AMU in figures

Principal ongoing projects

D R Congo: social and health project, prevention and treatment of AIDS (Kinshasa)
Cameroon: health, educational and cultural services, in Lebialem Division
Brazil:  formation and micro enterprise development at Benevides (Parà)
Argentina: rehabilitation centre for disabled children (Rosario)
Uruguay: social animation and professional formation (Montevideo)
Palestine: peace education and economic support for families (Bethlehem)
Lebanon: social and economic reconstruction in the south after the 2006 war
Vietnam: family assistance to prevent the abandonment of children (Kontum and Binh Duong)
South East Asia: Emergency and reconstruction aid after the tsunami of 2004
Sudan: Schooling for child victims of the civil war

Current microprojects

Professional and school education (Algeria, Brazil, Burundi, Kenya, Pakistan)
Infrastructure and hygiene (Ivory Coast, Pakistan, Tanzania)
Child and family support (Brazil, Bolivia, India, Vietnam)
Economic and social development (Argentina, Cameroon, Colombia, Kenya, Madagascar, Paraguay)

Development Education projects

“ABC … of solidarity for peace education and the development of the new united Europe”;
“Water for all! International year of fresh water”, Water campaign 2003;
“Water: a common good, everyone’s right”

Principal formation courses for school teachers and staff

The “other” in the teaching relationship (Benevento, March 2003)
Intercultural integration (first, second and third course in Treviso, November 2004,2005, 2006)
Education to values for responsible citizenship (Rome, February 2004)
From fragmentation to unity. The point of view of the educator, the point of view of education (Rome, April 2004)
Teaching and Intercultural methodology (Treviso, November 2004)
Global village or global supermarket? Topics for reflection in economics and globalisation (Grottaferrata, November 2004)
Education in knowledge and values, for an active and responsible citizenship (Piacenza, December 2004)
Water a common good for all: education to active citizenship (Cagliari, January 2005)
Encounter, the icon of pro-sociality (Caserta, January 2005)
Relationships in the practice of the Law: is there space for fraternity? (Rome, November 2005)
Active citizenship: communication and civil life (Caserta, March 2006)
… the city as a school: international convention on pedagogy (Rome, April 2006)
Education to active and responsible citizenship (Perugia, March 2006)

Information sources

Magazine: AMU notizie (news) Every three months
Video: “Magnificat, a land of hope”, “Side by side”
DVD:  AMU rehabilitation projects in South East Asia