FONDAZIONE FONTANA ONLUS

Locations

Nyandarua, Baringo, Laikipia

The Fontana Foundation Onlus was founded in 1998 with the purpose of pursuing goals of social solidarity and implementing peace projects, international cooperation activities and intercultural education. It promotes a culture of solidarity at both national and international level, adopting a bottom-up approach. The Fontana Foundation Onlus encourages networking and collaboration among various local actors during all stages of its projects (formulation, implementation and evaluation), with the aim of enhancing resources and competences from the areas of operation. Fontana Foundation Onlus operates in three main areas:

Focus Areas

1) international development cooperation through the support of local partners in Kenya (St. Martin CSA, L’Arche Kenya). All the international cooperation projects are inspired by a communitarian and participatory development approach. Reciprocity, participation, network: three watchwords of a collaborative approach which involves the local community since the beginning of the project.

2) education and training on global issues and development through the World Social Agenda project, a multi-year cultural project which promotes education, awareness and information on topics related to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Through the World Social Agenda, Fontana Foundation Onlus provides annually an advanced and participatory educational opportunity for more than 3000 students and 150 teachers, focusing each year on one of the SDGs.

3) information through the web portal called Unimondo: a group of young and committed journalists, based across Italy and abroad, the portal aims to support and provide qualified and pluralist information regarding human rights, peace, democracy and environmental issues on a daily basis.