.06

years

index

Fund raising index2007 > 2011

971,739.0Fund raisingcosts

13,480,838.01 Fund raising proceeds

9% structure costs

86% 23,671,000project costs

1%collateral activities costs

4%fund raising costs

201034,234,000

201127,252,000

200929,326,000

55% 48% 35%9,512,000

45% 52% 65%17,740,000

Public Private

Private/public fund raising progress

ASSETS as of 31.12.2011 as of 31.12.2010

INTANGIBLE ASSETSStatutory changes Software 35,256 11,351 Quality certifi cation 2,599 2,808 Trademark registration 1,426 1,901Improvements to third parties' goods 29,975 42,833

69,255 58,893TANGIBLE ASSETSLands and buildings 1,772,073 1,742,699 Plants and machinery 11,475 13,727 Motor vehicles Offi ce furniture 17,318 22,006 Electronic offi ce equipment 19,570 24,139

1,820,436 1,802,571 FINANCIAL ASSETSInterests in other businesses 118,131 117,981

118,131 117,981

TOTAL FIXED ASSETS 2,007,822 1,979,444

RECEIVABLESFrom private donors 349,160 482,956 From customers on collateral activities - 86,701From social security 9,984 13,064From Treasury 114 114 Other receivables 113,514 4,792 Receivables from institutional donors _ Projects funded by the Italian Government 5,639,480 8,165,829 _ Projects funded by the European Union 3,231,724 5,124,797 _ Projects funded by international agencies 7,776,698 9,535,996 _ Projects funded by CEI 260,432 222,800 _ Projects funded by local administrations 588,268 550,509

17,496,602 23,599,932Receivables from other agencies_ due within next year 50,000 50,000_ due after next year 50,000 50,000 Receivables from foreign subsidiaries_ due within next year 486,529 432,130_ due after next year 486,529 432,130

FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES OTHERTHAN FIXED ASSETSOther securities 39,133 38,670

CASH AND BANK DEPOSITSBank and post offi ce deposits 5,064,748 5,027,901 Cash and values on hand 33,823 5,098,571 32,364 5,060,266

TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 23,643,607 29,768,625

ADJUSTMENT ACCOUNTS 3,358 7,199

TOTAL ASSETS 25,654,787 31,755,268

economic dataAnnual report 12/31/2011 and 12/31/2010 - assets

All amounts in Euro

ASSETS as of 31.12.2011 as of 31.12.2010


LIABILITIES as of 31.12.2011 as of 31.12.2010

Membership fees 40,918 40,918 Fundation's fund 703,503 658,503 Changes in foundation's fund _ Adjustment to foundation's fund (405,486) (430,087) _ Membership fees paid during this year _ Result of the year (272,405) (677,891) 24,601 (405,486)

NET EQUITY 66,529 293,934

EMPLOYEES SEVERANCE INDEMNITY 591,686 502,722

MEDIUM AND LONG TERM LIABILITIES_ Payable loans 204,921 233,776TOTAL MEDIUM AND LONG TERM LIABILITIES 204,921 233,776

PAYABLES TO BANKS_ Due within next year 538,602 150,343 _ Due after next year 538,602 150,343PAYABLES TO PROJECTS_ By the Italian Government 4,718,561 7,416,318_ By the European Union 3,501,643 4,435,554_ By International Agencies 6,958,328 8,453,798_ By local administrations 588,598 353,023_ By CEI 177,373 171,144_ International adoptions 29,586 51,883_ Private 2,857,191 4,011,076_ Distance Support 4,050,315 22,881,595 4,340,205 29,233,001PAYABLES TO SUPPLIERS_ Due within next year 585,964 472,907_ Due after next year 585,964 472,907PAYABLES TO PROJECTS-RELATED STAFF_ Due within next year 16,052 59,847_ Due after next year 16,052 59,847 PAYABLES TO HEADQUARTERS STAFF_ Due within next year 353,198 354,388_ Due after next year 353,198 354,388PAYABLES TO TAX AUTHORITIES_ Due within next year 77,272 94,609_ Due after next year 77,272 94,609PAYABLES TO SOCIAL SECURITY AGENCIES _ Due within next year 100,498 105,606_ Due after next year 100,498 105,606 PAYABLES TO THIRD PARTIES_ Due within next year 238,232 253,898_ Due after next year 238,232 253,898

TOTAL PAYABLES 24,791,414 30,724,599

ADJUSTMENT ACCOUNTS 237 237

TOTAL NET EQUITY AND LIABILITIES 25,654,787 31,755,268

MEMORANDUM ACCOUNTS as of 31/12/2011 as of 31/12/2010

GUARANTEES RECEIVED FROM THIRD PARTIES_ Guarantees issued by banks 1,670,799 2,207,945_ Commitments towards third parties

COMMITMENTS IN RESPECT OF PROJECTS_ Own commitments in respect of projects (1,318,576) 150,682

TOTAL MEMORANDUM ACCOUNTS 352,233 2,358,627

Annual report 12/31/2011 and 12/31/2010 - liabilitiesAll amounts in Euro

LIABILITIES as of 31.12.2011 as of 31.12.2010

PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT 2011 2010

Contributed Income from Italian Government 2,694,275 4,248,957Contributed Income from the European Union 2,653,427 5,034,429Contributed Income from international agencies 1,921,442 4,506,405Contributed Income from local administrations 1,100,652 1,005,210Contributed Income from CEI 139,644 399,161Contributed Income from private donors 6,200,152 5,906,795Contributed Income from DSP to institutional projects 6,452,834 6,265,390Contributed Income to DSP management 2,539,688 3,124,646CONTRIBUTED INCOME ALLOCATED TO PROJECTS 23,702,115 30,490,993

Contributed Income from Italian Government 229,166 462,095Contributed Income from the European Union 277,919 346,353Contributed Income from international agencies 493,674 480,382Contributed Income from local administrations and CEI 1,564 0Contributed Income from private donors 941,416 1,091,858Contributed Income from DSP 974,982 998,384Contributed Income from International Adoptions 202,176 34,500CONTRIBUTED INCOME ALLOCATED TO ORGANIZATION COSTS 3,120,898 3,413,572

Consultancy services 329,200 229,301Sponsorship services 50,000 100,000Transfer of membership fees 50,000PROCEEDS FROM COLLATERAL SOURCES 429,200 329,301

TOTAL CONTRIBUTED INCOME 27,252,213 34,233,866

Projects costsProjects funded by the Italian Government (1,956,044) (3,007,394)Projects funded by the European Union (2,116,023) (4,478,590)Projects funded by international agencies (1,925,845) (3,921,029)Projects funded by local administrations (954,786) (673,343) Projects funded by CEI (142,750) (178,161)Projects funded by DSP (2,546,516) (3,119,248)Projects funded by private donors (9,803,346) (19,445,310) (10,472,265) (25,850,030)Cost of staff on projects (4,225,375) (4,393,171)

TOTAL PROJECTS COSTS (23,670,684) (30,243,202)

Cost of staff at headquarters (2,763,184) (2,534,892)Other Organization Costs_ Costs of raw, accessory, consumption materials and goods (174,430) (166,498)_ Costs of services (762,921) (831,516)_ Travel and transportation (188,087) (184,267)_ Costs for the use of third parties' goods (121,054) (142,158)_ Other management costs (35,623) (1,282,115) (38,750) (1,363,189)Depreciation and devaluation_ Depreciation of intangible assets (38,059) (32,784)_ Depreciation of tangible assets (77,387) (76,009)_ Appropriations and devaluations (430) (115,876) - (108,793)

Costs transferred to projects management 107,050 -Costs transferred to collateral management 566,485 191,290

TOTAL ORGANIZATION COSTS (3,487,639) (3,815,584)

Costs of other activities_ Costs for staff (319,275) (180,694)_ Costs for services (53,305) (51,848)_ Travel and transportation (23,317) (26,226)

TOTAL COSTS OF OTHER ACTIVITIES (395,898) (258,768)

OPERATING RESULT (302,008) (83,687)

Other fi nancial revenuesFrom securities included in current assets 8,692 7Revenues other than above 52,136 60,828 171,532 171,539Interests and other fi nancial costs (89,805) (46,268)

FINANCIAL REVENUES AND COSTS (28,977) 125,271

Extraordinary revenues 131,421 4,207Extraordinary costs (7,745) (21,964)

EXTRAORDINARY REVENUES AND COSTS 123,675 (17,758)

Adjustments of payables for projects in currencies other than Eur (Projects appreciation) 267,356 511,967Appropriation for the devaluation of projects' receivables (118,490) 0Adjustments of receivables for projects in currencies other than Eur (Projects appreciation) (192,891) (491,014)

ADJUSTMENTS ON PROJECTS (44,026) 20,953

RESULT BEFORE TAXES (251,335) 44,779

Taxes of the year (21,070) (20,178)

RESULT OF THE YEAR (272,405) 24,601

economic dataAnnual report 12/31/2011 and 12/31/2010 - Profi t and loss

All amounts in Euro

PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT 2011 2010

Contributed Income from Italian Government 2,694,275 4,248,957


auditors report

consolidatedfi nancialstatements

As a result of ever larger activities of foreign subsidiaries and in order to provide complete information on management trend, AVSI Foundation has recently started to publish a consolidated fi nancial statement.

Such statement is not subject to audit even though the Italian headquarters and all the foreign subsidiaries statements were audited by important auditing agencies. Following are AVSIs foreign subsidiaries included in the consolidated statement sheet:Rwanda, DR Congo, Nigeria, Peru, Brazil, Uganda, Burundi,Jordan, Lebanon, Ecuador, Thailand, Kosovo, Haiti, Kenya,Ivory Coast, Palestine.The single balance sheets and fi nancial statements included in the consolidated statement have been provided by the respective foreign subsidiaries.

The total amount raised by the AVSI-system in the world is 41,477,511.

Amount by country

Consolidated fi nancial statement amount by sponsor

Private 18,726,13045,15%

Public22,751,38354,85%

LITHUANIA

KAZAKHSTAN

ANGOLA

KOSOVO

JORDAN

THAILAND

RUSSIA

VENEZUELA

PARAGUAY

SIERRA LEONE

ARGENTINA

MYANMAR

MEXICO

CONGO

MOZAMBIQUE

ECUADOR

PALESTINE

NIGERIA

PERU

ALBANIA

BURUNDI

ROMANIA

SUD SUDAN

RWANDA

IVORY COAST

LEBANON

BRAZIL

KENYA

HAITI

D. R. CONGO

UGANDA

OTHER COUNTRIES

SOLIDARITY PROJECTS

MINUSTAH735,350 1,77%

OTHERS1,903,669 4,59%

USAID,WORLD BANK

e BPRM4,022,809 9,70%

UNHCR2,438,110 5,88%

ITALIANGOVERNMENT

3,655,473 8,81%

LOCAL ADMINISTRATIONS

1,102,216 2,66%

CEI139,644 0,34%

EUROPEAN UNION

2,931,347 7,07%

PRIVATE DONORS7,570,599 18,25%

DSP9,967,674 24,03%

CENTRALFUND DISPLACED

711,566 1,72%

UNICEF4,339,435 10,46%

BRITISHCOOPERATION

611,562 1,47%

DUTCH GVT

160,202 0,39%

PRIVATE IN LOCO SPONSORS985,681 2,38%

INTERNATIONAL ADOPTIONS202,177 0,49%

Such statement is not subject to audit even though the Italian headquarters and all the foreign subsidiaries statements were audited by important auditing agencies.

Following are AVSIs foreign subsidiaries included in the consolidated statement sheet:Rwanda, DR Congo, Nigeria, Peru, Brazil, Uganda, Burundi,Jordan, Lebanon, Ecuador, Thailand, Kosovo, Haiti, Kenya,Ivory Coast, Palestine.The single balance sheets and fi nancial statements included in the consolidated statement have been provided by the respective foreign subsidiaries.

The total amount raised by the AVSI-system in the world is 41,477,511.

101,602

120,912

130,366

156,935

158,165

164,004

174,802

186,119

301,583

307,911

334,643

380,524

401,394

409,200

515,515

532,214

538,259

555,697

628,884

638,984

927,291

973,131

1,065,862

1,319,644

1,352,480

1,524,988

2,786,462

3,075,837

4,643,115

6,531,575

7,681,977

1,542,822

1,314,616

Amount


fi nancialstatements

CONTRIBUTED INCOME ALLOCATED TO PROJECTS FOREIGN SUBSIDIARIES 13,905,499 10,081,545Contributed Income from Italian Government 2,694,275 4,248,957Contributed Income from the European Union 2,653,427 5,034,429Contributed Income from international agencies 1,921,442 4,506,405Contributed Income from local administrations 1,100,652 1,005,210Contributed Income from CEI 139,644 399,161Contributed Income from private donors 6,200,152 5,906,795Contributed Income from DSP to institutional projects 6,452,834 6,265,390Contributed Income to DSP management 2,539,688 3,124,646CONTRIBUTED INCOME ALLOCATED TO PROJECTS 23,702,114 30,490,993

CONTRIBUTED INCOME ALLOCATED TO ORGANIZATION COSTS FOREIGN SUBSIDIARIES 319,801 206,904Contributed Income from Italian Government 229,166 462,095Contributed Income from the European Union 277,919 346,353Contributed Income from international agencies 493,674 480,382Contributed Income from local administrations and CEI 1,564 0Contributed Income from private donors 941,416 1,091,858Contributed Income from DSP 974,982 998,384Contributed Income from International Adoptions 202,176 34,500Contributed income allocated to organization costs 3,120,897 3,413,572Consultancy services 329,200 229,301Sponsorship services 50,000 -Transfer of membership fees 50,000 100,000PROCEEDS FROM COLLATERAL SOURCES 429,200 329,301

TOTAL CONTRIBUTED INCOME 41,477,511 44,522,314

Projects costs in italy and abroad (26,198,198) (28,040,553)

Cost of staff on projects (10,447,058) (10,633,849)

TOTAL PROJECTS COSTS (36,645,256) (38,674,402)

COST OF STAFF AT HEADQUARTERS (3,421,657) (3,240,412)

Other organization costs_ Costs of raw, accessory, consumption materials and goods (329,381) (317,127)_ Costs of services (1,493,670) (1,143,469)_ Travel and transportation (239,616) (243,038)_ Costs for the use of third parties' goods (180,798) (184,800)_ Other management costs (83,764) (2,327,229) (56,574) (1,945,008)Depreciation and devaluation_ Depreciation of intangible assets (26,713) (21,883)_ Depreciation of tangible assets (219,491) (209,156)_ Appropriations and devaluations (430) (246,634) (231,038)Costs transferred to collateral management 566,485 191,290Costs transferred to projects management 107,050 -TOTAL ORGANIZATION COSTS (5,321,985) - (5,225,169)

COSTS OF OTHER ACTIVITIES_ Costs for staff (319,275) (180,694)_ Costs for services (53,305) (51,848)_ Travel and transportation (23,317) (26,226)TOTAL COSTS OF OTHER ACTIVITIES (395,897) (258,768)

OPERATING RESULT (885,627) 363,976

Other fi nancial revenuesFrom securities included in current assets 8,692 7Revenues other than above 52,136 60,828 171,532 171,539Interests and other fi nancial costs (130,420) (78,928)

FINANCIAL REVENUES AND COSTS (69,592) 92,611Extraordinary revenues 140,812 4,207Extraordinary costs (7,745) (131,700)EXTRAORDINARY REVENUES AND COSTS 133,067 (127,493)Adjustments of payables for projects in currencies other than Eur (Projects appreciation) 465,616 511,967Appropriation for the devaluation of projects' receivables (85,169) - Adjustments of receivables for projects in currencies other than Eur (Projects appreciation) (203,237) (527,483)ADJUSTMENTS ON PROJECTS 177,210 (15,516)

RESULT BEFORE TAXES (644,942) 313,579

Taxes of the year (21,070) (20,179)

ADJUSTMENTS ON PROJECTS (666,012) 293,400

All amounts in Euro

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