Gondwana

Gondwana

Gondwana Associazione di cooperazione e diplomazia popolare

Moena, Italy

International developmentChildren & YouthDisabilityCommunity development
AssociationFounded 2008International reach
Profile last updated: July 11, 2026

About

Founded in 2008, Gondwana is a non-profit association based in Moena, Italy working on international development, children & youth, disability +2 more.

Gondwana is an Italian association of cooperation and popular diplomacy. It was founded in 2008 out of the Associazione Noi Ragazzi del Mondo in Rome, and it aims to build exchange and solidarity between young people of the North and South of the world. Its work includes international cooperation projects, the national civil service abroad (Servizio Civile Universale), the Corpi Civili di Pace programme, volunteer camps and intercultural exchanges. Its projects focus on children and young people, people with disabilities, Indigenous and rural communities, and women, mainly in Ecuador, Bolivia, Colombia, Argentina and Tanzania. The organisation has a headquarters in Moena and an operational office in Rome. It works in partnership with local NGOs, dioceses and funders, including the autonomous provinces of Trento and Bolzano.

Location

Moena, Italy

Founded

2008

Organisation type

Association

Legal name

Gondwana Associazione di cooperazione e diplomazia popolare

Focus areas

popular diplomacyinternational cooperationcivil service abroaddecentralised cooperationvolunteering

Languages

IT

Causes & programmes

Causes

International developmentChildren & YouthDisabilityCommunity developmentPeace & Conflict

Works for

ChildrenYouthWomen & GirlsPeople with disabilitiesIndigenous peoplesPeople in povertyRefugees & Migrants

How they work

Volunteer programmesCapacity buildingAwareness & educationCommunity programmes

Programmes

Con I piedi nella Terra!

Children & Youth · Ecuador

Three-year project supporting agricultural and livestock activities that sustain assistance and education for vulnerable children and adolescents.

Tierra Trabajo y Pan

Poverty & Hunger · Ecuador

Three-year rural development project reducing poverty in Bolívar, Cotopaxi and Imbabura through integrated sustainable agricultural production.

INUKA: Alza la Testa

Disability · Tanzania

Cooperation project to build a community-based rehabilitation centre for children with disabilities in Wangingombe.

Pamoja Insieme

Community development · Tanzania

Project developing a sunflower oil production, processing and sales microsystem with local smallholder farmers to support socio-rehabilitative activities and social-work inclusion.

Simama In Piedi!

Disability · Tanzania

Project strengthening the INUKA model in Njombe and setting up socio-rehabilitation centres in Mbeya.

Kuwa Jamii

Disability · Tanzania

Project developing a system to prevent major childhood disabilities and enable early referral to treatment in the Njombe region.

Wamama

Gender equality · Tanzania

Project establishing a microcredit fund for the socio-economic inclusion of mothers of children with disabilities living in poverty.

Sapienza antica e tecnologia moderna

Disability · Brazil

Project promoting social inclusion of children with disabilities in the Jardim Primavera neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro.

Countries of operation

ArgentinaBoliviaColombiaEcuadorTanzania

Funding & support

Funded by

Government fundingGrants

Ways to support

VolunteerDonate

Credentials & affiliations

Industry memberships

Rete di Brasiliane e Brasiliani in Europa

Partnerships

FEPP, Fondazione Cristo de la Calle, FUCAVID, Diocesi di Njombe, Centro Inuka, CESC Project, Comunità Solidali nel Mondo Onlus, Coldiretti, Vicariato Apostolico di Orellana, Fundación Paulo Freire, Mujeres en Acción Bolivia

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