Activities

Casa dos Curumins (Brazil)

Founded in October 2005, Casa dos Curumins is an organisation that supports the dreams and hopes of over 400 children aged 0-18 who live in the favelas of Pedreira, a district on the southern outskirts of the Brazilian city of São Paulo. IBSA contributed to the creation of the project and continues to support and develop it, with the aim of providing a solid alternative to the hunger, violence and human degradation surrounding the children, supporting them until the end of a professional training and the start of a working life.  
The social inclusion of marginalised children and young people, through the promotion of human values, artistic, cultural and environmental education, as well as sport and professional training, contributes to the growth of whole human beings, who live in harmony with each other and the environment and are equipped with both academic and professional skills and abilities. 

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casadoscurumins.org

BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL WOMEN TICINO CLUB (Switzerland)

Since 2020 IBSA has chosen to support the Business Professional Women Ticino Club, an association that aims to defend the interests of professionally active women and which, through BPW Switzerland, is part of BPW International – one of the world’s largest women’s networks (30,000 members). IBSA has always been committed to equal treatment and career opportunities – as testified by the fact that 43% of its managers or department heads are women – and the partnership with the BPW Ticino Club fully expresses the sharing of these values. Founded in Lugano in 1983 with 70 members from various professional backgrounds, BPW Ticino is engaged in activities and events involving training, mentoring, networking and more. At Swiss level, BPW Switzerland – which counts 2,300 members active in professional, cultural, civic and social areas in all the country’s language regions – collaborates with European and international institutions such as the UN and the European Council. 

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bpw-ticino.ch

I CAMALEONTI (Switzerland)

IBSA has signed a partnership agreement with the Ticino Organisation I Camaleonti (“The Chameleons”) in favour of young sportsmen and women with disabilities, so that they can live unique experiences through the game of football, as well as extra activities. The project – born in Lugano in August 2019, during the international tournament Football Is More, within which the European Special Needs Cup championship was organised for the first time – prompted the organisation to assemble a team of adults with disabilities, able to compete with great teams, including Manchester, Milan, Liverpool and Paris Saint-Germain. The Camaleonti football team aims at inclusion and equal opportunities for boys and girls with disabilities over the age of 16, through the regular organisation of training sessions, friendlies and tournaments, both category (teams of people with disabilities) and inclusive (typical teams). For children up to 16, instead, coaching is offered within the existing football clubs, by supporting – but also educating and offering specific knowledge to teams and coaches, so that these young players can be effectively included. 

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www.camaleonti.ch

HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL LUGANO (Switzerland)

The Festival brings the theme of Human Rights to the forefront of debates and screenings, to promote awareness of the importance of these issues among a wide audience, to give a voice to authors who find cinema a means of expression and freedom, to denounce human rights violations without complacency and to give space to those who are already committed to respecting these rights, to support and give visibility to campaigns working in favour of human dignity. IBSA's support is synonymous with a commitment to creating value for the local community and future generations. IBSA was among the main sponsors of the eleventh edition (October 10-20, 2024), strengthening its commitment to promoting dialogue on issues of inclusion and social relevance. The festival offered a selection of over 30 films focused on inequalities and human rights violations.

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www.festivaldirittiumani.ch

ASPI (FOUNDATION OF ITALIAN SWITZERLAND FOR THE AID, SUPPORT AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN) (Switzerland)

ASPI is a non-profit foundation of Italian Switzerland whose mission is to prevent any form of violence, mistreatment and sexual abuse of minors.  
Inaugurated in 2018, IBSA’s partnership with ASPI has grown year after year by supporting the Foundation’s initiatives aimed at raising awareness and educating to respect children, while preventing all forms of maltreatment and sexual abuse.
ASPI’s school prevention programmes, training sessions, awareness-raising activities and child abuse expertise services convey emotional and relational skills:  

• Sono unica/o e preziosa/o! (“I am unique and precious!”): Interactive educational path for the prevention of sexual abuse, for children from second grade 
• Dillo forte (“Say it loud”): Consolidation programme for 4th/5th grade schools for the prevention of mistreatment and sexual abuse of children 
• e-www@i!: Programme for the prevention of risks and for the promotion of social skills while using Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) 
• #Join4respect: Prevention of bullying and cyberbullying 
• Love Limits: Programme for the prevention of abuse and sexual violence among adolescents, as well as the promotion of relationships based on respect and consent. It is aimed at secondary school pupils in the second cycle and, in general, boys and girls between the ages of 14 and 16.
• Genitori senza confini (“Parents without Borders”): Programme for the involvement of parents with a migrant background in the prevention of mistreatment and sexual abuse of children 

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www2.aspi.ch 

FONDAZIONE ONDA (Italy)

Fondazione Onda is the national observatory of women’s health and gender-specific care.
It has been founded in Milan in 2005 by professionals already active in promoting a gender-specific approach in medicine, with particular attention to women's health.
IBSA Italy supports Fondazione Onda and its various projects. For example, it has supported:

• the Open Week against violence against women (in the week of November 25), where hospitals with the Pink Stamp offered free services
• the “Gender Drawings” initiative, launched in July 2024 where artists and students were invited to create works that show scenes of gender discrimination, with the aim of stimulating reflection and debate for cultural change.
   

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https://fondazioneonda.it

FONDAZIONE FRANCESCA RAVA N.P.H. ONLUS (Italy)

Fondazione Rava is a non-profit organisation that helps children and adolescents in difficult conditions, as well as mothers and frail women, in Italy and in the rest of the world. It intervenes on the front line in a timely and tangible manner during emergencies affecting children and their families, and operates in sectors such as healthcare, education and assistance to orphaned or abandoned children, with immediate responses and medium-long term empowerment programmes. Since 2020, IBSA Italy supports Fondazione Rava in healthcare activities such as In farmacia per i bambini (“In the Pharmacy for Children”), an initiative dedicated to raising awareness of the rights of children and the collection of over-the-counter drugs, baby food and pediatric products for minors in health poverty. Thanks to the collaboration of volunteers and pharmacists, the collection takes place every year in pharmacies throughout Italy, in the week close to the World Children’s Day, which is celebrated on November 20. 

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https://nph-italia.org

Banco Farmaceutico (Italy)

The collaboration with Banco Farmaceutico was established in 2013 to strengthen solidarity and the idea of giving as an integral part of a sustainable and inclusive development. IBSA Italy confirmed its significant support for Banco Farmaceutico, particularly on the occasion of the Pharmaceutical Collection Day (GRF), contributing to the collection of over-the-counter medicines for people in conditions of health poverty. The partnership with Banco Farmaceutico has grown year after year, also extending to other activities, including the creation of the Report on Health Poverty, a useful tool for understanding and counter the phenomena related to the difficulty of accessing treatment in Italy. Since 2019, IBSA has been one of the main supporters of the Medicines Collection Day, an initiative that facilitates the collection of drugs for Italian families in difficult situations, enabling them to access the medical care they need.

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bancofarmaceutico.org

IL MAGNETE (Italy)

Since 2020, IBSA has been supporting the organisation Il Magnete (“The Magnet”) and its awareness projects against bullying and cyberbullying in first and second grade schools in the province of Lodi (Italy).  
The “nobullying” (#nobullismo) project involves secondary school classes of the Istituto Comprensivo Lodi II in digital education meetings where various topics are addressed: bullying in all its forms, a responsible and aware use of the web and new technologies and video games, in a perspective of preventing the cyberbullying phenomenon. The initiative aims to raise awareness and help young people become aware of how important it is to use technological tools with respect for their peers, also bringing concrete experiences, such as that of MEiD, a singer who in the past was a victim of bullying himself. 

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ilmagnete.com

INCLUSIVE SAILING

IBSA’s project Sailing into the Future. Together has focused on a sport – sailing–, turning it into a vehicle for raising awareness about themes such as inclusion and social integration. This is done in collaboration with organisations that promote sailing initiatives for people with disabilities. Launching inclusive sailing projects means championing cultural and social change and creating a journey of enrichment that benefits everyone involved. Sport becomes a tool for discovering aptitudes and talents, transcending physical and cognitive disabilities, as well as an opportunity to build self-confidence and to create opportunities for shared experiences, while teaching mutual respect. With these goals in mind, we established partnerships with several sailing organisations in Switzerland, Italy, France, Spain and the United States.

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https://www.ibsasailing.com/en/inclusive-sailing/