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Sara lives in a tent without water or light. In winter, when temperatures drop below zero, she is cold but has no way of keeping…

Hana lives in a small village bordering the Upemba Park. She lives with her husband and five children in a mud-brick house a dozen kilometers…

COOPI Suisse expresses its sincere condolences for the death of the Italian Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Luca Attanasio, policeman Vittorio Iacovacci and…

“Sometimes things happen that make you believe in destiny. Last January, I left with Mace and Manuel Marini for Mozambique. We wanted to go back…

This documentary gives voice to those who usually do not have one: people who have been harmed by multinational companies’ activities abroad. The Initiative for…

From October 14th to 28th 2020, the Human Rights Film Festival of Lugano will bring cinema to the cities of the Canton Ticino. In addition…

A little over a month has passed since the terrible explosion that devastated the Lebanese capital, causing almost 200 victims and 6.000 injured. The news…

It was around 6 pm on 4 August when Beirut was devastated by an explosionof which the newspapers and the television reported tragic images. Matteo…

In Chad the use of soil and water becomes important to ensure peaceful coexistence between shepherds and farmers, and entire communities. We are constructing a…

How many people have we reached with our projects in Sudan, Niger, Chad and Iraq? What initiatives in Ticino did we participate in? And again: how…

Last April 15th was the 55th anniversary of the COOPI Foundation and, although we could not celebrate it as we would have liked to, the…

We are facing an unexpected emergency, which has caught us unprepared and which asks us to remain united, supportive and responsible. Our invitation once again…

Leonie Hipkins returned from Sudan a few days ago, where she spent a month monitoring the rehabilitation of an existing hafir (lake) as well as…

From this year on we can give further assurance to our supporters in terms of transparency and reliability. In fact, on December 12th, 2019, the…

Whether it’s Shell in Nigeria, Dow Chemical in Bhopal or fashion brands producing enterprises in low income countries, there are numerous cases of human rights…

Since the beginning of the project “Improving climate resilience and food security in the rural municipalities of Soucoucoutane e Dogonkiria “, the international COOPI network has organized  four…

After having contributed to the construction and rehabilitation of various water points in the driest areas of Ethiopia, in 2019, the AIL (“Industrial Companies of…

The beginning of the year started with the Canton of Ticino approving our project in Chad for the prevention of conflicts between farmers and shepherds,…

Niger, on the edge of the Sahara desert, is one of the least developed nations in the world, ranked as the second lowest on the…

The building stands at the end of a dirt road, away from N’Djamena’s car horns and traffic noise, the ‘Orphelinat Dieu Bénit, which COOPI Suisse…

  We are here today to talk about the referendum held on November 25th, 2018 to join the campaign “NO to the anti-human rights initiative” because…

This year COOPI Suisse participated at the Film Festival of Human Rights in Lugano by discussing the award-winning film “The Distant Barking of Dogs”, by…

On July 18th, 2018, in occasion of his trip to Niger, the President of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani, got to visit one of the transit houses for refugees…

This is the story of Keneth Mboli, a 16 year old south Sudanese refugee living in a camp in Obo, in the Central African Republic. He…

Together with the COOPI Foundation, COOPI Suisse decided to contribute to the already existing project “Education in Emergencies: school access for the most vulnerable children…

In a few days COOPI Suisse launches its annual awareness- and fundraising campaign. Soon you will see our people on the streets of Ticino looking…

On May 22nd, Lugano welcomed an important guest. During the evening, organized by the Swiss Italian-speaking Radio (RSI), the UNHCR High Commissioner Filippo Grandi had the…

When I saw this reportage, I was struck by the words spoken by a Nigerian mother, which could have been the same uttered by a mother…

“Everything changed. This green was not here before. Until recently, here was just sand”. Abbakr Abbami smiles proudly. With one hand he holds his ploughing tool,…

Unfortunately, COOPI has seen many wars.   From Somalia to the massacres in Rwanda, the endless war in Congo, the Balkans, the Middle East: COOPI…

The Central African Republic continues to be subjected to the weakness of its economic and social context, to accessibility problems and to its fragile situation….

Almost a year ago, the Aziende Industriali of Lugano (AIL) decided to contribute to financing our project in Ethiopia, you remember?   The good news today is…