Comunità di S.Egidio-ACAP

National Network
Italie
Address

Piazza di S.Egidio 3/a
Roma
Italie

Telephone
+39 06585661
Fax
+39 065883625
E-Mail
info@santegidio.org
E-Mail (2)
francodido@fastwebnet.it
Website
http://www.santegidio.org
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
1973
Fields of Activity
  1. Democracy and community development
  2. Gender
  3. Human rights
  4. International/Cultural relations
  5. Youth and education
General Information
Non-Governmental, non- profit Organisation (NGO) according to the Italian law, issued on 1973 from the Community of Sant'Egidio (1968), free association of lay men and women who, moved by their Christian faith, lead lives of solidarity with the poorest and those injured by life. The Community of Sant’Egidio counts at present 70,000 members around the world in 50 countries. They are all volunteers. A great part of the activities with the poor is self financed, also through a network of solidarity between the Communities that live in richer countries and those who are active in the poorest parts of the world. The Community also systematically organizes the collection of goods such as drugs, food, clothes. Important projects are financed by individuals or entities always by means of voluntary contribution. The initiatives of solidarity and the humanitarian actions are characterized by an extreme flexibility and they have undergone substantial evolutions during the years.
Mission and Objectives

Mission: implementation of the humanitarian activities of the Community of Sant'Egidio.
Friendship among people of different nations and cultures is the everyday way to express this international fraternity. In a world which, at the end of the second millennium is raising barriers and emphasising national and cultural differences so much that they become the cause of old and new conflicts, the communities of Sant'Egidio testify to the existence of a common destiny not only for Christians, but for everybody. All the services of the Community of Sant’Egidio are services to reconciliation and peace. Thus the emphasise on peace that is common to all the services of the Community. “Nobody is ever so poor not to be able to help another”: this principle inspires great part of the humanitarian work of the Community of Sant'Egidio, that promotes a culture of solidarity wherever it operates.

Main Projects / Activities

* educational work with children (Schools of Peace)
* solidarity with the old people
* friendship for people with disabilities (handicap)
* centres and language schools for immigrants
* social and cultural activities for the Gypsies (services of care to minors, health care and legal assistance)
* care for the homeless (soup-kitchens, “roaming dinner", distribution of clothes)
* humanize the conditions of the detention places in thew world (regular contacts with inmates, psychological support, legal and administrative counsel and rehabilitation programs)
* facilitating dialogue, peace and reconciliation
* solidarity and humanitarian aid to the civilian populations who suffer most from war.
* ecumenical and interfaith dialogue. Since 1987 Sant'Egidio has been committed both at the grass-roots and the international level to arrange annual meetings, conferences and prayer gatherings, in the "Spirit of Assisi".

Contact (1) Full Name
Francesco Di Domenicantonio
Head of the organisation
Matteo Maria Zuppi / Cesare Giacomo Zucconi
Contact (2) Full Name
Ulderico Maggi