Un Ponte per… is a volunteer association established in 1991, right after the Gulf War. It started its activities as Un Ponte per Baghdad with the aim of organising solidarity initiatives in favour of the Iraqi civil society that was undergoing the effects of the war first, and the embargo later. In about 20 years, Un Ponte per ... , working in strong connection with local organisations, has organised relief work and promoted cooperation projects in the fields of health, education, drinkable water supply and labour. It has promoted sponsorships projects to grant the right to education and health care to children.
Nowadays, Un Ponte per ... is strengthening and enlarging its partnership in coherence with its priorities: supporting the development of the civil society and the protection of human rights. Moreover, Un Ponte per ... believes that cooperation projects and solidarity activities should be closely linked to advocacy activities and to the commitment in the work of conflict prevention .
The 10 yearlong campaign against the embargo in Iraq has been going along with the actions against the war in former Yugoslavia Federation, the support to the Kurdish and Palestinian people, the safeguard of the principles established by international laws.

As far as the work in Italy is concerned, Un Ponte per ... focuses its action on the following activities: awareness raising campaigns on international justice addressed to the public opinion, peace education work and promotion of twinning for the schools, promotion of cultural events and exchanges to spread information about Middle East and the Balkans.
The aim is to foster a culture based on peace and antiracist values through the construction of strong links between the Italian society and the societies in the countries where the Ngo is working. Un Ponte per… is part of the Italian peace movement and the global movement, meeting at the World Social Forum, that believes that “another world is possible”.

Un Ponte per.. was in IRAQ during the embargo and the 2003 war and is still there with projects supporting civil society. It has organised delegations of volunteers and peace observers as well as emergency work in the most suffering areas during the embargo and the sieges in the country. In 1999, during the NATO war, Un Ponte per… sent medicines and dispensaries to hospitals in former Yugoslavia Federation. After that, it kept on working with refugees in SERBIA, organising work camps and delegations of volunteers and started up sponsorship and hosting programmes for children and youth as well as training courses to facilitate the access to work. In LEBANON the organization has a strong cooperation with NGOs working in Palestinian refugee camps and there it supports social programmes addressed especially to youth and children. The activities in TURKEY can be included in the work done for the promotion of a democratisation process in the country that should lead to peace and reconciliation among different parts of the Turkish society, and especially promoting Kurdish minority’s rights.