Angelica, Camilla and Paola's Acp jewellery helps African women
Milanese taste, Lombard enterprise and solidarity, affinity with an association and its vocation to help African women face motherhood without risking their lives. A beautiful project, that of Angelica Sacchi, Camilla Conti and Paola Montagna. Three friends who got to know Doctors with Africa Cuamm and decided to take concrete action in first person to support the interventions of the NGO, one of the most respected in Italia for the promotion and protection of the health of people living in Africa. Not in every country, given the vastness of the continent and the many differences between areas and nations: "Since the birth of our jewellery brand, we have contributed to projects in four of the nine countries in which Doctors with Africa Cuamm operates," explain Angelica, Camilla and Paola, letting out a mutual understanding and affection born of a long friendship. In particular, Angola, Mozambique, South Sudan and Tanzania, although the NGO is also present in Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, the Central African Republic, Sierra Leone and Uganda, for a total of more than 3,400 operators in the field, 273 of whom are Italian".
The brand's full name is Acp con Cuamm: the founders have used the initials of their respective names but also clearly indicated that the project has a single objective: to concretely help the NGO. "After deducting the costs of materials and the work of the artisans, every penny funds the initiatives in Africa and those who buy the jewellery are given a donation receipt, valid for a possible tax deduction," say Angelica, Camilla and Paola. "It all started with bone horns mounted as pendants and numbered, because no two are the same. Then came brooches, rings, bracelets, necklaces and earrings, inspired by nature and to which we associate meanings or messages".
In less than three years, Acp con Cuamm, thanks to word of mouth and an Instagram page whose followers are growing by the day, has sold jewellery that has contributed to housing projects for students at the nursing school in Rumbek (South Sudan), to the purchase of an autoclave for sterilising surgical instruments at the Inhamizua Health Centre (Mozambique) to the free care of 58 patients with diabetes at the outpatient clinic in Tosamaganga (Tanzania), to the treatment and cure for malnutrition of 133 children, also in Tosamaganga, and to the support of the Waiting House at the Chiulo Hospital in Angola, where pregnant women are received.
"I have been designing jewellery for 40 years and I have a network of artisans on whom I rely," Angelica takes the floor. I put the same passion and care into the Acp bronze collections as I do into the gold jewellery that bears my name. Camilla and Paola have the same passionate approach to the other aspects of our adventure. No one can save the world, but no one saves himself. Alleviating the suffering of others by doing something we are passionate about has something magical about it, which perhaps we transmit to our jewellery
