Support to disadvantaged children all over the world to foster access to school, recreational activities and trainings.

Updates from the Houses of Smiles in India: resume normality and school routine in Tamil Nadu

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India and, in particular, the Tamil Nadu area, experienced alternating and very serious phases also in 2022 regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, in the spring of 2022, the country proved to be a worrying basin of infections and deaths due to the Coronavirus, with consequences on the return to school and the return to normalcy in the following months.

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Charity night 2022: a great result for solidarity

Great success for the CESVI Foundation Charity night 2022 which was held on Thursday 15 September at Kilometro Rosso – Innovation District – in Bergamo and which collected 80,000 euros in donations to support the Case del Sorriso around the world, places where children who are victims of poverty, neglect and neglect can receive care, protection, and love.

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CESVI and Storie ad acquerello Festival

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The artistic event Storie ad acquerello will return to Bergamo on 23, 24, and 25 September, and will bring the city back to a veiled and magical atmosphere, thanks to international artists and a prestigious historical and cultural context.

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Access to school at risk for our Haitian children

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One year after the earthquake last August, Haiti continues to deal with rampant poverty and growing security problems. At Wharf Jérémie, CESVI has established the Casa del Sorriso, a protected space whose purpose is to remove children from the streets and give them the opportunity to study, in a healthy, educational, and protective space for the benefit of the most fragile family situations.

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Maryam’s new-found hope: the story of a life that begins anew

“My life was beyond hope. I was thrown into the street with my three children and I was expecting a child. I had lost my confidence, I would have likely taken my own life because of the psychological pressure I was under”. This is how Maryam, a 32-year-old Sudanese refugee and single mother of four, […]

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The EU Delegation visits Tripoli’s Baity Center

In Libya, due to the protracted armed conflict, political and economic crises and the COVID-19 pandemic, UNICEF estimates that nearly 1.3 million people, including 468,000 children, require humanitarian assistance. Children and their families are experiencing a fast deterioration in public services – especially in the fields of education and health –, higher food and fuel prices due […]

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