Italian foundations could “adopt” up to 20,000 Ukrainian refugees. A project to be made operational in a few weeks and which would make a concrete contribution to the humanitarian catastrophe we are experiencing. This is the proposal launched by Romana Liuzzo, Official of the Republic and President of the Guido Carli Foundation, on the eve of the celebration of the prize which will be awarded on 6 May to 13 Italian excellences.
«Each of the eight thousand non-profit foundations existing in Italy undertakes to provide for the daily expenses of families who have moved to our country (usually a mother and two children) fleeing the war that broke out in Ukraine in a few days: it may be thus alleviating the complicated daily life of women and children already deeply marked by the drama they have left behind. All you need to do is contact one of the organizations that deal with solidarity», is President Liuzzo’s appeal to the heads of all the other Italian foundations.
The idea comes just a few days after the celebration of the thirteenth edition of the Guido Carli Prize, scheduled for Friday 6 May at 5.30 pm in the Sala Petrassi of the Auditorium Parco della Musica. We will be attending an extraordinary edition, awarded the Medal of the President of the Republic, because the winners will not only be entrepreneurs and economists, but talents from the world of cinema, sport, diplomacy and art. The historical moment imposes a high and wide-ranging look. After all, Guido Carli, Minister of the Treasury and signatory of the Maastricht Treaty, as well as governor of Bank of Italy and president of industrialists, was an economist but above all a humanist, a man of letters and culture; an all-round state servant.
New entry in the jury
Top secret, as always until the day of the event, the names of the awardees, even if some news has leaked out: the list of the magnificent thirteen will include, among others, General Francesco Paolo Figliuolo, after his experience at the helm of the anti-emergency structure Covid, today at the Joint Operational Command; Mariangela Zappia, Italian Ambassador to the United States; Luigi Ferraris, managing director of Ferrovie dello Stato; Alberta Ferretti, stylist and one of the main icons of Italian fashion in the world. Two new entries in the jury: the director of Tg1 Monica Maggioni and Aldo Bisio, managing director of Vodafone Italia. The awards will be assigned after a selection made by the jury of excellence chaired by Gianni Letta, honorary president of the Guido Carli Foundation.
