Our Mission

The Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, founded by Pasquale Pistorio in April 2005, with the mission of improving the living conditions of children in developing countries with a focus on education, by providing long-terms scholarships for underprivileged children from Primary to Professional School, and by building and improving school infrastructure.

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Our Dream

Our dream is that children’s rights as stated in the “UN Convention on the Rights of the Child” (https://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/crc.htm) be fully implemented, enforced, and respected in every country of the world.

We dream that every child be entitled to an education and to health care assistance;
that no child be ever subjected to exploitation, poverty, hunger, deprivation, or suffering from poverty or cruelty;
that every child’s right to innocence be respected;
that every child be entitled to protection and to development of his or her highest potential.

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Fiscal Number: 94036370131

Why choose us? Because every single Euro is devolved directly to projects on location benefitting children in need.
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From the Founder

"In the present world scenario, children deserve the maximum attention: on one side to protect them as they are the most vulnerable human beings; on the other to educate them because they will be the future citizens of the planet and ultimately, the continuous cultural evolution of humanity to build a better world depends on them" Pasquale Pistorio President and Founder

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Latest News

Pistorio Foundation is pleased to inform its supporters that our President has been awarded with the International Prize Empedocle for Human Sciences, in memory of Paolo Borsellino, for the section “Humanity and Solidarity” with the following motivation:

“Mr. Pistorio is rewarded because, besides being a paladin of the European ICT industry, a not only theoretical and conceptual activity that produces important and concrete industrial results …

Latest Newsletter

Dear Friends,
despite the ongoing vaccination campaigns in many countries, with more cases once again on the rise in various parts of the world, it seems clear that the end of the pandemic is not yet near. For the schools supported by the Foundation, this means continuing to adapt to the restrictions imposed by COVID-19 emergency measures, while causing the least possible disruption in the course curriculum for our beneficiary students.

Annual Activities Report

Dear Friends,
In 2020 we continued to support our traditional programs, however putting more emphasis on the projects in Italy and Africa.  We believe that the COVID pandemic will be eliminated by the end of 2021 in developed countries thanks to massive vaccinations, although it will continue throughout 2022 in the poorest countries, particularly in Africa.

Current Projects

The Pistorio Foundation aims to improve the living conditions of underprivileged children in developing countries by supporting their long-term education up to Professional School and by building and improving school infrastructure. We also ensure that every child we support has access to adequate nutrition and primary health care.

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Fiscal Number: 94036370131

Contact us

Via Bice Cremagnani 15/7
20871 Vimercate (MB)

contact@pistoriofoundation.org