Fondazione Alta Mane Italia (AMI) was established by Fondation Alta Mane Ginevra (AMG) in 2010 and started operating in Italy the following June, after obtaining legal recognition from the Rome Prefecture in April 2011 and being listed in the Registry of Legal Entities.
The Foundation’s main objective is to support “projects aimed at improving the conditions or health of people, individuals or groups of individuals, as well as youth, living in situations of serious crisis, extreme social difficulty or psycho-social suffering, supporting their development and social, physical, recreational, emotional and psychological wellbeing, particularly through experiences and initiatives linked to Art and its applications in the social and medical sphere” (article 2.1 of the Statutes).
Since 2011 AMI has progressively extended its sphere of action on behalf of the most vulnerable children and young people, forging a fruitful dialogue with its partners operating in different contexts (hospitals, youth centres, juvenile prisons, rehabilitation centres or therapeutic communities, disadvantaged rural areas, deprived metropolitan or outlying urban areas). The Foundation’s partners are mostly associations, social cooperatives or NGOs working to support the most marginalized young people, or those who are suffering from serious illness, through artistic initiatives and workshops.
