A documentary to tell the story of Don Oreste Benzi, "the madman of God"

"God's Fool" is a story that deserves to be told and known, because in its simplicity it does one very important thing: it teaches us to love, not to be afraid of the different, and shows us the way to build a just society in which there is room for everyone. Help us make the documentary!

A well to stop thirst: let's help the people of Turkana

The Turkana region of Kenya is facing one of the worst droughts in 40 years. People are forced to dig shallow holes in lake beds to search for water, but it is dirty and undrinkable, causing serious health problems, especially among children. The solution is the construction of wells that can provide potable water. The total cost of the work is €126,990. Everyone's support is needed to achieve this goal. Your help now is indispensable.

A different future at the end of the world

In Patagonia, the Puerto Madryn center of the Pope John XXIII Community supports 43 disadvantaged children, providing education and meals to those from poor families and living in violent contexts. A new bus would help them reach difficult places and extend after-school care to even more children. Difficult winter weather conditions make the situation worse, especially for families with disabilities. The bus is essential to distribute material and emotional support during cold weather. Help them now.

Proyecto Sol - The light of inclusion

In Chile, the Pope John XXIII Community's Project Sun is aimed at deaf women with the goal of creating new life opportunities for them and enabling them to express their uniqueness without fear of being judged or excluded. Until now, the Center has always been free and funded by the State, but this will no longer be the case. To continue to exist, it urgently needs your help. Support it too!

Support school projects for Cicetekelo children

In Zambia, the Pope John XXIII Community's Cicetekelo Project is dedicated to welcoming and caring for street children and young people living in hardship and poverty. Here, every year, we try to improve the educational services offered to give more and more children and young people the opportunity to become protagonists of their own lives. To do this we need to buy new materials and activate new school projects-now we need everyone's help! Come on, are you in?

A new life of sharing

After a life spent on mission between Sri Lanka and Tanzania, the time has come for Massimiliano and Kanti's family and their children to return to Italy and begin a new life of sharing in Piedmont where they will be able to live by welcoming those who knock on their door seeking help and support. To be ready to say yes to every call and request they need to purchase an 8-seater van costing €25,000. Help them too and become part of their new adventure.

A dry and warm home for a large family

Silvia and Yan's Family Home houses many people with different stories, some with severe disabilities. They need to replace the fixtures before winter comes, because when it rains, water comes into the house wetting the walls and floors. They need 15,000€ and to be able to buy them and make the house dry, warm and safe for everyone. To do this they also need your help. Support them.

A new home to love and be loved

Nicola and Donata have chosen to be a family for those who are alone and to share life with the most fragile people. To continue to do so, they will have to move to a new house: the Rectory in Bertesina (VI), which, however, needs to be renovated to adapt to the needs of the people received and those who will arrive. The expense is high: €50,000, so they also need your help to reach the goal. Support them!

We help the Family Home "St. Clare" with their new home

The Family House "Santa Chiara" of the Pope John XXIII Community are about to move to a new house that, however, needs urgent work to adapt it to the needs of the people with disabilities who live there, the cost is €10,000. Let's help mom Paola and dad Alberto find the necessary resources to start these works, which are essential for the daily life and psychophysical well-being of the children they have taken in.

FLOOD EMERGENCY IN EMILIA-ROMAGNA

Several realities of the Pope John XXIII Community have suffered severe damage as a result of the flood. Families with children and people with disabilities are lost and confused. We are counting the damage, which because of the extent and number of our families affected is extensive. From an emergency of such proportions we can only get out of it together, only by each putting in what we can. We are counting on you.

Your help to continue to be family for those who are lonely

The Gian Paolo and Paola Family House of the Pope John XXIII Community is in urgent need of some work, which is essential for the people with disabilities who live there: such as Michael, who because of his severe disability cannot walk and will only be able to continue living with his family if a lifting platform is installed in the house. The expense is high, let's help them together reach the goal to allow them to be family for those who don't have one!

Help for the Polyclinic "The Watermark"

The Outpatient Clinic of the free "La Filigrana" of the Pope John XXIII Community is a place of care where the profession is put at the service of those without financial means free of charge. However, the expenses are many and everyone's contribution is needed to continue to ensure that those in need receive all the help they can get.

Operation Dove in Palestine - 2023

Volunteers from Operation Dove, a nonviolent peace corps of the Pope John XXIII Community, have been present in the Palestinian village of At-Tuwani since 2004. Their presence is necessary because they protect children on their way to school and safeguard the safety of Palestinian residents in the area, as well as denounce the Human Rights violations that too often occur there. Support our volunteers to ensure the children and families there are safe and secure.

Operation Dove in Lebanon - 2023

Operation Dove volunteers share life and work alongside Syrian refugees still living in camps across the country. Supporting, helping and protecting them means still believing in the strength of relationships and the peace that comes from staying close and dreaming together.

In Greece to walk alongside migrant people

Greece is the European Union's first port of call for those fleeing war and persecution. Those who arrive here often find themselves alone, forced to live on the streets. Volunteers from the Pope John XXIII Community, together with Operation Dove, visit people living in and outside refugee camps to offer them support and services, and monitor and report on the human rights violations they suffer. Their presence is crucial: support them on this journey of peace.

Operation Dove in Colombia - 2023

Operation Dove volunteers are present in the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó to provide the civilian population with greater security and hope for a better life. Support them to build peace with them.

A new bus for living together

Angela is the mother of the Family House "Arco Iris" of the Pope John XXIII Community, where people of all ages and with very different needs live. Over the years, their car has allowed them to experience all the outings together all the time but it is now old and needs to be replaced. They need a new 7-seater car so they can load the adults and the children and that has a trunk big enough to load the strollers and everything they need. The amount to be raised is €20,000 and Angela alone cannot do it: support her project!

Drinking water emergency in Ukraine

The poorest and most fragile people are left in the bombed city of Mykolaiv. Repeated missile attacks have destroyed the water systems and the city no longer has potable water. STOPTHEWARNOW wants to answer the call for help from these people it has met and gotten to know by building 10 desalination plants that will help make water accessible and potable again. Help us and support this project too.

We reach the finish line aboard a new minibus.

Angelo and Cecilia are dad and mom from the Family House "Santa Libera" of the Pope John XXIII Community in Malo (VI). Theirs is a large family and today there are seven of them in the house. For their travels they have always been accompanied by their faithful minibus, but now the old vehicle has to be replaced because it is no longer a safe transportation. Help them so that they can purchase a new one. The cost, however, is 19,500 euros: every contribution is important and without you they cannot make it!

A car for our family

"St. Mary's" is a Home where every woman receives listening, psychological and emotional support and a family as all should be: a place to be loved and not to feel fear. Many of the women taken in need to be accompanied but now the old car won't start anymore. We help the home buy a new car, essential for their daily lives.

A safe home for those in need of love

Maria Cristina and Luca are mom and dad of the Family House "Aquila and Priscilla" of the Pope John XXIII Community. Here in Cinto Euganeo (PD) their house is a place of welcome and love where teenagers in difficulty, adults with cognitive problems and women left alone have found care and protection. Today, however, the house needs urgent intervention: renovation work, replacement of the boiler and installation of mosquito nets. Help Maria Cristina and Luca so that they can continue to open the doors of their home to the most fragile, every contribution is important!

Two buses to bring help

The Bethlehem Hut in Montodine (CR) of the Pope John XXIII Community is the home of those who once lived on the streets, where they can start a new life. The 11 people who now live here want to give back the help they received. So they collect food and surpluses from local supermarkets and deliver them to families in need. They also collect furniture that someone donates, disassemble it, transport it and reassemble it in the homes of those who do not have enough resources to buy it. Today there is an urgent need to replace the two vans used for these activities. Help them not to stop, every contribution is important!

Ukraine Emergency - Let's build peace

It's war in Ukraine and the Papa Giovanni Community has decided to stand by the side of the thousands of women, elderly and children threatened and put to flight by the bombs. We are on the front lines bringing help and welcoming those fleeing the war, we urgently need you. Let's build peace in Ukraine, together.

A new minibus to change gear

Enzo and Anna Maria are fathers and mothers of the Santa Maria Goretti family home of the Papa Giovanni XXIII Community and their large family has an urgent need: a minibus that can replace the one that risks leaving them on foot overnight. Help them and we open as many roads as possible so that the new minibus can arrive thanks to your contribution!

Emergency Boundaries

The volunteers of Operazione Colomba, the Nonviolent Peace Corps of the Comunità Papa Giovanni XXIII, monitor the emergency situations that occur, in an increasingly frequent and dramatic way, along the borders of Europe. Let us support them so that they can continue to bring humanity and hope.

Operation Dove

Operazione Colomba's volunteers work side by side with victims in conflict zones, living with them 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, sharing risks and hardships but also hopes and possible solutions. Thanks to their international presence and nonviolent actions, they protect the lives of defenseless civilians and concretely build Peace where there is hatred and violence. Peace in the world is a common good: to build it, we need everyone's help.

In Chile alongside the Mapuche people

The Mapuche, an indigenous people in Chile, have been persecuted and ignored for years: the State does not recognise their existence or protect their identity. Deprived of their land of origin, they are forced to fight to get it back and are therefore victims of strong repression. The Community, with volunteers, supports them in this path of claim in a peaceful and non-violent way. Support them too.

Your table for One Meal a Day

Create your own online fundraiser and get your friends involved-let's create a big table together for those suffering from hunger, in Italy and around the world.

At the side of those who live on the street

The Pope John XXIII Community welcomes those living on the streets to its Bethlehem Huts, places where we live with the homeless and lonely. It meets them thanks to the volunteers of the street units who go out every night to look for them, and in the soup kitchens, where we feed hundreds of people every night. Support us to continue to give comfort and a future to those who have lost everything.

Family Homes need you!

The Family Homes of the Pope John XXIII Community are more than homes. Before being physical structures, they are emotional structures. They are families. Dads and mothers who donate their homes, their time and their lives to disabled children, lonely and abandoned people and anyone else who needs to be welcomed and helped. The needs are growing like the number of our Houses: support them now with a donation.