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Kappa FuturFestival supports Ukraine

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Kappa FuturFestival is at the side of Specchio dei tempi to help the victims of the war in Ukraine.

Part of the proceeds of the electronic music festival, which will be held in Turin from 1 to 3 July, will go to Specchio’s solidarity projects. But that’s not all: all KFF participants can join the fundraiser by making a donation.

Over 6,000 people and companies have already responded to Specchio’s appeal to support Ukrainian refugees. When the conflict broke out, the La Stampa readers’ Foundation immediately launched a subscription and took action with solidarity initiatives in support of the civilians, both in
receiving them in Italy and in helping those who do not want to leave the country.

In Cernivci, a small Ukrainian town on the border with Romania, a village has been built to house and refresh 1,800 refugees every day, thanks to more than 1,000 square metres of canteen, clinic, kitchens, beds, play areas and air-raid shelter, and the 370 tonnes of food and medicine brought in since the beginning of the war.

Kappa FuturFestival has decided to support these projects during its ninth edition, which will see more than 70 international artists, protagonists of electronic music and digital arts, take turns at Parco Dora.

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How to donate for refugees and repatriation

Everyone can support the return of Ukrainian families to their homeland. You can donate by clicking here with your credit card and Paypal. Or you can pay by bank transfer to the current account in the name of Fondazione La Stampa – Specchio dei tempi, via Lugaro 15, 10126 Turin, Iban code IT67 L0306909 6061 0000 0117 200, indicating “For the people of Ukraine” as the reason for payment.

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We helped 1000 Ukranian families

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Angelo Conti

Yesterday afternoon, with the delivery of the last 25 aid packages to as many Ukrainian families, Specchio dei tempi concluded one of the projects activated for the refugee emergency: a 500 euro cash aid was delivered to 1000 families, for a total expenditure of half a million euro. In detail, 605 families were helped in Turin, 260 in Novara, 70 in Cuneo, 62 in Alessandria and 3 in Savona. The recipients of the aid were 985 women and 15 men, mainly elderly.  There were 3247 children in these family groups, with an average of 3.2 children. Very large families with up to 9 children were also supported.  The area of origin was in 26% of the cases Mariupol, 22% Odessa, 17% Kiev, 12% Kharkiv. The remaining 23% came from other provinces, almost all in eastern Ukraine.

The project was carried out in close collaboration with the Ukrainian Consulate in Turin and with the consul Dario Arrigotti: a team of Ukrainian volunteers, all long-standing residents in Piedmont, took care of receiving the phone calls for help and of an initial assessment of the requests. The staff of Specchio dei tempi then took care of calling for and delivering the aid, relying in Turin on Casa Santa Luisa in via Nizza 24 and in the provinces on the local editorial offices of La Stampa, which collaborated by providing premises and services.

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There were countless expressions of gratitude for this initiative: “It was moving,” explains Specchio’s president, Lodovico Passerin d’Entreves, “to read the messages that these families sent us. Many women had fled their homes holding their children by the hand but without taking anything else with them. This first important cash aid has enabled them to approach an unknown country in a less difficult way. Assistance will obviously continue for emergencies or particularly serious situations”.

Together with the Cooperativa Crescere 1979, Specchio dei tempi has also immediately set up the “Forza Mamme Ucraine!” project, which is accompanying the integration of dozens of families in Turin by means of meetings, Italian courses, knowledge of the city and games for the children.

Finally, the Refugee Village in Cernivci, in the heart of Ukraine, has been set up for a month now by Specchio dei tempi and Specchio d’Italia, with the logistical support of Remar Onlus. where thousands of refugees fleeing bombed cities, but who do not want to leave Ukraine, are welcomed and assisted, seeking shelter in a relatively quieter city.  Here, Specchio has purchased over 1,000 square metres of tensile structures, deployed the Specchiobus with two clinics, guaranteed medical assistance and sends a truckload of food and basic necessities every week.

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Specchio dei tempi has so far collected €1,578,472 from 6444 donors for the project “For the people of Ukraine”. The subscription obviously remains open, also because there is still a lot to be done, especially in the Village of Cernivci where we provide a meal to 1300 refugees a day.

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Five thousand donations for Ukraine: the collection continues

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Angelo Conti

More than 5,000 donations have been made to Specchio dei tempi and Specchio d’Italia for immediate aid to refugees fleeing the bombs. At the same time, the total amount of resources has exceeded 1.1 million euro. Yesterday we also exceeded the quota of 200 families helped with an economic contribution (yesterday alone there were 60 in Novara) and the quota of 600 people transported to Italy by coach and minibus. More than 100 tonnes of goods were transferred from Italy to the borders.

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A village in Ukraine to host 1,800 refugees

All activities are underway and these numbers are all set to increase in the coming hours. On the front line, that is, in the war zone, Specchio dei tempi and Specchio d’Italia are active in setting up the “Specchio Village” in Cernivci, 30 kilometres from the Ukrainian border at Siret in Romania. Here we have signed an agreement with the Ukrainian municipality, which has granted us the use of a school (equipped with an air-raid shelter) and made available two squares for the assembly of tensile structures of about 1500 square metres that will house first reception areas, kitchens and clinics to help the refugees.

The village close to Romanian border

All this is possible thanks to the strong agreement with Remar Spain, the non-profit organisation that has been collaborating with Specchio dei tempi for years and that takes care of the logistics of these interventions.

Shuttles and humanitarian aids

Meanwhile, the shuttle service between Italy and the borders continues. Yesterday, a couple of taxi drivers departed from Milan, accompanied by an interpreter, to reach Oradea in Romania with a bus uttles and humanitarian aidloaded with aid and then return with two Ukrainian families.  The coach that left on Tuesday for Medyka in Poland and the 66-seater coach that left on Wednesday from Fossano for Romania are still on their way. A truckload of aid, with a nurse on board, is on its way to Poland.

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The collection of foodstuffs, mineral water, pillows, blankets and personal care items continues. In this context, by Sunday Acqua Sant’Anna will supply thousands of bottles, which will be sent to the borders on Monday, while RoverAir will donate thousands of shampoo packs. They will be stored in Fossano, in the warehouse made available by Confartigianato Cuneo, and in Turin to continue towards Cernivci in the first days of next week.

Humanitarian aids leaving for Ukraine

How to help the people of Ukraine

If you want to help the Ukrainian people you can donate by clicking here, with a credit card or Paypal. Or you can pay by bank transfer to the account in the name of Fondazione La Stampa – Specchio dei tempi ONLUS, via Lugaro 15 – 10126 Torino, IBAN: IT67 L0306909 6061 0000 0117 200, Banca Intesa Sanpaolo. In the reason for payment: “For the people of Ukraine”. All payments, except those in cash, are tax deductible.

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Global Giving donates 25 thousand dollars for Ukraine

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Federico De Andrea

Two weeks of heavy work, 4000 donations and more than 920,000 Euro collected.

This is not only an extraordinary show of charity by readers of La Stampa, and Italians in general, and a resolved demonstration of how strong solidarity in Europe can be, but also the proof of how the whole world can feel united in facing disasters and wars.

That’s what happened on GlobalGiving, one of the most important American nonprofit organizations that allows foreign donors to give to all the nonprofits around the world. Mainly American donors contributed to the Specchio dei tempi project, in an attempt to provide Ukrainian refugees with food, supplies, medicines and shelter. After the Covid-19 emergency, where Specchio was the reference point for donations for donating in Italy from abroad, foreign donors have trusted us once again, giving more than 10 thousand euro on the platform.

Moreover, GlobalGiving’s Disaster Response Team has been our partner since the 2017 central Italy earthquake. It has sustained us during the pandemic and it has renovated its support again now, during this new emergency: Specchio dei tempi has been selected as a recipient of a 25 thousand dollar grant (around 22,800 Euro) to help our “critical work serving the people of Ukraine during this terrible time of conflict and destruction”.

This shows once more, if still needed, how solidarity is borderless and universal.

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Fundraising for Ukraine exceeds €500,000

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Over 505,000 euro raised from 2,215 donors. This is the picture, updated to yesterday evening, of the subscription launched by Specchio dei tempi (with the support of its national brand Specchio d’Italia). Among the curiosities is the accomplishment of the province of Cuneo with over 500 donations.

Support activities for refugee families are intense. Yesterday morning, Specchio distributed economic aid to the first 8 families. This aid can be requested through the filter of the Ukrainian Consulate in Turin on +39 011 0230075.

Last night, a 9-seater minibus that had travelled as far as Lviv, Ukraine, returned to Turin. This was thanks to the courage of an entrepreneur, Massimo Orlando, who offered to drive the vehicle. In the middle of the night, the minibus carrying 54 refugees also arrived, having left Sunday night from the Polish border. The journey was organised in collaboration with Arca Solidale.

All Specchio buses and minibuses leave fully loaded. On board are mainly foodstuffs with a long shelf life, hygiene products, mattresses, cots, pillows, medicines and various medical supplies (with particular demand for syringes, bandages, plasters and disinfectants). There are two main destinations: the village of Korczowa in the Polish province of Javroslaw (one and a half kilometres from the Ukrainian border) and the town of Sivet in northern Romania. Here, Specchio dei tempi is collaborating to set up a second reception camp.

What we are doing for Ukrainian refugees

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Angelo Conti

Close to Ukraine, really close. Specchio dei tempi was the first Italian foundation to launch a subscription in favour of Ukraine on Sunday 27 February. At the same time, its sister foundation, Specchio d’Italia, which operates throughout Italy, immediately took action to support the collection. When the two foundations opened the subscription, they made available 100,000 euro of their own funds, to which private donations from everyone – citizens, families, schools and companies – were immediately added. Yesterday evening the collection exceeded 400,000 euro.

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How we are using donations for Ukraine

What have we done to help the Ukrainians? The first emergency appeared to be the hundreds of thousands of refugees crossing the Polish and Hungarian borders. Within a few hours, we contacted voluntary associations, local authorities and journalists from local newspapers in those countries to get a good understanding. It became clear that while there were no problems on the Hungarian border (the Hungarian reception system was efficient and met all the needs of those arriving), the situation on the two main routes between Ukraine and Poland was quite different. On Monday, the first shuttles, financed and supported by our foundation, were already on their way to these areas. On Wednesday night, the first refugees arrived in Italy, reaching first Brescia and then Turin.

A chain of shuttles for humanitarian aid

Since then, the shuttle service has been running on a daily basis: 9-seater mini-buses, but also a 54-seater coach, which has just left today and will be used frequently next week. Obviously, these vehicles have also begun to transport basic necessities: mainly foodstuffs with a long shelf life, personal hygiene products, medicines and various medical supplies (with particular demand for syringes, bandages, plasters and disinfectants).

Welcoming Ukrainian refugees in Turin

Meanwhile, in Turin, the il Comitato di Coordinamento della Regione Piemonte (Coordination Committee of the Piedmont Region) has entrusted us with the task of assisting the families of arriving refugees, offering them immediate economic support. To this end, in close collaboration with the Ukrainian Consulate and its volunteers, an emergency telephone number has been activated, available to those who arrive.

What we will do next week

Next week’s programme includes intensifying connections with the borders to transport refugees to Italy, but also sending medical supplies and food to those who have decided to stay in Ukraine, some to fight, some unable to move for health reasons, some out of attachment to their homeland.

We will continue to be close to the Ukrainian people. Everyone can give us a hand to be even more incisive and more capable of bringing comfort to desperate people.

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How to help the people of Ukraine

If you want to help the Ukrainian people you can donate by clicking here, with a credit card or Paypal. Or you can pay by bank transfer to the account in the name of Fondazione La Stampa – Specchio dei tempi ONLUS, via Lugaro 15 – 10126 Torino, IBAN: IT67 L0306909 6061 0000 0117 200, Banca Intesa Sanpaolo. In the reason for payment: “For the people of Ukraine”. All payments, except those in cash, are tax deductible.