CESVI – Cooperazione e Sviluppo is an independent humanitarian organization created in 1985 to fight poverty by promoting sustainable development projects that leverage local resources and actively engage the beneficiaries. The NGO also intervenes in all sorts of emergencies, across all continents, to rebuild civilian life after wars and natural catastrophes. Cooperation with Fondazione Zegna began during the humanitarian emergency caused by the tsunami that struck Indian Ocean coastlines on 26th December 2004. Fondazione Zegna supported with CESVI projects of social and economic rehabilitation. Cooperation continued on 2012 on the occasion of the earthquake that struck the Emilia (Italy) with projects towards a recovery of normal industrial activity and social life in the stricken communities.
