Partner

Who we work with

Public bodies, foundations, NGOs and local associations that have worked with us from 1999 to today: those who funded the projects, those who carried them out with us in the field, and those who shared our activities in Italy.

Today

Partners in our current projects

Those who fund and carry out our current projects with us, and those who have been with us the longest.

Active Funder 2014 – today

Otto per mille della Chiesa Valdese

The main supporter of our projects over the last ten years: it has co-funded seven projects in DR Congo, Kenya, Burkina Faso and Cambodia, including the two under way in Kindu and Fada N'Gourma.

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Active Networks and associations 2002 – today

Casa dei Popoli di Settimo Torinese

AVEC-PVS is a member of the association. Together we organise evenings and meetings on cooperation in Settimo Torinese, and it is a partner of our development education and bee protection programme in Italy.

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Active Field partner 2014 – today

CARS — Cadre d’appui pour la recherche des solutions (RD Congo)

Local partner in Maniema, DR Congo: it runs in the field the current project in Kindu that helps the most vulnerable families send their children to school. It had already worked with us on income-generating activities for schools in 2014-2015.

Active Field partner 2025 – today

VIVAVI — Association Vivre au Village (Burkina Faso)

Local partner of the current project in Fada N'Gourma, Burkina Faso, improving the living conditions of women displaced by conflict.

Active Field partner 2020 – today

UCRDI — Union des Communautés Rurales pour le Développement Intégré (RD Congo)

Local partner in South Maniema, DR Congo: with UCRDI we carried out the local socio-economic development project in Kasongo from 2020 to 2024, and our collaboration continues.

Active Field partner 2024 – today

KCA — Kenya Camel Association (Kenya)

Local partner in Kenya: since 2024 we have been working with the Kenyan camel herders' association alongside the Samburu pastoralist community of Opiroi, in the country's drylands.

Since 1999

They have worked with us

Public body 2004 – 2011

Regione Piemonte

It co-funded six projects in Ecuador, Ethiopia and Burkina Faso: dairy supply chain, rural cheese dairies, aquaculture, reforestation and livestock production.

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Public body 2002 – 2016

Regione Autonoma Valle d’Aosta

It co-funded eight projects in Ethiopia, Madagascar, DR Congo, Ecuador, Tibet and Tanzania, from animal health to school gardens.

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Public body 2007 – 2011

Città di Settimo Torinese

It submitted four projects in Ecuador with us, co-funded by the Piedmont Region: rural cheese dairies, artisanal cheeses, fish ponds and the dairy supply chain.

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Funder 2013 – 2016

PMI Educational Foundation

It funded the Kubunina Programme, a sustainable model for schools in Tanganyika and Maniema, DR Congo.

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Field partner 2012

PMI Northern Italy Chapter

With the Italian chapter of the Project Management Institute we organised the evenings "Congo: the land of forgotten wars" in Cavaglià and Chivasso.

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Field partner 2004 – 2010

Fondazione Slow Food per la Biodiversità

Partner of the projects on yak milk cheese in Tibet and on the dairy supply chain and rural cheese dairies in Ecuador.

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Field partner

CCM — Comitato Collaborazione Medica

A long-standing travelling companion, no longer active because the organisation has closed: it was a partner of the projects with nomadic pastoralists in Ethiopia's Somali Region (2001-2007), of projects in Ethiopia and Ecuador and of the development education programme in Italy.

Networks and associations

Consorzio delle ONG Piemontesi

AVEC-PVS was an observer member.

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Field partner 2009 – 2013

MoXa — Modena per gli altri

Partner of four projects in Ethiopia: rural development, beekeeping, soil erosion control and reforestation.

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Field partner 2004 – 2011

Funder — Grupo Social FEPP (Ecuador)

Local partner in Ecuador for five projects: alpaca cooperatives, rural cheese dairies, artisanal cheeses, fish ponds and the dairy supply chain.

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Field partner

Greener Ethiopia

Networks and associations

L’APE — Associazione Promozione Etica

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Field partner 2013 – 2016

Persone Come Noi

Partner of three projects: the Kubunina Programme and income-generating activities for schools in DR Congo, and activities for women and young people in Kenya.

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Networks and associations

Ordine dei Medici Veterinari di Biella e Vercelli

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