Fondazione Opus Solidarietatis Pax

Founded in 2004, Fondazione Opus Solidarietatis Pax is a charity based in Avellino, Italy working on poverty & hunger, housing & homelessness, children & youth +5 more.

Fondazione Opus Solidarietatis Pax Onlus is a non-profit social solidarity foundation founded in 2004 and based in Avellino, Campania, Italy. It is linked to the Diocese of Avellino and its Caritas. It works to assist people in need, including homeless people, people with low incomes, migrants, separated or divorced people, single mothers, people in detention, people with disabilities and minors in social hardship. Its main activity is running the Mensa dormitorio Monsignor Antonio Forte, a canteen and shelter open every day of the year. It also operates listening centres (Centro di Ascolto Zaccheo and Centro di Ascolto Immigrati Babele), distributes food parcels weekly, runs educational support for vulnerable children under the ITIA-VITE project, and takes part in the national Progetto Safe network on social and health poverty. The foundation is registered as an ONLUS and its donors can claim tax benefits; it is also a beneficiary of the 5 per mille scheme.