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CHARITY ACROSS BORDERS By Mr LEONARDO GARILLI, RT 4 Piacenza, Italy
T
HE BRIDGE BETWEEN Italy and Africa
investments. A press conference was held soon after to
that has allowed the success of this
inform the public of the important initiative.
important Service is Dionisio Cumbà, Minister of Health of Guinea-Bissau.
THE OFFICIAL DELIVERY of the monitors to the
Dionisio left his country of origin many
hospital, which took place the next day, was a success.
years ago to study as a nurse in Verona.
The Minister of Health and the President of the hospital
Then, he graduated in medicine in Padua. Through
participated in the event. Garilli had the pleasure of
a former member of the Round Table Piacenza,
sharing the support that Round Table wants to give
lawyer Michele Cattadori, Round Table Piacenza was
to Guinea Bissau to local microphones. Not only that,
put in contact with Minister Dionisio for this charity
since on the same day he held several meetings with
project, which culminated with the gala dinner event
the Prime Minister and the Minister of the Interior, later
on February 18th. The event included the active
he was also received by the Foreign Minister.
participation of the Municipality of Piacenza as well as numerous sponsors such as the Round Table Italia
LEONARDO WAS VERY happy with the trip in which
Onlus Foundation, BMW, Nordmeccanica and many
he had the opportunity to visit a part of the local
others.
islands, as well as the capital Bissau. He discovered great poverty in the country which pushes us to help
THIS BEAUTIFUL DINNER EVENT, thanks to the
the local population even more as well as making us
sponsor and participants’ generosity, raised over
realize how much a project like this one can really make
€20,000 which is beyond what was initially budgeted.
a difference.
With this budget raised, it was then possible to purchase 10 medical multiparameter monitors
THE EVENT THAT the Round Table Piacenza organized
equipped with 10 batteries for the intensive care units
kicked off an awareness campaign towards the health
of Guinea Bissau through the company SolMed.
needs of Guinea Bissau. It spread like wildfire to
The President of Piacenza’s table Leonardo Garilli
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other non-profit but also government bodies for the
and the lawyer Cattadori, following the success of
purchase of machinery hospitals and the search for
the project, received a presidential invitation to go to
resources for the construction of a new hospital. The
Guinea Bissau to deliver the monitors in person and
project was presented by the Engineer and Professor
meet the President. Leonardo enthusiastically accepted
Nicoletti Mauro who had the approval of the local
the invitation and organized his trip between April 30
government to gather a budget in order to build the
and May 6, 2022.
new structure.
THE DAY BEFORE the official delivery of the monitors,
THE PRESIDENT of Piacenza’s Table, Leonardo Garilli,
scheduled for May 4th, Leonardo was received by His
is still working with government and non-profit
Excellency the President Umaro El Mokhtar Sissoco
organizations for a final donation to be made to Guinea
Embaló. During this meeting, the President of Guinea
Bissau before the end of his term. If this initiative is also
Bissau officially thanked Round Table for the monitors
successful, it will later be publicized through the Round
and efforts made. The meeting was also useful to
Table press organs together with the main Italian
discuss the development of some future projects and
newspapers.
