Current events
Go Isla Go is a container of dreams and adventures that have no goals, but objectives.
Solidarity, sporting, individual or group challenges that aim to support a cause: that of the protection of children’s rights. A cause that Isla ng Bata has been pursuing for several years and which, thanks to many dreamers, is getting stronger every day!
Each initiative will be an opportunity to meet new supporters and volunteers and to grow more and more a project that since 2010 has given hope and a future to dozens of girls and boys.
Crossing the Strait of Messina 2025
Alessia, Alessio, Carla, and Francesco will swim across the Strait of Messina together to raise funds for the Isla ng Bata Family Home in the Philippines.
The solidarity ride 2024
Francesco’s trip to Isla this year will have a special value: it will retrace the 20 years of activity of the Association and will be an opportunity to raise awareness of the issue of distance adoption which has allowed us, in recent years, to change the lives of many girls welcomed into the Family Home.
In many cities we will meet supporters and volunteers, who over the years have joined Isla’s great family. These volunteers have shared experiences, skills and dreams and they have made our project, which since 2010 has given hope and a future to dozens of girls and boys, grow more and more.
Different stops will host small events, meetings and sharing moments, in which Francesco and Isla’s volunteers will describe the reality of the association, the stories of the girls welcomed in recent years, the intertwining of lives and dreams that have animated Isla ng Bata’s Family Home.
The Solidarity Ride for Isla’s 20th anniversary will touch 68 cities, in 70 days and for approximately 4500km along the entire perimeter of Italy. A solidarity undertaking that will involve many friends. Change the future of our girls: join Isla’s big family!
All the stages
Roma – Bassano in Teverina
Bassano in Teverina – Rigomagno Sinalunga
Rigomagno Sinalunga – Firenze
Firenze – Sarzana
Sarzana – Genova
Genova – Loano
Loano – Cuneo
Cuneo – Cervere
Cervere – Torino
Torino – Novara
Novara – Parabiago
Parabiago – Milano
Milano – Agrate
Agrate – Clusone
Clusone – Credaro
Credaro – Brescia
Brescia – Sasso di Nogaredo
Rovereto – Trento
Trento – Treviso
Treviso – Basiliano
Basiliano – Venezia
Venezia – Campolongo
Campolongo – Torri di Quartesolo
Torri di Quartesolo – Verona
Verona – Mantova
Mantova – Torrile
Torrile – Salvaterra
Bologna – Forlì
Forlì – Fano
Fano – San Benedetto del Tronto
San Benedetto del Tronto – Basciano
Basciano – Vasto
Vasto – Campomarino
Campomarino – Barletta
Barletta – Bisceglie
Bisceglie – Carovigno
Carovigno – Lecce
Lecce – Taranto
Taranto – Trebisacce
Trebisacce – Cirò Marina
Cirò Marina – Catanzaro Lido
Catanzaro Lido – Locri
Locri – Villa San Giovanni – Valverde
Villa San Giovanni – Soriano Calabro
Soriano Calabro – Lamezia Terme
Lamezia Terme – San Nicola Arcella
San Nicola Arcella – Acquavella
Acquavella – Napoli
Napoli – Pietramelara
Pietramelara – Roccasecca
Roccasecca – Latina
Latina – Nettuno
Nettuno – Ardea
Ardea – Frascati
Frascati – Roma
Past events
Go Isla Go is a container of dreams and adventures that have no goals, but objectives.
Solidarity, sporting, individual or group challenges that aim to support a cause: that of the protection of children’s rights. A cause that Isla ng Bata has been pursuing for several years and which, thanks to many dreamers, is getting stronger every day!
Each initiative will be an opportunity to meet new supporters and volunteers and to grow more and more a project that since 2010 has given hope and a future to dozens of girls and boys.
London to Brighton Bike Ride 2025
Francesco e Andrea, sostenitore di Isla ng Bata, pedalano insieme da Londra a Brighton in questo importante evento ciclistico per due buone cause a favore dei bambini.
Marathon for Isla
Isla runs the Rome Marathon 2025. Francesco with the volunteers and friends of Isla will take our cause through the streets of Rome.
Solidarity ride 2024
Francesco riding his bike along the entire length of the Italian peninsula to raise awareness of remote support.
Massimiliano - Pedaling for Isla
Massimiliano’s feat by bike from Veneto to Vatican City to help Isla’s campaign on distance support.
Marathon for Isla
Isla runs the Rome Marathon 2024. Francesco with the volunteers and friends of Isla will take our cause through the streets of Rome.
On the way for Isla
Alessia and Faith along the Camino de Santiago to support the Family Home and the girls of Isla ng Bata with a fundraising.
Isla ChiCa
Alessio’s ride: 20,000 km with his faithful bicycle from Italy to the Philippines to raise funds for the girls of Isla.
Marathon for Isla
Isla runs the Rome Marathon 2023. Francesco with the volunteers and friends of Isla will take our cause through the streets of Rome.
Swim for Isla
Island and the Ocean! Three volunteers and four girls will swim across the 6 km of sea that separates Cebu from Dumaguete.
GoIslaGo 2022
Francesco and his bike cross 9 countries, from Greece to Norway, with one big goal: to ensure food in Isla’s Family home in the Philippines.
10 years in 10 stages - 2020
Between Lazio, Abruzzo and Molise to raise awareness of the issue of child sponsorship and the protection of children’s rights.
Isla's fieldwork
Since 2004, we have dedicated our lives to the most fragile and least fortunate children.
Isla ng Bata – The Island of Children works hard every day in order to provide a bright future to children who are lonely, abandoned or victims of violence, so that they get a chance at knowing the love of a family, to live a peaceful childhood and fulfill their dreams.
The Family Home in Philippines
A flourishing lawn, many animals, a well-kept greenhouse, colorful drawings on each wall and the joyful laughter of our little girls.
This is Isla ng Bata’s family home, which opened its doors in 2010 in Calabnugan (Philippines) thanks to the commitment of Francesco and Flora, two of the founders who live permanently in the house, and a group of volunteers who walk along the same path.
Isla ng Bata’s mission is to help children in need, give them a home to live in, guarantee them a quality education and the care they need to grow up.
Support our dreamers
A 20,000 km long ride from Italy to the Philippines, a 6 km swim across the ocean, a 42 km marathon in Rome.
There are many dreams and businesses in progress, participate too!
Walk beside us
The supporters of Isla ng Bata are the strength of this project which has been going on for more than 10 years. In this long period there are many boys and girls who have walked through our colored door, children who, thanks to the support of many people, have been able to offer a safe place to grow up and the tools to make their dreams come true.
Today 25 girls and the workers who take care of them live in the facility. Local personnel, appropriately trained, who, thanks to education and personal and professional fulfilment, promote a society that is more attentive to the fundamental rights of each individual.
The solidarity challenges of our dreamers have great objectives: to cover the most important costs for the structure, for food, for medical care and for the education of the girls we welcome.
Let’s achieve it together!
We welcome
We cure
We guarantee medical care, pediatric and specialist visits; so that health is not the privilege of a few, but a right for every child.
We love
We give love and take care. Together, we work to raise awareness and protect the rights of every child, from anywhere in the world.
Dispatches from the road
It will be like pedaling (but also running, swimming, walking…) together with Francesco and the dreamers of Isla, for the girls and boys we welcome.
Updates, milestones, meetings, surprises. Let’s live together endless adventures!
Together, across the Strait of Messina: we did it, together!
A few days ago, a team of volunteers from Isla ng Bata (including Alessia Zecchini, a multiple world freediving champion) accomplished a new sporting feat: together with Francesco, our president, they swam across the Strait of Messina. The goal, as always, was to raise awareness for the plight of many children in the Philippines and to raise funds for our family home. We’ll tell you how it went and provide links to see photos of this epic day and to donate. Thank you all!
Solidarity Crossing 2026: The sea that unites, solidarity that changes lives.
Alessia, a volunteer and supporter of Isla, takes stock of preparations for the swim across the Strait of Messina.
Alessia Zecchini joins the swim across the Strait of Messina in support of Isla ng Bata
Alessia Zecchini, an Italian freediver, multiple world record holder in various freediving disciplines, as well as a writer and supporter of Isla ng Bata, is taking part in the swim across the Strait of Messina organized to raise funds for Isla’s projects in the Philippines.
Support the campaigns
Support Isla ng bata by participating to our fundraising campaign.
Let’s build a better future, together, for the girls welcomed in the Family Home. Support them with a regular donation.
Are you an influencer or a sportsman or do you want to support us through your company?
Find out how to do it. Walk (or pedal, run, swim) alongside!
With 15 euro
You help us to buy 30 kg of flour to prepare pasta, pizza, biscuits and much more.
With 50 euro
You help us buy 50 kg of rice, the basic ingredient of many Filipino dishes.
With 100 euro
You will cover the costs of food for the girls in the Family Home for two days.
Are you an athlete, an influencer or a well-known face?
In this category we also include fans and athletes or former athletes who continue to practice or follow specific sports categories, such as cycling, athletics, Olympic and Paralympic sports. Their support could be meaningful in spreading our message, as an amplifier of the solidarity enterprises and to raise awareness.
Are you a company and do you want to support us?
Do you care about the protection of the rights of children and adolescents? Be the spokesperson, with us, of a message to stop violence, exploitation and indifference towards the systematic violation of the rights of the child in many parts of our planet. These companies will be able to support the solidarity initiatives through a donation or sponsorship of the event itself.
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Go Isla Go meetings
If you live in the cities where Francesco or our dreamers will stop or if you are not too far away, take part in our events. And you can bring whoever you want!
It is a way to get to know each other, find each other, support each other, feel the closeness of those who care about our projects and share the same ideals.
Together, we can do much more!
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Let this message of solidarity and hope reach everywhere, in order to build a future for many children in the Philippines.
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