COOPI is an Italian humanitarian NGO founded in Milan on April 15, 1965. Today they are present in 33 countries in Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean, with 252 humanitarian projects reaching 6,779,975 people. Since 2006 they have been providing food, education, health and protection to thousands of children in 8 countries through their child sponsorship programs. Since 1965 they have helped 120 million people, through 2,771 projects in 73 countries, employing 5,200 expatriate and more then 67,000 local operators.

VISION

COOPI dreams of a world without poverty, able to mirror the ideals of equality and justice, sustainable development and social cohesion thanks to the coming together and cooperation between all people.

MISSION

Through the commitment, motivation, determination and professionalism of its staff, COOPI aims to contribute to the process of fighting poverty and developing the communities with which it cooperates all over the world, intervening in situations of emergency, reconstruction and development, in order to achieve a better balance between the Global North and the Global South, between developed areas and deprived or developing areas.

WHAT THEY DO

Humanitarian emergencies

Thanks to the experience and the ability to find innovative solutions, COOPI responds efficiently to the urgent needs of the population. In particular, in the Middle East - torn apart by the Syrian crisis - and in the Lake Chad Region - hit by Boko Haram violence - we carry out a model of intervention that is no longer only local, but multi-country instead. This allows us to meet the needs of displaced and refugee communities in a more coordinated and timely manner.

Development programs

COOPI carries out programs aimed at supporting local development through decentralized offices in Africa, Latin America and Middle East. In order to do so, it makes use of the professionalism of local and expatriate operators, of the partnership with public and private subjects, of the strong collaboration with local civil society.

MAIN SECTORS OF INTERVENTION

• Water and Sanitation
• Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction
• Education in Emergency
• Nutrition Security
• Protection
• Food Security

COOPI is also active in the following sectors: 

• Global Citizenship Education
• Energy
• Health
• Migrations
• Training
• Business Development
• Governance