Annual report Helpcode Italia - EN

ABOUT US
1.2 Our Principles
COURAGE
in seeking creative new solutions
to every challenge
MUTUAL HAPPINESS
of both recipients and donors
INNOVATION
in how we act
EFFICIENCY
AND PRACTICALITY
in making real a tomorrow
that yesterday did not exist
TRUTH AND TRANSPARENCY
in all choices, in management
of economic resources and
donations, and in communication
TRUST
in what the Association does,
in a different future
1.3 Our History
1988
Helpcode was established in Genoa in 1988 by a group of people who, after returning
from a trip to Mozambique, decided to take action to improve the living conditions of
children they had met during their travels.
It was in Mozambique that the organization took its first steps during the final years of the
country’s civil war, by helping women and children in particular, by trying to help children
return to school.
To actively support young beneficiaries and their families, the organization immediately began
to promote Child Sponsorship, which still play an essential role in supporting children,
their families and their communities.
Over the years, the number of our projects increased not only in Africa, but also in other
countries, such as Nepal, where we have worked since 2003, and Cambodia, where we have
been active since 2006. At the beginning of the new century, Helpcode started organizing
training and educational activities in Italian schools. These activities have been developed
over time, with increasing involvement of the local community and establishing stronger
roots in the local area of the Association.
Since 2016, Helpcode chose to innovate and started working in new areas of war and humanitarian
crisis (we have been working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since
2016, in Libya and in Tunisia since 2018, and in Yemen since 2020). An attentive internal
restructuring has allowed focusing on and developing the project sector and relationships
with institutional donors.
2022
In 2020, internal restructuring led to redefining Helpcode’s positioning, and subsequently
its vision and mission, which makes our values and goals even clearer and more explicit.
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