Support for the ABF hospital school project

The Prize

Access to education has always been the cornerstone of ABF’s work, both within Italy and abroad, and the embodiment of its mission of “empowering people and communities”. As a community leader, ABF has decided to develop additional initiatives to support the children and young people admitted to the long-stay wards of Italian pediatric hospitals. In particular, the project includes the creation of a library of devices, so as to allow students to connect with their teachers and educators.
A platform for the ABF Lab has also been developed, which will allow access to a series of online educational content, including interactive content. ABF will also train the professional role of the digital atelierista, a 4.0 librarian able to support teachers, parents and students on the correct usage of the tools and on how to use the same tools to maintain and develop relationships also.

Courtesy of Andrea Bocelli Foundation

The Cause

The Andrea Bocelli Foundation (ABF) was founded in 2011 by the Bocelli family after they were inspired by the love and positivity of Andrea Bocelli’s fans and partners around the world. Since then, ABF
has grown, becoming an independent non-profit organization led by professionals who oversee the strategic development of ideas.

The Foundation’s mission is to empower people and communities in situations of poverty, illiteracy, and suffering due to disease and social exclusion by promoting and supporting national and international projects to help people overcome these barriers and express their full potential.

Since 2011, ABF has raised more than 40 million euros and funded the construction of 9 schools in Italy and Haiti, thereby allowing 3,500 students to gain access to education. Every day, ABF guarantees access to drinking water to over 400,000 people and provides basic health care in 5 of the most remote and impoverished communities in Haiti.

Furthermore, the Foundation implements and promotes educational projects that use music as an additional element for social inclusion and the enhancement of talent, in line with goal 4.7 of the United Nation’s 2030 Agenda.