About us

ACAV is an NGO established in 1985, officially recognized by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which operates in Africa. ACAV is currently working in Sub Saharan Africa: Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan.

According to ACAV, the dignity and the happiness of each human being are fundamental values. For this reason we promote the culture of brotherhood, building solidarity bridges with Africa. We realize sustainable and shared projects with transparency and respecting the context, recognizing the value of the cultural exchange, of the comparison and of the reciprocal enrichment.

RECOGNIZED QUALIFICATION

Qualification to conduct cooperation activities in developing countries according to art. 28 paragraph 3, of the law of 26^th February 1987, n. 49 ministerial decree n. 1987/128/4185/0D of the 14^th September 1988 in the sector of:

Short- and medium-term Project realization
Selection, training and sending of civil service voluntaries
Information activity, development education

Organizational structure

Management

ACAV projects

CROSS-BORDER PARTNERSHIP

An incisive development programme that facilitates the institutionalization and growth of the development and politics relations' generation to strengthen the population potentiality. Partnerships, best practices, dialogue between communities and authorities; development cooperation reinforces across the borders the process of pacification.

EDUCATION

The education is the driving force for development. ACAV promotes the education of the young generations investing in teachers’ preparation and facilitating access to vocational schools and to the world of work.

AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY

Agriculture promotion means food security. ACAV provides training to improve the technical skills of farmers and promotes the use of selected seeds. The increase in agricultural production supports income and development.

WATER AND SANITATION

Water is life, health, development. ACAV gives access to safe water, to prevent illnesses related to the use of contaminated water and to improve the daily lives of women and girls.

TO APPRISE

local human resources sharing project audit and accounting management and procedures, also in strategic roles.

TO SHARE

aims and methods with the local partners, carrying out programs in a cooperative way starting from their proposals.

TO MAKE GROW

the local community and the civil society, being careful to traditions and local culture, so as to be protagonist of their choices and of the construction of their future.

TO FAVOR

sustainable interventions in time and appropriated to the economic, human, managerial resources of the African communities.

ACAV for Education

vocational Institutes supported

900

young people involved

900

start-up kits for introduction to work

small local firms involved

ACAV for Water

aqueducts

1.000

drilled wells

950

rehabilitated wells

2.000.000

people had access to clean water

ACAV for Food

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demonstrative agricultural schools

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cultivated hectares to teach farmers

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11.200

kilograms of cassava delivered to farmers in 2015

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3.348

people who achieved food security in 2015

TERMS OF REFERENCE (TOR) FOR CONSULTANCY: Perception survey under the “Technical Assistance to Koboko Municipality to implement Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF): Inclusive Urban Development and Mobility in Koboko, Uganda”

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March, 2020

Bring ACAV where you are

Have you ever thought to do something in order to build a fairer world? We can do it together! With ACAV you change your values into actions, you become an active voice of the civil society, able to spread and wide ACAV values, its projects in Africa and to promote new projects, striking partnerships with local […]
29 March, 2015