CEFA, the seed of solidarity, is a Non-Government Organization which has been working for 40 years to fight hunger and poverty.

Our dream is to enhance everyone in the world as a development leader, both from an economic point of view and as a person, with the aim of developing him as a hero of democracy and peace.

 

Cefa was founded by Giovanni Bersani working together with a group of cooperative farmers from Bologna. We are recognized by the Foreign Affair Ministry, EU and ONU.

 

CEFA is engaged in sustainable development programs of rural areas, through measures targeting agricultural, livestock breeding, energy and environmental protection, defense and water recovery. These programs are associated with specific activities of social animation, training, health and hygiene education.

CEFA gives priority to achieving food self-sufficiency and to basic needs of the population. Each project tries to join together directly productive interventions with actions aimed at cultural and social growth, assigning particular importance to organizational skills with a democratic sense of the communities involved.

In the last ten years, CEFA has acquired significant experience in social projects such as assistance to children, to families in need, to young people and women in situations of economic insecurity, and is facing the issue of future sustainability of the interventions, particularly through the training of local associations and staff involved in the management of services.