PORTA DEL CIELO APS

Children and adolescents aged 0–18 from:
  • Congo
  • Tunisia
  • Albania
  • India
Economically disadvantaged areas of Southern Italy
Together with their families, facing economic, geographic, or systemic barriers to healthcare.

WHAT WE DO

Porta del Cielo APS facilitates legal and safe access to pediatric medical care in Italy, coordinating with:
  • Italian embassies and consulates worldwide
  • Leading pediatric hospitals, including Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù (Rome)
The Association covers 100% of non-medical costs, including:
  • International and domestic travel
  • Ground transportation
  • Accommodation and living expenses
Parents or close relatives accompanying children are always hosted free of charge.


What we do is just a drop in the ocean, but if we didn’t do it, the ocean would have one less drop .
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Mother Teresa of Calcutta

OUR GOALS

The Association is aimed at the exclusive pursuit of purposes of social solidarity, assistance and care of the sick-especially children-less affluent and needy, both nationally and internationally.
The association develops its activities by supporting the expenses of underprivileged families related to the care of their minor children who have serious or very serious illnesses, as well as by collaborating and coordinating with major hospital institutions, and related Associations, with the aim of promoting the welfare of the child from conception and of underprivileged patients of any age.
Activities are mainly directed toward developing or third and fourth world countries.

TREATING YOUNG PATIENTS

Promote the care of small sick patients and/or admission to appropriate hospital facilities.

BRING A SMILE

Assistance to families of young patients from the time of their arrival in Italy, including for food, accommodation and spiritual assistance needs

EXCELLENCE OF FACILITIES

Identification of the best facilities, excellence, and high specialization in health care facilities aimed at the care of the young patients served

HUMANITARIAN MEDICINE

Encourage the establishment and development of humanitarian medicine projects in countries in need in this regard