Do good in Rome
8 active pro bono opportunities with local organisations in Rome, Italy — donate, volunteer or share your skills.
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Fund after-school 'Punti Luce' in Italy's suburbs
Save the Children Italia
Save the Children Italia operates 26 'Punti Luce' centres in deprived Italian neighbourhoods, helping 30,000+ children with homework, sport and arts.
Fund free hospital care in war zones
Emergency Onlus
Emergency (HQ Milan, programmes in Rome) has treated 13 million people in war and poverty zones since 1994 — Afghanistan, Sudan, Yemen, plus migrant clinics in Italy.
Eat dinner with elderly Romans — volunteer
Comunità di Sant'Egidio
Founded in Rome's Trastevere in 1968, Sant'Egidio runs Friday dinners with elderly and homeless guests, plus the 'Humanitarian Corridors' refugee evacuation programme.
Sponsor a child or community in 25+ countries
ActionAid Italia
ActionAid Italia (HQ Milan/Rome) backs 1.4 million people fighting poverty in 25 countries through long-term community programmes.
Welcome refugees in Rome
Centro Astalli (JRS Italy)
Centro Astalli is the Italian arm of the Jesuit Refugee Service. The Rome day-centre near Termini serves 21,000 refugees a year — Italian classes, legal aid, soup kitchen.
Volunteer with the Italian Red Cross in Rome
Croce Rossa Italiana — Comitato Roma
CRI Roma trains 10,000+ active volunteers in first aid, emergency driving, social services and migration. Open courses each quarter.
Volunteer for environmental clean-ups across Italy
Legambiente
Legambiente (HQ Rome) is Italy's biggest environmental NGO, running the annual 'Spiagge e Fondali Puliti' beach clean-ups and the 'Treno Verde' pollution monitoring train.
Donate to Caritas Italy
Caritas Italiana
Caritas Italiana coordinates 218 diocesan Caritas offices across Italy, running soup kitchens, refugee houses and emergency response after every Italian earthquake.
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