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Description of the NGO
CVM (Comunità Volontari per il Mondo) is an international, volunteering non-profit-making association funded in 1978 by a group of volunteers who returned to Italy after different experiences in Africa and Latin America. CVM, whose head office is located in Ancona, Italy, encourages awareness and sensitization of people towards the problems related to the economic disequilibrium existing between the Northern and Southern hemispheres of the World. At the same time, it promotes concrete development actions and intercultural cooperation projects. Over the past twenty five years, CVM has facilitated the implementation of several projects and has placed 54 volunteers, with an average stay of 3 years, in three African countries and Asia.
Activities and areas of intervention in Ethiopia
CVM fosters a community centered approach and plays a facilitation role in all the projects carried on in the country. CVM focuses its interventions in two specific fields:
Water Supply and Sanitation programs, through the development of water schemes such as hand dug wells, springs on spots, springs with reservoirs and gravity schemes, the construction of latrines for families and schools and the capacity building of beneficiaries through trainings and workshops on the issue of water, hygiene, and sanitation.
HIV/AIDS prevention and control programs, through building the awareness of people and promoting behavioral change, care and support of people living with AIDS and vulnerable groups, training and capacity building in collaboration with the Ethiopian government, the Orthodox church, and Muslims within the intervention area.
Italian Government Funded Projects
Project Name: HIV/AIDS prevention and control program in Amhara Region
Project Sector: HIV/AIDS
Budget: € 1,457,000 - 50% funded by Italian Government
Project Name: Water Program in West Oromia
Project Sector: Water
Budget: € 1,211,169 - 50% funded by Italian Government
Address
P.O.Box 8429
Addis Ababa – Ethiopia Te. 251-11-6655602
Fax. 251-1-6655600
E-mail: [email protected]
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