The Ardian Foundation announces that it has recently formed a partnership with Albero della Vita, a humanitarian organization focused on helping families most in need.
Since its creation, Albero della Vita has been committed, in Italy and internationally, to promoting effective actions aimed at ensuring the well-being of children, protecting and advocating their rights, and ensuring the development of children in adverse circumstances. Albero della Vita focuses on the most vulnerable areas, allowing these families and their children to overcome social isolation within their community. The Ardian Foundation is also partnering with The Human Safety Net, a Generali initiative whose mission is to unlock the potential of people living in vulnerable circumstances, so that they can transform the lives of their families and communities.
The Ardian Foundation will financially assist the Varcare la Soglia project run by Albero della Vita, whose aim is to support disadvantaged families with young children, enabling them to grow up in a more favorable environment and have a positive impact on their children's development. The program implants family centers in at-risk neighborhoods, thereby providing vulnerable families access to educational activities per age group and other essential services.
As part of this partnership, the Ardian Foundation will support to the Varcare la Soglia project, and more specifically its educational activities program for 0 to 6 year olds, which will help 160 families including over 300 children in Milan and Genoa.
“The Ardian Foundation is honored to partner with Albero della Vita. The Varcare la Soglia project they have set up is completely aligned with the Ardian Foundation’s strategic focus: helping young children and parents from underprivileged backgrounds access high quality services. This project helps families thrive in a comfortable environment. We're looking forward to working with Albero della Vita and taking this project even further.” Leopoldo Giandola, Senior Investment Manager, Buyout; Foundation Project Manager for Italy, Ardian
ABOUT ARDIAN FOUNDATION
Created in 2010 by Ardian employees, the Ardian Foundation’s beginnings took root in one main cause: helping children and young people from underprivileged backgrounds reach their full potential. The Foundation strives to work with partner charities and Ardian employees to promote social mobility for people from modest backgrounds from infancy to adulthood around the world. In 2023, the Ardian Foundation supported 49 partner charities in 10 countries with a €4m budget. The Ardian Foundation operates under the umbrella of the Fondation de France.
The Ardian Foundation has a special focus on early childhood development as many studies indicates that successful interventions at this stage can produce significant long‑term gains as children develop. These include improved academic attainment, professional integration, and health outcomes.
ABOUT ARDIAN
Ardian is a world-leading private investment house, managing or advising $160bn of assets on behalf of more than 1,560 clients globally. Our broad expertise, spanning Private Equity, Real Assets and Credit, enables us to offer a wide range of investment opportunities and respond flexibly to our clients’ differing needs. Through Ardian Customized Solutions we create bespoke portfolios that allow institutional clients to specify the precise mix of assets they require and to gain access to funds managed by leading third-party sponsors. Private Wealth Solutions offers dedicated services and access solutions for private banks, family offices and private institutional investors worldwide. Ardian is part-owned by its employees and places great emphasis on developing its people and fostering a collaborative culture based on collective intelligence. Our 1,050+ employees, spread across 19 offices in Europe, the Americas, Asia and Middle East are strongly committed to the principles of Responsible Investment and are determined to make finance a force for good in society. Our goal is to deliver excellent investment performance combined with high ethical standards and social responsibility.
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