L’Associazione


Assegno Amico, Associazione Onlus constituted on November the 5th 2002, is the result of the solidarity experience developed from Gerolamo Gaslini Foundation by looking after the children hospitalized to the Giannina Gaslini Pediatric institute of Genoa for so many years.

The plan aims to help the families of the small patients who, because of the disease, have to live in conditions of economic uneasiness and social marginality.

Assegno Amico is an innovative proposal, and will turn out to be a new instrument that could make the solidarity more limpid and effective.
Our association indeed can prove in anytime to document that the money donated both by the single ones and the companies is converted into vouchers of eur 5 euro nominal value each that the users can spend in the conventioned shops.

The Assegno Amico vouchers are managed by the Ticket Accor Service which, through a punctual and effective monitoring action, verifies that the activity performed by the association is understood and carried out properly. The supervision by the Accor Ticket Service ensures both the users (the families of the hospitalized children) and the so called distributors (pharmacies, groceries and other conventioned shops) that the association carries on a clear and transparent activity.

The plan includes the following steps: