ICWA

Founded in 2012, ICWA is a non-profit association based in Formia, Italy working on arts & culture, education, children & youth.

ICWA (Associazione Culturale ICWA) is an Italian association founded in 2012 that brings together professional children's and young adult writers, alongside supporting members such as aspiring writers and readers. It is non-profit and apolitical. Its public-facing work includes the Scampia Storytelling Festival, which takes authors into schools in disadvantaged urban areas, courses and training on children's publishing, and collective anthologies on social issues. It also runs occasional humanitarian projects, such as supporting a library in an orphanage in Eritrea, a refugee camp library in Niger, and scholarships for female students in Afghanistan. The association is based in Formia, Italy.