CSP - Comunitat de Sant'Egidio

National Network
Spain
Address

carrer Rere Sant Just s/n.
Barcelona
Spain

Telephone
+34 93 441 8123
Fax
+34 93 441 5605
E-Mail
info@santegidio.es
E-Mail (2)
santegidiobcn@terra.es
Mobile Phone
+34 639 369 513
Mobile Phone (other)
+34 619 70 69 42
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
1989
Fields of Activity
  1. Democracy and community development
  2. Gender
  3. Human rights
  4. International/Cultural relations
  5. Youth and education
General Information
The Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) issued on 1989 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 70.000 members around the world in 50 countries. All members are 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 part 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 are 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 emphasizing 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 emphasize 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.
* centres for immigrants.
* social and cultural activities for the Gypsies.
* care for the homeless (soup-kitchens, "roaming dinner", distribution of clothes).
* facilitating dialogue, peace and reconciliation.
*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
Jaume Castro Forns
Head of the organisation
Jaume Castro Forns
Contact (2) Full Name
Xavier Vidal Elias