Crescere al sicuro. Growing Up Safe Supporting the state-run orphanages of Kapisa In Afghanistan, orphanages play a crucial role in feeding, educating, protecting, and caring for children from families living in extreme poverty. For many of these children, orphanages are often the only chance to survive, attend school, and be shielded from child exploitation and [...]

One stone at a time Rebuilding, after the earthquake In the eastern provinces, the earthquake of August 2025 destroyed or severely damaged more than 6,700 homes, schools, and healthcare facilities, worsening the already high-risk conditions faced by the local population, particularly women, children, and people with disabilities. Through the project One stone at a time, [...]

Beyond the Rubble Emergency food response following the earthquake In Afghanistan, more than 14.2 million people are living in conditions of acute food insecurity, 2.9 million of whom are facing emergency-level conditions (2025 – IPC - Afghanistan - Acute Food Insecurity). The earthquake that struck the eastern provinces in late August 2025 severely disrupted access [...]

Women Restarting From emergency to enterprise For over forty years, Afghanistan has endured chronic insecurity, frequent climate-related disasters and recurring conflict, all of which have progressively weakened its economic and social fabric, culminating in one of the most significant forced displacement crises in the world today.  According to data published by UNHCR, the number of [...]

Seeds of Rebirth. A future for families in Afghanistan's eastern provinces Seeds of Rebirth provided concrete support to the families in the provinces of Kunar, Nangarhar, and Laghman, Afghan regions hit hard by the food crisis, the aftermath of the August 2025 earthquake, and broader economic and social upheaval. Families were selected from among those [...]

Girls can dream again Supporting Kabul's Future Hope orphanage For one year, we accompanied the growth of 37 girls living at the private Future Hope orphanage in Kabul. In 2025, approximately 3.5 million children under the age of five in Afghanistan were affected by acute malnutrition (UNICEF, 2026) Malnutrition and trauma severely compromise children's physical [...]

Renew & Restart. Women’s entrepreneurship and creative recycling NOVE created Renew & Restart to help reduce plastic pollution while simultaneously offering women in Kabul an opportunity for socioeconomic empowerment. Participants were selected based on vulnerability criteria such as household poverty, number of dependents, and the presence of malnourished children in the family. Personal motivation to [...]

SOS Children Italy In 2015, when the project was launched,"S.O.S Children",according to statistics in Italy more than 1 million 300 thousand minors were in a state of destitution and almost 100 thousand were victims of mistreatment or abuse. NOVE helped 32 children deprived of the necessities to grow up healthy and serene by offering, depending [...]

I don’t have leprosy We managed to overcome the stigma that isolated the community of impoverished and marginalized lepers in Kore ‘ghetto’. We did so by helping six young women from the ghetto in their long and difficult educational journey. They all obtained a university degree and found employment which made them economically self-sufficient. Beneficiaries: [...]

Reach Greece, Lesvos, Policastro and Idomeni. 2015. Beneficiaries: 9. During the peak influx into Greece of migrants fleeing war, deprivation and violence of all kinds, NOVE donated a minibus to the 'Mennesker i arbeidan' association - which was assisting migrants on the island of Lesvos. They were helping to provide transport for the most vulnerable [...]

Give an Italian a hand Italy, Rome. 2016-2018. Beneficiaries: 15. This project lend a hand to Italians living in poverty, among them the 'new poor'. These are people and families affected by unemployment or the loss of purchasing power of their salaries and pensions and who were trying to stay afloat without losing their dignity. [...]

Migranti in FormAzione. Migrants in Training Migranti in FormAzione, based on the principles of human solidarity and social cohesion, aimed to provide migrants meeting the necessary requirements with the tools for effective integration into Italian society. In 2016, 15 migrants were offered a job orientation and vocational training course, implemented in collaboration with Humangest and [...]

Creative recycling to assist a small community of women Salerno, Italy. 2014-2016. Direct beneficiaries: 20 women. The families of the apprentices, and the neighborhood community also benefited from this initiative. For years NOVE supported the sewing laboratory of the Association ‘Sant’Andrea nell’Annunziatella’, committed to helping people in very vulnerable situations. In 2013 we donated new [...]

For the voiceless Rhodes, Greece. 2016. Beneficiaries: 40 children. In 2016, the St. Andrew's Institute was the only public facility in the South Aegean to take in children with severely disabling conditions and those whose family members could not care for them. Colourful walls, drawings and games made the institute a welcoming and peaceful 'home'. [...]

WEDUT. Women Education and Training The right to study When the Taliban returned to power and issued severe restrictions on women's education and training, NOVE was forced to cancel projects such as I am a Woman and I Want to Work – Women in Business Hub, which from 2014 to 2021 had offered free courses [...]

Fazzoletto rosso. Red Scarf In August 2021, as the Taliban took control of Kabul, NOVE's office was flooded with hundreds of evacuation requests, particularly from Afghan women in danger: activists, politicians, government employees, and staff from local NGOs. When TRUST Nel Nome della Donna made a free flight available with Electra Airways, NOVE launched Fazzoletto [...]

Daring Women in Business Prize (DWB) A pilot initiative launched by NOVE in 2020 in Kabul to encourage Afghan businesswomen to withstand the severe economic recession caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. An Italian-Afghan jury, composed of institutions, foundations, banks, and relevant Afghan authorities, evaluated proposals submitted by 27 businesswomen from various provinces. The Prize was [...]