The “Bambino Gesù of Cairo Association” seeks to promote social solidarity by providing social and medical assistance, especially to pregnant women and abandoned children or children coming from poor families.
The realization constructing and management of the two projects: “Oasis of Pietà” Orphanage and “Bambino Gesù Women’s and Children’s Hospital” located in the “New Administrative Capital of Cairo” (Egypt).
NAME
THE “BAMBINO GESÙ OF CAIRO” ASSOCIATION
DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT
25 April 2020
HEADQUARTERS
The legal headquarters of the Association is in Latina, at the Parish of Saint Domitilla, in Viale Giorgio de Chirico, 7.
SCOPE AND ACTIVITY
The association is non-partisan and non-profit; it seeks exclusively to foster social solidarity, both in Italy and abroad, by promoting and supporting:
• scientific research activity in the medical and healthcare field;
• social and medical assistance, especially to pregnant women and abandoned children or children from poor families;
• health care;
• education.
In this regard, the Association also intends to carry out its charitably activities, both in Italy and abroad, by the payment of cash without charge, or by acquiring goods and services to be freely given or by direct payment for them, using the resources coming from its proceeds or specific donations. Its charitable activities include:
- creation and support of orphanages, pediatric hospitals, schools, shelters for minors, pregnant women and women who have recently given birth and provision of various kinds of assistance in their favor;
- use of donations and the free distribution of basic necessities (clothing, blankets, food, medicine, etc.) aimed at alleviating the conditions of poverty of the aforementioned categories of people and their families;
- construction of schools, particularly in villages and communities that do not have them, as well as the improvement of school buildings, where they already exist;
- construction and refurbishing of dispensaries and hospitals;
- development of technologies for harnessing natural resources (water, wind, sun) with the utmost respect for the environment, in order to improve the economic and living conditions of communities and villages.
To pursue its aims of social solidarity, the Association can make charitable donations (in cash or in kind) to other non-profit associations that have a registered office both in Italy and abroad which carry out the same activities and are not contrary to the social doctrine of the Catholic Church, if the members of these associations and their bodies have the required integrity and act in compliance with the law.
The Association promotes the spread of its activities through the distribution of illustrative material, communication through various media and the promotion of conferences, meetings and study seminars.
The services performed in carrying out the Association’s activity are never on behalf of its own members.
It is expressly forbidden to carry out activities other than those provided for in this policy, with the exception of those directly related to institutional activity as well as those that are instrumental and accessory to such activity. All the Association’s activities may be carried out in collaboration with other associations, agencies, foundations, NGOs, public entities, United Nations bodies and their agencies, companies and professional firms.
As part of the aforementioned institutional purposes, the Association supports, as its first initiative, the realization and management of “Oasis of Pietà” Orphanage and “Bambino Gesù Women’s and Children’s Hospital”, located in the “New Administrative Capital of Cairo” (Egypt).
To achieve this goal, it can perform all financial securities and real estate operations that will be deemed useful or necessary. The distribution, even indirectly, of profits, operating surpluses, capital, reserves and funds to associates and members of corporate bodies is prohibited, without prejudice to the exceptions provided for by the ONLUS legislation. In particular, any form of indirect distribution of profits or operating surpluses is also prohibited, as defined by the ONLUS legislation. The Association uses profits and operating surpluses exclusively for the realization of its institutional activities and those directly connected to it.
ADMISSION AND REQUIREMENTS FOR MEMBERSHIP
The number of those who can join is unlimited.
Anyone can join the Association, as long as they are of good moral and civil conduct and are sincerely and objectively willing to work for the achievement of the Association’s visions.
OBLIGATIONS OF MEMBERS
All members are required to observe the statute and the instructions given by the board of directors for the achievement of the purposes that the institution proposes, actively participating in its life.
BODIES
The organs of the Association are:
a) the assembly of members;
b) the Board of Directors;
c) the President, the Vice-President and the honorary President, if appointed;
d) the Board of Auditors.
ASSETS AND QUOTAS
The Association’s patrimony is indivisible and consists of:
a) movable and immovable goods owned by the Association;
b) different contributions, disbursements and bequests as well as contributions and funding from the European Union or other supranational institutions;
c) membership dues;
d) donations and subsidies from individuals and private and public entities;
e) income deriving from the performance of social activities.
The membership fee is not transferable, except for succession due to death and cannot be revalued.
FESCAL YEAR
The fiscal year runs from 1 January to 31 December every year.
CASH FLOW
The Association prepares an annual economic report.
