Founded in 1987 in Soria, Spain, Cives Mundi is a non-governmental organization. Cives Mundi is currently developing its projects for cooperation in Latin America, Caribbean, Maghreb, Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. History Cives Mundi was founded on November 11, 1987 as a cultural association aiming at making exchanges with Eastern countries in Europe. Cooperation activities were not carried out until ten years later. In 1998 the first cooperation project for Cives Mundi as a non-governmental organization was identified. A plan for the full development of the Cochabamba Peruvian region. Cochabamba was one of the least favoured regions of the Andean country and suffered from a serious problem of children malnutrition and illiteracy. In 2005 Cives Mundi started to work in the Dominican Republic, TunisiaAlgeria, Morocco, Mauritania, Kenya, Tanzania, Philippines, Cambodia and Bangladesh. Areas of activity Maghreb Since 2005, Cives Mundi has worked in Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and Mauritania within the Collective Network for the Sustainable Development of Oasis (RADDO, for its French acronym) in restoring several oasis in the countries and, thus, fighting against desertification. One general objective of Cives Mundi is to diminish the consequences of environmental degradation in rural areas where poverty areas exist by promoting sustainable farming techniques, improving the management of water resources and establishing renewable energies. Other main objective is to develop activities to raise public awareness, instruct and deal with gender issues in order to consolidate and, whenever possible, create a civil society. Lebanon In Lebanon Cives Mundi works in the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp of Palestinian refugees. This camp is situated at the south of Beirut, near the city of Saida. The project offers professional training courses to youngsters and teenagers. Sub-Saharan Africa Cives Mundi carried out the project Life&Living related to the prevention and fight against AIDS in Kenya and Tanzania. More than 900,000 people benefited from the project. In Tanzania, it funded the construction of the 'Emiliano Aguirre' scientific station for research, in the Oldupai archaeological site, known as the “Cradle of Mankind”. The scientific station will be used by the Spanish archaeologists in their annual campaigns. The rest of the year, the station will be included in the promotion of the cultural turism of the well-known area of Ngorongoro. The Caribbean In the Dominican Republic and Haiti, AIDS prevention has been one of Cives Mundi's main priorities. A project to optimize coffee harvest was also carried out in Loma de Panzo,