Community of Sant'Egidio Profile

Tennis for Africa collects fund for supporting
the humanitarian projects coordinated by
St. Egidius Community 

Sant'Egidio Community was established in Rome soon after the Council Vatican II in 1968. Sant’Egidio is an ecclesiastic Community composed by laymen, who  live the Gospel helping  the poors.

The Community has its " heart " and origin in the Roman church of Sant'Egidio.  Many volunteers offer their time in different sectors, helping the elderly men neglected in the European cities, assisting African children in faraway villages, giving a concrete sign of solidarity to the immigrants, assisting the people affected by Aids, handicapped and nomads.

The community aims at supporting the countries often forgotten by public opinion and it is open to promote the dialogue among religions in the world. Since the appeal of the Pope John Paul II in Assisi in 1986, the Community has been taking the inheritance to promote each year the "prayer for peace meeting" in the world.

It is also intensive the activity in favor to the solution of conflicts in progress in different parts of the world: thanks to an effective mediation, leaded by their representatives, the Community had an important role for the end of the civil war in Mozambique in 1992.

Thanks to the free collaboration of thousand of members, today the Community is active in Italy, over the Europe, in America, Africa and Asia.

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