By Sonia Santucci | Project Leader
The past winter had been extremely hard for the earthquake affected areas. In January 2017 a huge quantity of snow fell over villages and hills in Marche and Abruzzo Regions and on 18th of January four strong earthquakes again shocked the local communities. The most tragic event had been the avalanche that completely destroyed the hotel Rigopiano by causing the death of 29 people. Lack of electricity affected thousands of families and the road had been interrupted by the snow for several days.
FEDERGEV Emilia Romagna had immediately given further support in the affected areas and for the snow emergency.
In January, FEDERGEV Emilia Romagna supported the Municipality of Camerino for the technical inspection of building and premises and to deal the difficulties of population due to the big snow.
In addition, IBO Italia participated to a project of other associations and private donors, to provide local farmers with hay in the area of Amatrice, by guaranteeing the transfer - with two lorries- of 100 hay bales, with a total of 450 tonnes.One of the main problems of this cold and snowy winter was the provision of food for animals and their shelters. The local economy of these areas is specially based on farming (cows, sheeps, goats, horses) and the transformation of animal products.
As long – term relief activities, IBO Italia is planning to implement in Ferrara leisure summer camps for about 70 children and teens of the affected areas as an opportunity to spend a peacefully and happy holiday in a different place. We already experienced a similar activity for children in 2012, after the earthquake that affected Emilia Romagna, when a group of children living in the Municipality of Medolla participated in a summer camp in another region. This kind of experience could be a chance to "detach" from the difficult local conditions of these last months. The idea is to involve 25 children/teens per shift, with three shifts planned in June and July 2017.
If you are interested to support our relief activities, hava a look to the fundraising campaign for summer camps project on Global Giving: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/earthquake-in-italy-re-starting-from-children/. !!!
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