Un Raggio di Luce is a non-profit laic and indipendent organization operating in Italy and in developing countries. Founded in early 2004 by the businessman Paolo Carrara and his family, it operates in several countries of the world and collaborates with many partners who share the vision, the values and the sponsor project.
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Man often becomes what he believes to be. If I keep telling myself that I will never do such a thing, you may end up being really incapable. On the contrary, if I have the conviction to do it, will buy certainly the ability to do it, even if not possessed at the beginning.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Bodies of the Foundation
Steering Committee
Paolo Carrara
Ludovica Carrara
Maria Serena Carrara
Maria Bassi
Antonella Carrara
Angiolo Focarelli
Roberto Carrara
Executive Board
Paolo Carrara President
Maria Bassi Vice President
Ludovica Carrara Advisor
Maria Serena Carrara Advisor
Francesca Feri Advisor
Giovanni Battista Bassi Advisor
Luca Giuseppe Livi Advisor
Franca Nesti Advisor
Filippo Buccarelli Advisor
General Secretary
Cristiano Vannucchi
Board of Auditors
Roberto Becciani President
Deo Galigani Actual Member
Manlio Mucci Actual Member
Daniele Capecchi Alternate Member
Silvia De Santi Alternate Member
Arbitration Committee
Filippo Troisi President
Andrea Amadori Actual Member
Filippo Manca Actual Member
Marco Carrara Alternate Member
Alberto Vescovi Alternate Member
Mission
Un Raggio di Luce strives to improve the quality of life of underprivileged communities, with direct actions and targeted aid tailored to the real needs of individual people, families and communities.
The values which inspire us are:
- Responsibility, because we feel involved in what happens to others
- Solidarity, because it is important to get involved and to help out in concrete ways by putting ourselves in other's people shoes;
- Trust, because we truly believe in individual potential and want to bring out the innate abilities of all human beings.
Un Raggio di Luce avoids the use of images and messages that can create a stereotype, discriminate people, situations or places and / or create sensationalism and uses images, messages, and case studies with the full understanding, participation and authorization of the subjects involved (or parents of the subjects)
Love is the light of the spirit When we need the light? Not during the day, but when the night reigns. So we need a lamp, a flame, the moon. Do your best to bring light and love in the lives of those you meet.
Sathya Sai Baba
Partner
Un Raggio di Luce Onlus cooperates with various partners who work for the defense of human rights and for the support of global human development . Our partners share the reasons that inspired us, our vision, our values and the projects we guarantee. These people, associations, societies, and entities consider the ethical dimension of their activities a necessary condition for the global development of man.
Operational
Gruppo Cinofilo Febo Misericordia di Pistoia
Centro di Doc.ne e di Progetto "Don Milani"
Institutional
Developing countries
REPUBBLICA CENTRAFRICANA
Suore della Carità St. Jeanne Antide Thouret
Soeur Sainte Famille Comunité di Sibut
SODECA Water Company Distribution Central African
Petites sœur du cœur de Jésus
Ong Kisito
Comitato Sviluppo Locale di Pissa
Comitato Sviluppo Locale di Mbata
Comitato Sviluppo Locale di Mbaiki
NEPAL
Surya Social Service Society - 4S - Jumla District
Himalayan Multipurpose Cooperative Limited, Jumla
Cooperativa nepalese per la produzione di sciarpe MAHEELA
Bheri Environment Excellence Group - BEE Group
BURKINA FASO
UNICEF - Burkina Faso
UCEC/SAHEL Unione Casse di Risparmio
R.C.P.B. (Reseau Caisess Popoulaires Burkinabè)
MBDHP-Mouvement Burkinabù Des Droits de l‘Homme e des Peuples
Mairie de Yalgo
Mairie de Koumbri
GRIL - Gruppo di ricerca su iniziative locali
Centre de Récupération Nutritionnel PERSIS
Centre de Récupération Nutritionnel Morija Schipphra
Caisse Populaire de Dori
Association IRIS - AFRIK
AMOS Associazione Shalom burkinabè
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
Mark Twain
Annual Report
2017
2017 was a year of consolidation for the Foundation. In fact, € 298.960 were disbursed for 33 projects in favor of children, women and men in Italy and in the world.
2015
Questo rapporto racconta il nostro 2015, un anno di progetti, attività, sorrisi, emozioni ma anche di sofferenze, ingiustizie, violenze e morti. Un anno in cui nei principali Paesi esteri in cui operiamo si sono verificati eventi naturali o politico-militari in alcuni casi molto gravi, in altri addirittura drammatici.
2014
Il rapporto tiene conto delle attività realizzate nel 2014 nei Paesi in cui la Fondazione Un Raggio di Luce è impegnata. Il documento racconta i progetti realizzati e i risultati raggiunti nell‘anno in cui la Fondazione ha celebrato i suoi primi dieci anni di attività, soffermandosi inoltre sui dati economici e le azioni di comunicazione.
2013
Il rapporto 2013 racconta un anno difficile per i contesti dei Paesi in cui la Fondazione opera ma che ha visto Un Raggio di Luce agire con determinazione nel portare avanti i progetti intrapresi, sempre a favore dei soggetti e delle comunità più svantaggiati. Il rapporto si rinnova nella veste grafica, nell’impostazione, nei contenuti e nel linguaggio.
Documents
Love is the light of the spirit When we need the light? Not during the day, but when the night reigns. So we need a lamp, a flame, the moon. Do your best to bring light and love in the lives of those you meet.
Sathya Sai Baba
Fondazione Onlus
Via Franchetti, 11
51100 Pistoia Italia
Tel +39 0573 31291
Fax +39 0573 907082
fondazione@unraggiodiluce.org
