Our projects focus on two fields: education and sustainability.
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world” – Nelson Mandela
In Italy, we work on projects on education about global citizenship and and the shift between school and work. In foreign countries, we help with the construction of schools, the support of community schools and donations.
“Give a man a fish, feed [his] home for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed [him] for a lifetime.” – Confucius
We improve life conditions of families to help them leave poverty, as it as it is essential provide a future to their children. In Italy, the project Stand Up promotes work reintegration for people who are having difficulties, whereas in developing countries we create the opportunity for long-term sustenance of families and give them the necessary tools to fight infant malnutrition.
Juan Daniel is a Bolivian child who had a kidney transplant from his mother Shirley when he was just 8 years old. The transplant was accompanied by high medicine costs (4.000€ per year, a large value for Bolivia) to avoid the rejection of the kidney which the government would not cover. Guardavanti helped the Sisters…
Country: South Sudan. In 2009, the Comboni missionaries in South Sudan developed an informal school in Tali “below the plants” which eventually was then built with cement and was officially inaugurated with the name Comboni Primary School. In 2011, the school took another step forward when they assigned 7 young teachers. In the beginning, the…
Every year during Christmas, GuardAvanti is present in some partner shops all over Italy to wrap gifts bought by its clients. Since 2013, we have employed and given the opportunity to participate in trainings to more than 170 people (chosen from the most vulnerable classes of the labour force). We provide on-site training, training courses…
L’obiettivo del progetto è aiutare e formare le famiglie rurali del distretto di Mongu grazie all’agricoltura sostenibile, in particolare dell’albero di Moringa, una pianta con alte proprietà nutritive.
The project MigrAzioni (Migraction) is structured as a journey which narrates what the migrants have gone through to arrive to Europe, finding other that what they expected. This project looks at the theme of migration from a new point of view, destroying stereotypes and prejudices by creating a common ground where students and teachers can…
Tanzania’s Maasai Women Art is a cooperative enterprise aimed at producing and selling high quality homemade art products. The NGO Institute of Oikos and Oikos East Africa supported this enterprise by promoting development projects for the Maasai Women and offering them with training and enabling them to generate income. The pieces of jewelry Maasai Women…
