«Solidarity has always allowed us to overcome even very difficult tests». This is the message that the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella he brought in SolferinoIn the Mantuaon the occasion of the celebrations of the 160 years of the Italian Red Cross, which just after the tragic battle of the same name She was born in 1859by will by the Swiss Henry Dunant.
And on the occasion of the 160 years of the Italian Red Cross, also the Catania Committee celebrated the important milestone with the “CRI Village” in the central one University square. The initiative saw the participation of over a hundred volunteers, who colored the city center red with their uniforms.
Every day chundreds of men and women of the Red Cross they work for alleviate suffering of those who find themselves in vulnerable situations: come on battlefieldsto therefugee assistanceat the dissemination of hygiene standards and of health educationto the many initiatives in schoolsto help everywhere and for anyone.
There 160th birthday party was celebrated and experienced together with the local institutions with which the Italian Red Cross collaborates on a daily basis and at the CRI Village they took part in prefect Maria Carmela LibrizziThe commissioner Giuseppe Bellassai and the mayor Enrico Trantino.
A morning full of emotions and of lots of activities: give her first aid simulations to the demonstration of life-saving maneuvers, moving on to topics such as the health promotion and gods healthy lifestyles and the blood donation. Furthermore, a special hall was set up for the occasion review of the means from the Red Cross used in main emergency scenarios.
