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- Human rights
Mais is an Italian ETS legal registered under the Italian Ministry of Foreigner Affairs working in the field of International Cooperation and Global Citizenship Education. It works in collaboration with local partners in several countries, such as Egypt, Senegal, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Vietnam. Its annual budget amounts to about 500 thousand euros, which is derived from the support of public and private donors for the implementation of socio-economic empowerment projects of local communities with a human -right oriented approach.
M.A.I.S.’ objectives:
To work in favour of sustainable and participated development of the global South, particularly for small-scale producers, the children and women, promoting the rise of local capacity.
To promote exchange of expertise both within the countries where it works and between the North and the South of the world.
M.A.I.S.’s projects in the global South aim at:
Contrasting sexual and work exploitation of the children and supporting their education
Contrasting women’s sexual exploitation and supporting their education
Supporting the production and trade of small farmers’ products and claiming the importance of family farming
Developing community organisation and primary services (water, schools, natural medicine)
Supporting small producers and trade in the urban settings
Promoting and supporting the unions’ and labours’ claims in the global South
Supporting distance adoption and promoting school twinning between Italian and foreign countries’ schools