From risk areas to the University of Padua. Fundraising for study opportunities

According to data from the Ministry of the Interior, around 158 thousand migrants landed in Italy in 2023, 50% more than in 2022 and over 130% more than in 2021. Migrant people, forced to leave their countries of origin, they face without certainty a tiring journey to reach Europe to live freely and not stop thinking about their future. Just like many young people from Afghanistan, Ukraine, Iran and other at-risk countries who arrive in our country do every year.

The University of Padua faithful to its motto Universa Universis Patavina Libertas “freedom in its entirety, for everyone, at the University of Padua” claims several initiatives to welcome people with refugee status, asylum seekers and people fleeing their country. One of these is the program Students at risk through which the University, thanks also to the generosity of many donoroffers numerous scholarships every year.

L’meeting on June 27th it is therefore the opportunity to tell some true stories of young people on the run from their countries of origin due to conflicts, discrimination and limitations on freedom, but also of hope and redemption. These young people are aware of the fortune that the scholarship represents for them and, consequently, for their families and communities: a precious opportunity for redemption after troubled suffering.

Greetings from Monica Fedelivice-rector of the Third Mission and relations with the territory, they introduce a panel discussion who sees the journalist’s contributions Fausto Biloslavoof the director of Corriere del Veneto, Corriere del Trentino, Corriere dell’Alto Adige and Corriere di Bologna, Alessandro Russelloof the councilor for Territory, culture, security and migratory flows of the Veneto Region, Cristiano Corazzariof the writer and journalist Pamela Ferlinby the director of the ESU of Padua, Gabriele Verzaand, in connection, the journalist Toni Capuozzo.

Also speaking are: Donor Elisa MassacesiHuman Resources Manager of Lundbeck Pharmaceuticals Italy, Rita ChiappaNational Program Director of the Soroptimist Club, e Genevieve Henrot, professor at the University of Padua and member of the Soroptimist Club.

Interventions and testimonies are moderated by Joy Lovison.

The vice-rector closes the meeting Monica Fedeli.

We discuss the importance of right to studybecause study is affirmation, it is identity construction, it is freedom and the future.

Participation in the event is free, upon registration.