As part of the Foundation’s commitment to supporting vulnerable communities and promoting equal opportunity, Jil Sander has launched an exclusive limited-edition T-shirt bearing the message “For The Children Of The World,” available now in Jil Sander stores worldwide and online.
Fifty percent of the proceeds from each t-shirt sold will be used to support the first girls’ orphanage in Kapisa, Afghanistan, a project developed by OTB Foundation in collaboration with the Italian nonprofit organization Nine Caring Humans.
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The annual Christmas Charity Dinner organized by L.R. Vicenza and OTB Foundation was a success.
Funds raised during the evening will go to support Médecins Sans Frontières in the Inflatable Hospitals project to provide a concrete response during humanitarian emergencies through an immediately operational and functional facility.
In addition to our president Renzo Rosso and our vice president Arianna Alessi, Rudy Zerbi and Katia Follesa presented the charity dinner.
Starting in December on the occasion of the Giving Tuesday global generosity movement, clients shopping at any Diesel, Jil Sander, Maison Margiela and Marni direct store in Europe, or in Brave Kid points of sale and outlets, will be able to make cashless donations to the OTB Foundation through the in-store POS terminals.
The donations will be distributed to all the projects supported by the OTB Foundation, which has been active in social development initiatives in Italy and around the world for many years, with the focus on four main areas: women, young people, social integration and emergencies
On the occasion of “Voices of the Unheard,” Hothur Foundation presented the Victory Over Violence project, emphasizing how important it is to concretely help women who suffer violence, and in this specific case, Indian women who are victims of acid attacks.
Representing OTB Foundation, which proudly supports the project, were our president Renzo Rosso and our vice president Arianna Alessi.
Ara Lumiere and the OTB Foundation renewed their commitment to women victims of acid attacks, including through a dinner during Milan Fashion Week
Coinciding with the reopening of the Italian schools, OTB Foundation and the Augustinians in the World Foundation announce a partnership aimed at strengthening the JUVENAT Residential Center-in the city of Dungu, Democratic Republic of Congo-a project aimed at the reception and social and economic reintegration of former child soldiers-both male and female-and marginalized youth.
The JUVENAT program, established in 2020 as a collaboration between the Augustinians in the World Foundation and Augustinian missionaries in Congo, is supporting 450 former child-soldier boys and girls annually, thanks to which a residential center and a number of workshops were built-in the first part of the project-to assist young people in the area.
With OTB Foundation’s grant, allocated after electing the winning project in the last Brave Actions for a Better World call for proposals, the training and production workshops already present at the center – PC programmer, carpentry, tailoring and agro-pastoralism – will be enhanced, expanding the beneficiaries’ social and economic reintegration program. Thanks to the OTB Group Foundation, the center will be able to support an additional 200 young people a year, increasing the program’s beneficiaries by 50 percent to a total of 650 boys and girls.
OTB Foundation has become an Ente del Terzo Settore (ETS), by decree of the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy. This is a new type of organization introduced by the Italian Third Sector Reform that allows nonprofit organizations to amplify their range of activities.
Until today we have done a lot, but from today we could do even more. Together.
OTB Foundation was awarded the WE WELCOME award for promoting the employment of people from Ukraine during 2022.
OTB Foundation was awarded the WE WELCOME award for promoting the employment of people from Ukraine during 2022.
We are proud not only for the recognition of the work done, but above all because it reminds how much integration, work, sociality and training can really make a difference!
Arianna Alessi and Renzo Rosso receive the Prize “La Moda Veste la Pace”, a public recognition to authoritative people who have distinguished themselves for their commitment to inclusion and the fight against discrimination and racism, awarded annually by the African Fashion Gate (AFG).
AFG has decided to give recognition to Renzo Rosso and Arianna Alessi for the constant work they carry out with OTB Foundation for the benefit of the weakest and most vulnerable, but especially for the commitment shown in supporting the Ukrainian population since the outbreak of the conflict.
Vanity Fair, on the occasion of March 8, presented Changemaker, a network of women who changed the rules of the game with a social impact: a group with which to focus on new scenarios and visions of a possible future, unhinging prejudices and suggesting virtuous actions (and winners).
OTB Foundation Vice President Arianna Alessi was interviewed among the top 20 changemakers, and in her interview she also talks about the work done in OTB Foundation.