WORLD WATER DAY

Naples | 22 March 2021
Parent Category: Tutte le Attività (EN) - Category: Anno 2021

Despite the worldwide blockade caused by the "Coronavirus", the Mediterranean Foundation and the Museum of Peace - MAMT - through multimedia systems, portals and social media - celebrated World Water Day with a large community, established by the United Nations in 1992. The theme of the 2020 edition of the "Day" is the profound link between water and climate change. Among the interventions of international experts, those of the president Michele Capasso, of prof. Maurizio Iaccarino, of prof. Corrado Perricone and the Bishop of the Lucania Valley Monsignor Ciro Miniero.

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THE FONDAZIONE MEDITERRANEO PRESENTS THE WORLD CALL FOR WATER

Naples | 22 March 2021
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On the occasion of the "World Water Day" the Fondazione Mediterraneo presented the WORLD’S APPEAL FOR WATER, in the presence of representatives of politics, culture, science, religions and civil society.

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THE FOUNDATION AT THE SIDE OF DON CIOTTI AND OF "LIBERA" FOR THE 26TH DAY OF REMEMBRANCE IN MEMORY OF THE INNOCENT VICTIMS OF THE MAFIE

Naples | 21 March 2021
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On the occasion of the XXVIa Day of Remembrance and Commitment in memory of the innocent victims of the mafia - promoted by Libera and supported, among others, by the Fondazione Mediterraneo - for the first time in 26 years we are not together to color the squares of Italy . In these difficult days where it is essential to stay at home, we did not want to let the families of the innocent victims of the mafias miss our embrace. And the memory does not stop just as the memory of all the innocent victims of the mafia does not stop. March 21 has never been an end date in itself but always the stage of a commitment that lasts 365 days a year in schools, universities, associations, parishes and everywhere citizens live that responsibility for the common good that it is the first antidote to the evil of the mafias and corruption. The innocent victims of the mafias don't just want to be remembered. They want us to continue their commitment, to fulfill their hopes. To remember, to bring back to the heart the lives of people torn from their families, realizing, in fact, a right to a name and to remember that has no "civil" content but ethical, human, supportive: core values ​​of a community capable of building a process of Memory. This is why it was decided to celebrate the day through a social campaign. Through the web and social media, all the innocent victims of the mafia have been remembered, their stories, their names and our closeness to all the families of the innocent victims of the mafia.
On this occasion, certificates of "Standard Bearers of the United States of the World" were awarded to the young volunteers of the "Libera" Association.

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FIRST NATIONAL DAY IN MEMORY OF THE VICTIMS OF COVID-19

Naples | 18 March 2021
Parent Category: Tutte le Attività (EN) - Category: Anno 2021

At the Museum of Peace - MAMT thousands of streaming links for the celebration of the first national day in memory of the victims of the Corinavirus.
In fact, a year ago, on March 18, 2020, Italy was facing one of its first blackest days: about 3,000 victims of Covid-19 nationwide. At the same time in Bergamo, dozens of Army trucks were carrying the coffins of the dead that the city, now close to collapse, could no longer contain to the crematorium ovens of nearby cities. For the occasion, Prime Minister Mario Draghi will be in Bergamo and take part in two events: the first at the monumental cemetery and the second at the inauguration of the Bosco della memoria.
The initiative aims to "preserve and renew the memory of all the people who have died as a result of this epidemic". The proposal that received the go-ahead from Montecitorio is summarized in the unified text (AC 2451 and abb., S. 1894) consisting of 6 articles: among these there is precisely the institution, on March 18, of a National Day in memory of all the victims of the coronavirus epidemic, the possibility that the State, the Regions or local authorities, organize ceremonies, events or initiatives, in coordination with the associations concerned, especially aimed at the younger generations, to favor the moment of remembrance and that the educational activities organized by educational institutions to promote understanding and learning of the issues related to the spread of the coronavirus epidemic and the international commitment to its containment.

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