Seventy work photos on display in Legnano to make a dream come true: the construction of a pediatric rehabilitation center in Guinea Bissau.
Armando Belloni’s photos on display in Legnano for Guinea Bissau
From Tuesday 30 April to Monday 27 May Palazzo Leone da Perego and nine shop windows (shops, Urp, San Magno parish centre) of the central restricted traffic zone, as well as the atrium of Palazzo Malinverni, will host the 70 shots of Armando Belloni which see the works and the many gestures that distinguish them as protagonists. Strictly in black and white and never “posed”, the photographs were taken in the post-Covid period and captured professions and trades present in the area as well as activities of great tradition and renown in other parts of Italy such as those of glass blowers of Murano and the embroiderers of Offida. The images aim to celebrate work in its various facets, from manual skills to the application of technology, from love for nature to a vocation for beauty, recalling old crafts and looking at the new achievements of science and technology. Organized by the Municipality of Legnano, the Rotary Club Parchi Alto Milanese, the Honorary Consulate of Guinea Bissau in Italy, the High School Association and the Legnanese Family, the exhibition, which is part of the program of the Centenary of Legnano city by virtue of what is the genius loci of Legnano, that is, industriousness, has a beneficial purpose, the support of the community of Guinea Bissau, and for this reason it is in continuity with the decades of experience of doctors and professionals of the Rotary club Parchi Altomilanese who carry out cooperation activities in the health, education and social distance and on site.
Contributions from visitors will finance the “Health for your future” project
All free contributions from visitors to the exhibition will go to finance the “Health for your future” project, aimed at the creation of the first medical center for pediatric neuro-rehabilitation in the Bohr hospital in Guinea Bissau and which takes the form of the purchase of beds and specific aids for rehabilitation, in staff training and in the activation of scholarships for new doctors and, finally, in on-site coordination and supervision by specialized medical personnel. The project contacts are the cooperating doctor Ernestina Ricotta and the honorary consul of Guinea Bissau in Italy Bruno Morlacchi.
The exhibition will be inaugurated at 5.30pm on April 30th and will be open on Saturdays and holidays from 10am to 12.30pm and from 3.30pm to 7pm; on Thursdays from 3.30pm to 7pm.
