This international day aims to protect education as an inalienable human right that must be guaranteed for all, everywhere. We commemorated this day by showcasing the commitment our Foundation invests in communities through the international training program A Cup of Learning: Lavazza's way of spreading coffee culture, offering the opportunity to turn this passion into a profession. Therefore, we felt it important to celebrate this day by sharing our dedication to youth and the path we have taken alongside Save the Children in the field of education and employment opportunities.

A key part of this partnership is our contribution to international programs, such as New Horizons+ in India, which has, in recent years, provided young people from disadvantaged backgrounds with professional training to help them find qualified employment in the future.
The A Cup of Learning program is now implemented in Italy at the CivicoZero centers in Turin and Rome.

A lunch of sharing, dialogue, and reflection. The People's lunch is an educational event organized by Sermig - Missionary Youth Service to offer an immersive overview of global food dynamics and the resulting geographic inequalities in food and resource availability.
Through a randomly assigned nationality and identity card, the event simulates the real distribution of populations worldwide and their varying access to resources by setting up a small, lavishly laid table next to large, poorly furnished tables with few seats.

Participants experienced firsthand the enormous economic disparity between regions and its social implications, promoting reflection on strategies for a more equitable distribution of resources between the Global North and South.

The webinar featured key testimonials from women involved in different stages of coffee production. Speakers included Rina Mejia, a coffee producer from Honduras; Flavia Barbosa Paulino da Costa, a coffee exporter and director of Exportadora Guaxupé in Brazil; Francesca Dangelico, Head of Food Development, and Innovation at Lavazza Group; Susanne Wege, General Manager for the DACH Region & Poland at Lavazza Germany; and Giselle Sebenello, an Italian barista and entrepreneur who runs a bar in Turin. Furthermore, of the important testimonials was from Sheila Ampumuza, Country Director of Sawa World, who shared more about the Ujana project, a partnership between Lavazza Foundation and Sawa World to improve the profitability and strengthen the role of women in coffee farms in Uganda.

A day dedicated to nourishing the earth and restoring its ecosystem to our local territory. In honor of Earth Day, over 100 colleagues had the opportunity to plant the "BioBosco of Lavazza Foundation," planting 500 new trees and shrubs, including Maple, Poplar, Ash, Alder, Wild Cherry, Oak, Hazelnut, Buckthorn, Cornel, Dogwood, Viburnum, and Privet.

The focus area was Parco Stura, which lies along the banks of the Stura di Lanzo stream and has undergone significant reclamation and redevelopment efforts, resulting in a green oasis, bridging nature and the city.

Urban forests are true Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) capable of improving the quality of the territory, ecological connections, and citizens' lives, protecting biodiversity, and combating climate change. Specifically, this intervention is considered a Bio-Forest, oriented toward promoting local biodiversity. The Lavazza Foundation's BioBosco will be monitored and cared for by Rete Clima personnel for three years.

This initiative is also part of Foresta Italia, the national reforestation campaign by Rete Clima in collaboration with Coldiretti and PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes) and is sponsored by the Ministry of Environment and Energy Transition and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty, and Forests.

On World Environment Day, over 80 colleagues participated in teams in the game “Coffree: free the coffee plantations from climate threats”. Developed in collaboration with BEING Agency, the board game took teams through a virtual coffee plantation, discovering curiosities about the coffee world and the phenomena that, due to climate change, are threatening the cultivation of our beloved plant.
Combining fun and reflection, Coffree aims to raise awareness through entertainment, highlighting the imminent risk of losing half of the Arabica coffee crops by 2050.

The narrative activity Exodus is an immersive experience that allows participants to empathize with people forced to leave their countries. Exodus demonstrated its potential as a cultural and social reflection practice, fostering relationships, empathy, and raising awareness on important issues.

The day continued with the screening of the documentary “Real People”, filmed aboard the Ocean Viking, the rescue ship managed by SOS Mediterranee, followed by a talk that featured testimonies from people working in the field. Among them was Luisa Albera, mission coordinator of the Ocean Viking, who shared with us the daily life on board, the difficult moments, and the happy ones related to saving so many lives.

Following this, Berthin Nzonza spoke about inclusivity and creating urban spaces open to new narratives, exemplified by the Spazio Comune project, developed by the Lavazza Foundation in collaboration with the UNHCR Refugee Agency at the Foreigners' Service of the Municipality of Turin.

It was a day filled with emotions, reflection, and dialogue, shedding light on a tragic world that can still make room for new ways of peaceful coexistence, dialogue, and mutual enrichment.