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Associazione Luciano Lama

Associazione Luciano Lama O.D.V.

Enna, Italy

International developmentHumanitarian aid & Disaster reliefPoverty & HungerRefugees & Migration
NGOFounded 1998International reach
Profile last updated: October 29, 2026

About

Founded in 1998, Associazione Luciano Lama is a non-governmental organisation based in Enna, Italy working on international development, humanitarian aid & disaster relief, poverty & hunger +4 more.

Associazione Luciano Lama O.D.V. is a non-profit volunteer organisation based in Enna, Sicily, founded in 1998 from a grassroots mobilisation that began in 1992 in response to the conflict in the Balkans. It has been recognised as an NGO by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 2005 and has been registered in the Registro Unico del Terzo Settore as a volunteer organisation since 2022. The organisation works in international development, humanitarian aid and social solidarity in Italy and abroad, particularly in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in the Saharawi refugee camps in Algeria. Its activities include emergency aid convoys, temporary hosting of Bosnian children, development projects such as community centres and food production facilities, food aid distribution in Enna under the EU-funded FEAD programme, migrant inclusion projects, and child sponsorship in Madagascar with a partner organisation. It also runs awareness and education activities on peace, solidarity and global education.

Location

Enna, Italy

Founded

1998

Organisation type

NGO

Legal form

O.D.V.

Legal name

Associazione Luciano Lama O.D.V.

Registration

91017290866

Focus areas

volunteeringsolidarityinternational cooperationfood aidmigrantsBosniaSaharawichild sponsorship

Languages

IT

Causes & programmes

Causes

International developmentHumanitarian aid & Disaster reliefPoverty & HungerRefugees & MigrationChildren & YouthGender equalityPeace & Conflict

Works for

ChildrenYouthFamiliesWomen & GirlsRefugees & MigrantsPeople in povertyCommunities

How they work

Direct servicesEmergency responseCommunity programmesAwareness & educationVolunteer programmes

Programmes

Accoglienze temporanee per bambini bosniaci

Children & Youth · Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy

Temporary hosting of Bosnian children with Italian host families for recreational and cultural exchange, supporting children affected by war.

Adozione a distanza Madagascar

Children & Youth · Madagascar

Child sponsorship in partnership with Omeo Bon Bon, supporting food, education and medical care.

Distribuzione aiuti alimentari (FEAD)

Poverty & Hunger · Italy

Distribution of food aid to people in need in Enna, co-financed by the European Fund for Most Deprived under the Programma di Aiuti Europei agli Indigenti.

ENNActive

Refugees & Migration · Italy

Dialogue and action project supporting the inclusion of migrants in Enna, Sicily.

Un orto nel deserto

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Poverty & Hunger · Algeria

Project to build a vegetable garden in the Saharawi refugee camps, implemented with local partners.

Žena 2.0 BiH

Gender equality · Bosnia and Herzegovina

Project promoting women in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

SEMI

Refugees & Migration · Italy

Programme supporting the empowerment and inclusion of migrants through an integrated training path.

Countries of operation

ItalyBosnia and HerzegovinaAlgeriaMadagascar

Funding & support

Funded by

GrantsEU fundingIndividual donations

Ways to support

DonateMonthly givingSponsorshipVolunteer

Credentials & affiliations

Partnerships

Otto per Mille Chiesa Valdese, Omeo Bon Bon, Movimento Difesa del Cittadino di Enna, Associazione Humanitarno Udruzenje Zena Duga, La Fabbrica di Mivà, Euroconsult, Media Luna Roja Saharawi, Associazione Culturale Innova Civitas, Sale della Terra Consorzio Onlus, Cooperativa Sociale Hayet

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