PALERMO. Two scholarships for deserving students who would not have had the opportunity to continue their education. A way to give an opportunity to those who would have had the only alternatives of looking for a job at an early age or, worse, the streets and the risk of ending up in the arms of crime. Thanks to the donation and commitment of Euromanagement Healthcare and of Italtekno srltwo high school students will be accompanied throughout their school career with scholarships (from 2,500 euros each) which will be used to pay for books and teaching materials.
The idea is to father Antonio Garau, parish priest of San Paolo Apostolo in Borgo Nuovowhich will identify deserving students who will also be supported by a tutor, to follow their performance year after year and to report their profiles to a vast audience of companies at the end of their schooling. “We don’t ask for simple donations – says the parish priest of San Paolo Apostolo – but an opportunity and a better future for deserving children in poverty. In fact, those who offer financial support undertake to follow the students’ performance, to discuss with the families and at the end of the study cycle to help them enter the world of work. Even in this way, laborers are removed from crime”.
The project, carried out by“Youth 2017 3P Onlus” association and on which Sicindustria Palermo is now evaluating how to extend participation, it is part of the interventions carried out as part of the activities undertaken by Palermo entrepreneurs on the occasion of the solidarity dinner of 9 June, in which, thanks to the recommendation of the Municipality of Palermo, they were put to auction a series of problems of the city.
“We embraced this idea – explains the president of Sicindustria Palermo Giuseppe Russello – because we believe it is a concrete opportunity to offer an alternative to boys and girls who do not have the possibility of continuing their education. The right to study in some areas of our city unfortunately still represents a privilege. With these donations, for which I thank the sensitivity of the companies led by Francesco Ruggeri and Guglielmo Speciale, we will also guarantee the presence of a tutor who will evaluate the performance and needs of the students, with the hope that others will follow the example and the grants of study become many more. Because every space saved from decay, every fraction of territory recovered and every talent valorised is a piece of the future that we will give back to the city”.
“When, for the first time, Father Garau spoke to me about this idea – adds mayor Roberto Lagalla – I immediately thought that the municipal administration had to do something to promote this initiative which for the Borgo Nuovo neighborhood can represent an example of great value, especially from an educational and social point of view. I am happy, therefore, that as part of the solidarity dinner Sicindustria Palermo and its president Russello, whom I thank, have also embraced this scholarship project and my thanks also go to the companies Euromanagement Sanità and Italtekno Srl which are financing the initiative, concretely giving a great and concrete opportunity to two young students from Palermo”.
