Coopi, International Cooperation, is one of the most important Italian NGOs. Founded in 1965 in Milan by the Jesuit Father Vincenzo Barbieri, who first introduced the secular component in humanitarian missions, Coopi is now present in 30 countries around the world and works every year on over 200 emergency and development projects.
COOPI, the history of Italian humanitarian cooperation
Paper, Ribbons and Solidarity
Among the many projects managed by copi there is Carta Nastri e Solidarietà, an initiative that involves the presence of volunteers in participating structures throughout Italy to pack Christmas gifts in exchange for an offer to be assigned to one of the many NGO projects .
For several years we too have been involved, first with the design of the “brand” representative of the campaign, the now famous gift package happy to do a good deed and later with the design of a web platform for the management of activities volunteers.
Centralized management of volunteering
On the public area of the platform, people can register to participate in the initiative as volunteers or coordinators and give their temporal and territorial availability. COOPI internal staff organizes and manages the presence of volunteers and the activities in the affiliated commercial chains. Volunteers can consult their shift plan, make changes and communicate with the managers directly from the private area of the platform. At the end of the shift, all the donations received are placed on the platform, divided by collection point.