AVSI Foundation

AVSI Foundation is an international non-profit and non-governmental organization, founded in Italy in 1972.

With a staff of 2,118 people, AVSI is implementing 300 projects in 41 countries. Its main areas of intervention include education, agriculture and food security, child protection, environment and energy, vocational training, social development, livelihood, urban upgrading, WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene), and healthcare.

AVSI works for a world where people are aware of their value and dignity, protagonists of their own integral development. In its interventions, AVSI always considers the contexts and the beneficiary’s community. In 2024, 4.071.523 people have been directly supported through the programs, 714.496 of whom come from contexts of war and violence.

All projects are realized thanks to donations from private and institutional donors. Last year's budget amounted to €111.722.947. Among the main donors, AVSI in 2024 could count on the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the World Bank, Fondo di Beneficenza Intesa Sanpaolo, Lavazza, Fondazione San Zeno, IKEA Foundation and IVECO.

Mistral Tour Internazionale (Quality Group), active for over 45 years in cultural and nature travel worldwide, has been a long-standing partner of AVSI. The company supports AVSI’s values and contributes to our communication tools, from the Buone Notizie magazine to our website and Annual Report.