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Ecuador: Quito and Esmeraldas;United States of America: Miami;Romania: IasiSan Salvador (on behalf of Zero-Cinque)In 1996, with a number of lay people, she founded the Association ZERO-CINQUE,registered on 12 th December 1996 - No. 31714 Deeds Office , whose aim is to setup centres of child and family development in the Usulutan area of El Salvadorwhere groups of former Honduran refugee camp inhabitants have settled, for themost part women and children.The association, with the aid of an Italian operator in situ, organised andcarried out the construction of a nursery school in the Nuevo Gualcho region ofEl Salvador; at the same time it developed a basic permanent training programmefor educators, in collaboration with teachers from the UCA (Universityof Central America). The educators, all of whom female, come from the refugeegroup. The association connected the village to a mains drinking water supplychannelling the water from the river to the village, stimulating the creation ofa microeconomy (bakery, pizzeria) run by women.In 2001 she helped found the Mamre no-profit association founded by FrancescaVallarino GanciaIn 2007 she helped set up the Associazione Volontariato Cottolenghino Onlus(Cottolengo Voluntary Association NPO) (February 2007), registered on thenational NPO register in March 2007. She is a founder member and member of theboard of directors responsible for training.2008 appointed to the Governing Council of the Fondazione San Paolo di Torino2010 appointed vice-president of the Management Board of the Compagnia di SanPaoloSpecial projectsShe staged the 1986 photography exhibition La Piccola Casa della DivinaProvvidenza (The Little House of Divine Providence) : images and documents ofunpublished historic photographs of the Piccola Casa della Divina Provvidenzaand its guests and edited the catalogueIn 1992, at the Galleria Hovara Arte, she staged the photography exhibitionCompagni di Viaggio Silenziosi (Silent Travelling Companions), by thephotographer Andrea Vallerani and edited the two editions of the catalogue2003 saw the publication of her “Le suore vincenzine del Cottolengo in Africa”1903- 1925 a study of unpublished events concerning the Sisters of San Giuseppe