Piazza Santa Maria, 4 60121
Ancona
Italie
- Democracy and community development
- Environment/Sustainable development
- Gender
- Human rights
- International/Cultural relations
- Religion
- Research
- Youth and education
C.V.M. – Comunità Volontari per il Mondo – is a Non-Governamental Organization that has been working to promote new forms of cooperation and justice between different people and countries all around the world. It was founded by a group of returned volunteers who, after some years of voluntary work in Africa and South America, had a deep interest to help people in their struggle to exist. The group had a vision of the need for appropriate and global development, and based on this vision, CVM formulated its mission statement as follows: “working for a more human world through the development of the whole person and of all persons both in the North and in the South of the World”. In order to reach this general aim, C.V.M. has been developed since its birth a lot of activities in two main areas of intervention: International cooperation and intercultural and development education.
C.V.M. is carrying on cooperation and development projects in two African countries (Tanzania and Etiopia) in partnership with local organizations and institutions. The projects concern the prevention and cure of HIV/AIDS, water provisions and the construction of wells.
C.V.M. realizes activities in the area of Development Education and it’s accredited from The Ministry of Education able to realize activities in the area of intercultural education with teachers and students. Main projects:
- laboratories with students;
- The National Seminar on Intercultural Education opened to teachers coming from all over Italy;
- Training courses for teachers, educators and volunteers
- Publication of the Religions Calendar;
- The regional Campaign “Target 2015 – I poveri non possono aspettare” aimed to promote the UN Millennium Development Goals.
- The project “Insieme contro l’AIDS”, aimed at educating Italian youth on the risks of HIV/AIDS and at fighting against prejudices existing around this illness.