Several public and private institutions are collecting funds for the victims of the recent earthquake in the Abruzzo region.
While the Embassy does not endorse a specific institution, this list includes some important institutions accepting online donations from abroad.

The Italian Red Cross accepts online donations. For donations related to the Abruzzo quake, select “Sisma Abruzzo Aprile 2009” in the initial “Causale della donazione” drop down menu.

The Italian Dipartimento della Protezione Civile has created a webpage with 3 bank account info for donations. Two of the three bank accounts listed include Swift Code for donations coming from abroad.

Caritas Italiana, the main Catholic agency for assistance -part of the Italian Bishops Conference- has a page with several accounts listed, all accepting donations from abroad.

The Italian Embassy in D.C. also has a webpage with information about donations.

The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) has created a “NIAF/Abruzzo Relief Fund”.

Sustain Abruzzo focuses on helping farmers and small agricultural producers not only with financial assistance but also by creating a market place for their products in the US.

Several Italian newspapers and television channels are sponsoring donations. They can be found on the Internet together with many other institutions collecting funds for the victims of the quake.

The Italian media has warned that hoax money collections are taking place on Internet and social media sites. We recommend only using reliable institutions when making donations.

Here are translations of the Italian terms on website forms for donations:

Nome: First Name
Cognome: Family Name
Indirizzo: Address
CAP: City code/ Zip code
Citta: City
Nazione: Country
Provincia: State/ Province
Telefono: Phone Number
Fax: Fax number
E-mail: E-mail address  

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For U.S. firms interested in subcontracting opportunities

There may still be subcontracting opportunities associated with "Progetto C.a.s.e.". These are permanent structures (about 4,500 units) that will provide temporary housing to about 13,000 people, until their homes are rebuilt, in several locations in or near the town of L'Aquila. After the temporary occupants (i.e. those hit by the earthquake) vacate them, the buildings are then going to be used as student housing or tourist lodging. This project has been organized and patented directly by the Italian Civil Protection Department (Protezione Civile). Groups of 5 buildings, each 2 to 3 stories tall, will be anchored to reinforced concrete platforms having a surface of 1,000 square meters (10,764 square feet) and seismically insulated (please note: these platforms have already been built). It is estimated that the first 1,000 houses can be completed by September 2009 and that overall construction will be completed by December 2009.

16 companies or consortia will be erecting the buildings within "Progetto C.a.s.e.". Some of the contractors plan on erecting steel structures with wood panels, others plan on erecting concrete structures and others plan on erecting wooden structures. Some of the building are already in place. A list of the 16 contractors can be found at: http://www.protezionecivile.it/cms/attach/graduatoriaofferenti1.pdf (please just consider the first 16 names)

If you are interested in subcontracting opportunities, we encourage you to contact the contractors listed above directly. Please note that the Italian Civil Protection Department does not welcome spontaneous submissions of information from companies that want to contribute to the reconstruction.