Epsilon is a not for profit association born in October 2004 from a group of friends to help children all around the world, particularly concerning health, nourishment and education.
The name comes from the Greek letter “epsilon”, which means something small at will. It represents our mission of doing micro-projects, tangible and identifiable.
We operate according to some basic principles:
• to have zero general expenses (considering free time of
volunteers, 1 euro given is equivalent to 2 euro of help destined)
• to maximize the aid for each euro given
• to pursue industrial criteria in project management
• to focus our energy in realizing projects rather than
raising funds
The team
- Claudio Stabon, Founder and President
- Piero Micossi, Founder
- Massimo Orlandi, Founder
- Riccardo Bani, Founder
- Mario Molinari, Founder
- Silvia Falconetti, Board member
- Anna Micossi, Board member
Projects
2008 Projects
Raised 112.273 + donations in kind for 110.000 .
1. Ethiopia, infantile blindness project, 13,000 , 1,200 children.
2. Haiti, purchase of food for a nutritional centre, 13,000 , 200 children.
3. Togo, construction of a school, 21,850 + 12,000 + 3,600 , 150 youngsters.
4. Madagascar, construction of a professional laboratory, 15,000 , 150 young.
5. Benin, purchase of medical material, 5,200 + 9,775 , 150 babies.
6. Rwanda, purchase of materials, 1,500 , 150 children.
7. Niger, Foyer Home for abandoned children, 7,500 , 100 kids.
8. Rwanda, support to a nutritional centre, 10,000 + 5,000 , 100 children.
9. Togo, continuation of the project Afagnan Hospital, 7,500 , 100 children.
10. Kenya, construction of a nursery school, 13,000 , 200 children.
11. Kenya, purchase of educational material, 2,000 , 340 children.
2007 Projects
Raised 111,022 + donations in kind for 55,618 .
1. Benin, purchase of medical material for the Tanguieta Hospital, 7,710+9,760.
2. Togo, construction of a school in Solimdι, 19,972 , 160 children/year.
3. Niger, purchase of agricultural material and livestock, 5,019 , 100 children.
4. Togo, purchase of medical material, 5,000 + 4,000 , 100 children.
5. Rwanda, construction of an aqueduct, 6,000 , 10,000 children.
6. Madagascar, construction of a dispensary, 6,000 , 1,400 children.
7. Kenya, purchase of educational material, 2,000 , 340 children.
8. Rwanda, purchase of essential goods, 12,000 , 150 children.
2006 Projects
Raised 77,760 + donations in kind for 57,750 .
1. Kenya, purchase of educational material, 1,995 , 340 children.
2. Niger, construction of a water well, 6,200 , 300 families.
3. Benin, purchase of powder milk and medicine, 6,200 + 5,363 + 2,500 in kind, 300 children.
4. Niger, construction of a classroom, 8,055 , 40 children/year.
5. Nicaragua, construction of a water well, 6,745 , 150 families.
6. Mozambico, purchase of milk for children with HIV-positive mothers, 7,500 , 50 children.
7. Ethiopia, purchase of an autorefractometer for the infantile blindness project, 12,600, 1,200 children /month.
8. Rwanda, purchase of essential goods, 12,300 , 150 children.
9. Haiti, nutritional programme in Foyer for poor children, 6,500 , 100 children.
10. Bolivia, purchase of food for a children and mothers hosting centre, 4,965 , 425 children.
2005 Projects
Raised 60,000 + donations in kind for 55,000 .
1. Ethiopia, upgrade of some medical centres for infantile blindness, 12,500 , 1.200 children/month.
2. Benin, purchase of milk for children, 5,000 , 120 children.
3. Kenya, purchase of desks, chairs and educational material for the elementary school of Kopala, 10,950 , 340 children.
4. Rwanda, support to the nutritional centre of Rutongo through the purchase of mattresses, sheets, blankets, powder milk and other essential goods, 6,000 , 150 children.
5. Burkina Faso, restructuring of a Pouponniθre (neonatal nutritional centre), 6,000 , 50 families.
6. Somaliland (Somalia), construction of a water well, 6,250 , 300 families.
7. Sierra Leone, adoption of young girls victims of violence and their children, 2,700 , 10 families.
8. Ciad, enlargement of nutritional centres, 3,000 , 300 children.
