English
translation
of the annex to the Minutes of the National Meeting of the
Association "Associazione Italiana Amici di Raul Follereau -
A.I.FO." of March 18 2001, which were notarized by Claudio
Valpiana, Public Notary, Notary Index No. 22571 -File No. 6353:
Section
1 - NAME, NATURE,
HEAD-OFFICE.
1.
The Association called "Associazione Italiana Amici di Raul
Follereau - A.I.FO. - Organizzazione per la Cooperazione Sanitaria
Internazionale" was established pursuant to art. 13 and following
sections of the Italian Civil Code and is a body duly recognized by the
Presidential Decree No. 561/3.07.1979; it is a Non governmental Body
which has been recognized as suitable to manage cooperation programs in
developing countries by the Decrees No. 196/0039 dated 2.02.1978 and No.
1988/128/4178/OD dated 14.09.1988; it is a non-profit organization
devoted to social progress, pursuant to item 8 of art. 10 of the Decree
No. 460/97.
2.
Human and Christian values, as well as Raoul Follereau's life and love
message, are the background for the services that the Association
provides to people and society; it is active in the field of human and
social promotion, by providing: (i) material and moral support to people
affected by Hansen's disease, and (ii) social and health aids aiming at
contributing to the overcoming of the various causes of marginalization and
underdevelopment.
3.
The Head-office of the Association is in Bologna, Italy, Via Borselli n.
4-6; the Association, however, is active in Italy and in other
countries, especially in developing countries.
Section
2 - OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITY
1.
This is a non-profit Association. Its objective is the promotion of
cooperation policies which are aimed at peoples' self development as
well as at the realization of specific social and health programs to
counter-act underdevelopment, poverty, malnutrition, and
marginalization: phenomena which cause the persistence and diffusion of
severe diseases, first of all Hansen's disease.
2.
In order to pursue this objective, the Association:
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promotes, supports and coordinates activities aimed at fighting
Hansen's disease through prevention, care and rehabilitation;
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promotes, supports and coordinates social and health programs
focused on disabled people and children, especially through basic
health interventions, rehabilitation programs for the disabled, and
financial support to communities of children which are forced to live in
extreme hardship and under-development;
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contributes to the establishment of a culture of peace, justice,
solidarity, and environmental respect; a culture which is aimed at
overcoming the structural causes of misery, oppression, and every type
of marginalization;
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organizes educational events on development and
inter-culture and,
in this framework, professional training and up-dating programs, which
are mainly aimed at students, teachers and school managers in Italy,
while also providing the relevant educational material;
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pursues the most effective relationship with Italian, foreign,
and international public agencies which are in charge of promoting the
policies of solidarity, cooperation and development, especially in the
health sector; it also cooperates with other bodies and associations
which are active in the same field and whose objectives match its owns.
3.
In order to pursue its statutory aims, the Association acts by paying
special attention to the following guidelines: educational activity
aimed at supporters, members, and executives; activity aimed at the
promotion of membership and representation in both the social and church
environment; event planning, performance, and control; development of
financial resources and administrative management for the performance of
its statutory aims.
