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LVIA – Service for Peace LVIA

LVIA – International Association of Lay Volunteers – is an organization of international solidarity and cooperation committed to overcoming poverty and promoting fair and sustainable development. Founded in Cuneo by Aldo Benevelli, a priest and partisan, it is inspired by the values of justice and peace.

LVIA operates in 10 African countries (Senegal, Burkina Faso, Mali, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea Conakry, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi, Mozambique), collaborating with local and international partners to ensure access to water, food, and healthcare, improve agriculture and the environment, support small enterprises, and promote social inclusion. It also intervenes during humanitarian crises to safeguard human dignity and strengthen community resilience.

In Italy, LVIA promotes education for active citizenship, intercultural dialogue, and volunteering by organizing training programs, youth exchanges, and human rights campaigns. The association is supported by thousands of citizens, public and private institutions, and collaborates with networks of NGOs such as FOCSIV, LINK 2007, and the Consortium of Piedmontese NGOs.

What we do

LVIA si propone di rappresentare una cittadinanza responsabile e solidale, impegnandosi a promuovere il dialogo tra i popoli e a costruire un mondo più giusto.
Lavora per costruire una società aperta e interculturale, per difendere la dignità, le libertà fondamentali e l’accesso a risorse, servizi e un ambiente sano, garantendo a ogni individuo e comunità la possibilità di partecipare al proprio sviluppo, nel rispetto delle culture e dei diritti di tutti.

L’associazione agisce in piena trasparenza, condividendo con finanziatori, partner e beneficiari tutte le fasi dell’intervento, dalla concezione alla valutazione, e diffondendo i nostri rapporti annuali e i nostri bilanci.

Ambiti di intervento:

Acqua, igiene e gestione sostenibile delle risorse idriche;
Agroecologia e sistemi alimentari sostenibili;
Inclusione sociale;
Ambiente, energia e transizione ecologica;
Lotta alla malnutrizione e azione umanitaria;
Educazione alla cittadinanza globale;
Cittadinanza attiva, protagonismo giovanile e coesione sociale

Mission e Statute

Code Ethics and Regulations

Financial and Social Report

The economic report includes all the accounting documents that we prepare periodically in order to ensure complete transparency and to present our assets and financial situation clearly, accurately, and correctly.

The Social Report presents the results of a full year of activities.

Together with the certified economic report, it represents an element of transparency for the association, in accordance with the principles of the Accountability Charter proposed by LINK 2007, which LVIA adheres to.

Visit the website page to consult the Social Report and access the archive of previous years.
Versions are also available in Italian, French, and Portuguese.

Team Structure

Contacts

LVIA • Registered Office
Via Mons. D. Peano, 8b
12100 Cuneo
tel. 0171.696975
lvia@lvia.it

LVIA • Activities in Italy
Via Borgosesia, 30
10145 Torino
tel. 011.7412507 – fax 011.745261
italia@lvia.it

In Italy

Forlì
Via Delle Torri 7/9 • 47121 Forlì
Tel/Fax: 0543-33938 • emiliaromagna@lvia.it

Palermo
via A. Poliziano, 40 • 90145 Palermo
tel. 328.927.34.81 • sicilia@lvia.it
Referente: Vito Restivo

Piossasco (TO)
 Via Mario Davide, 23/6 • 10045 Piossasco (TO)
Referenti:
Rosina Borgi – tel. 338.9167125
Daniele Luconi – tel. 328.2140544
Sangano (TO)
Via Rocciavrè, 24 • 10090 Bruino (TO)
tel. 338.5297333 • lviasangano@gmail.com
Referente: Andrea Ferrara
Marradi (FI)
Via A. Francini, 48 • 50034 Marradi (Fi)
tel 331.7199794 • toscana@lvia.it
Referente: Alessandro Bellini
In Africa

Ouagadougou
Rue Luili Pendé n° 256 – 01 BP 783 Ouagadougou 01
tel. +226.25363804 • burkinafaso@lvia.it
Altre sedi: Koudougou, Gorom-Gorom, Djibo

Bujumbura
Avenue Muyinga n° 17 • Rohero 1 • B.P. 198 • Bujumbura
tel. + 257.62697808,  + 257.22242124

coordinationburundi@lvia.it

Addis Abeba
P.O. Box 102346 • Sub City Yeka
Woreda 08 • Kebele 13/14 House number 0905 • Addis Abeba
tel. +251 (0)116622183 • etiopia@lvia.it
Altre sedi:
Telalak
P.O. Box 120 • Telalak – Afar Region • Namalifen, kebele Aware & Nemelifen, Telalak Woreda • Semera • Logia/Semera Town Administration
Assela 
Oromia Region, Arsi Zone, Assela, Kebele 6, n. 225

Bissau
Avenida Pansau na Isna, Casa Nº 1423 – Bairro Santa Luzia C.P. 585 Bissau
tel. +245 955949714, lviagb@gmail.com – admgb.lvia@gmail.com
Altre sedi:
Bissau – Avenida F. Mendes x Avenida D. Ramos
Bissorã – Bairro di St. Luzia

Conakry
Quartier Wareya, derrière Mosquée Kinifi Commune de Ratoma Conakry
tel. +224 629 320 585
rp.guinea@lvia.it

Meru
P.O. Box 1684 – 60200 Meru
tel. +254 (0)757129872 • kenya@lvia.it
Altre sedi:
Isiolo
Diocese of Isiolo • tel. +254 (0)741.776.910

Gao
Quartier Château • tel. +223 218.204.96 • gao@lvia.it
Altre sedi:
Bamako
Quartier ACI SOTUBA • Bamako • BP E 3442 • mali@lvia.it

Maputo
c/o Caritas Moçambique • Rua da Resistencia 1175 • Maputo
tel. +258.21419933 / tel. +258 879391993 • rp.mozambico@lvia.it

Thiès
R.te de Khombole • B.P. 262 A • Thiès
tel. e fax +221.339521928 • senegal@lvia.it

Kongwa
P.O.Box 160Kongwa • Dodoma Region
tel. +255 621 023 629 –  cr.tanzania@lvia.it

Other contacts

Asti
Stefano e Claudia Pozzetti – Vicolo Monticone, 3 – 14100 Asti – tel. 0141.355789 – pozz63@alice.it

Biella
Andrea Trivero – c/o PaceFuturo Onlus – Via Gian Battista Maggia, 2 – 13843 Pettinengo (BI) – tel. 338 9249168 – biella@lvia.it

Cesena
Luciano Cantoni – Via Assano, 56 – 47521 Cesena – tel. 0547.301824 – luciano.cantoni.cesena@gmail.com

Foligno
Giovanni e M. Concetta Serafini – Via I. Nievo, 34° – 06034 Sant’Eraclio (PG) – tel. 0742.391161 – concetta.giovanni@gmail.com

Lodi
Barbara Aiolfi – Cascina Fanzago – 26900 Lodi – tel. 0371.410274 – lombardia@lvia.it

Roma
Massimo Pallottino – Via Vasanello, 15 – 00189 Roma – tel. 06.30310932 – roma@lvia.it

Saluzzo
Bartolomeo Sola – Via Villafalletto, 19 bis – 12037 Saluzzo (CN) – tel. 0175.43511 – Cell. 349.5366374 – meo.sola@gmail.com

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