We started out with 500 elderly and on Monday, with our new initiative for the over-80 we will be able to reach more than 4000 people in Turin and Piedmont region. Grocery bags with primary necessity goods will be delivered.
Stay tuned and follow the updates on our website!
Angelo Conti e Francesca Giannotti
While the fundraising has reached 6.755.649 euro, donated by 6.722 people, Specchio dei tempi continues to buy, order and donate machineries and equipment to help those who are obstructing the virus in first person. We’ve delivered 10 vital-parameter monitors at the Nuovo Martini Hospital and one at the Geriatric unit of the Ophthalmic Hospital. Yesterday has been a tough day. The equipment and furniture for the Reanimation 1 unit of the Molinette has been delivered. A cardiological ultrasound has arrived at the Mauriziano Hospital. The Maria Vittoria hospital has received a temporary ultrasound for the Intensive Care Unit, this will be substituted by the definite one next week. X-ray equipment have been delivered to to the Martini and Giovanni Bosco Hospitals. The family doctors of the FMMG organization have received gloves, and (hopefully) will soon receive a great number of masks.
In the meantime our grocery bags for the elderly are still being delivered. Starting Monday a new initiative will start for the citizens over-80, they will all receive primary necessity goods of the value of 40 euros each. With this project we will reach 4350 elderly in Turin. A special thanks goes to Terza Settimana Association, Crescere 1979, Pam, Coop, the Borello Supermarkets and Defendini for their support for organizing the logistics. Without them this couldn’t be possible.
Our campaign is rapidly spreading around the world. Starting yesterday our projects are also being promoted in Beijing with the help of Luca Bellet, a young social media talent, specialized in Chinese platforms. Also our website has been translated with Chinese characters. In the last 10 days we have received support from all over the world: 231 donors from 42 different countries for a total of 25 K. The entire globe is by our side.
As a response to the the Covid-19 emergency in Italy, the Agnelli Family, together with their companies, are taking action by coordinating with the Civil Protection Department. Together they are implementing a series of measurements to support the healthcare services and the patients infected by Covid-19. Here below the details:
-> The Agnelli Family has made a contribution that is equal to 10 million of euros in favor of the Civil Protection Department who is dealing with this emergency on a national scale, and la Fondazione La Stampa – Specchio dei tempi, who is committed to respond to all the healthcare and social necessities in Turin and the Piedmont region.
-> EXOR and its subsidiaries Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Ferrari and CNH Industrial – together with the collaboration of Ermenegildo Zegna and Pesenti foundation – have located and are buying through different suppliers a total of 150 respirators in addition to medical and sanitary supplies from abroad. The immediate transport to Italy is being organized.
-> The long-term rent company Leasys (FCA Bank) are making available a fleet of vehicles for the Italian Red Cross and all the volunteering associations to help them distribute goods and medicines to the sick and elderly in the Italian cities.
-> EXOR, FCA, Ferrari and CNH Industrial are in continuous contact with the Civil Protection Department in order to make free scouting available to the entire Country when in need to locate medical machineries and sanitary supplies; and with the customs services for the accelerated imports in Italy.
Lets not forget about the initiatives that are already in place:
-> The #DistantiMaUniti fundraising campaign promoted by Juventus, currently ongoing on the gofundme platform: www.gofundme.com/f/distanti-ma-uniti-dona-insieme-alla-juventus.
-> The I stay in school initiative (#restoascuola), promoted by the Agnelli Foundation, Specchio dei tempi and La Stampa to support the long-distance education through the use of e-learning platforms that include tutoring hours for those students that are in difficulty.
Coffee plays an important role in Italians lives. Lavazza, with a donation of 10 million of euros to the organizations that are fighting against Covid-19, has reinforced this statement. Of this generous donation, 6 million are destined to the Piedmont Region who is concentrating its strengths in buying supplies and machineries for the medical structures and operators that are committed to obstruct the virus. 3 millions have been donated to Specchio dei tempi, to help us in our mission in all areas: healthcare, poverty and education.
With this donation we are able to increase our deliveries of supplies and machinery orders destined to the Turinese hospitals. Up to now we’ve managed to supply the ERs and Intensive Care units for the Amedeo di Savoia, Molinette, Mauriziano, Maria Vittoria, Rivoli hospitals together with the Region’s Crisis Unit. Our goal is to extend our operation throughout the entire Piedmont region.
Our commitment towards the elderly continues. After reaching out to over 1000 people with shopping bags filled with primary necessity products, we are working on new initiatives that aim to support over 3000 people that have over 80 years of age. Our support towards the schools continues through the e-platforms and sanitizing kits. The remaining 1 million is destined to the associations and organizations that like us are working to help those in need through this difficult time.
Through this incredible gesture of generosity, the Lavazza Group is not only sending a concrete help, but a strong message: by taking action and joining forces we will be able to come out of this situation of emergency and distress.
Three generous checks of the amount of 100.00 € have been sent from three Turinese citizens to Specchio dei tempi. In addition to the 3556 donors have contributed to the fundraising. People from all over the world are reaching out as they can, in particular from Brazil, Turkey, Messico and the US.
Specchio dei tempi’s subscription in favor of the hospitals, schools and the elderly has reached 789,462 euros. These resources have been immediately invested in numerous projects such as helping the ERs and Reanimation units in the hospitals, to helping the elderly living difficult situations and cannot live their homes due to the high risk of infection, to the “Long- distance” project for the schools.
We are happy to state that we have a long list equipment that has been ordered or delivered. This includes: parametric monitors, pulmonary ultrasounds and cardiological ultrasounds. But also more common materials such as: stethoscopes, thermometers, sphygmomanometers, thousands of masks, water resistant coats, gloves, caps and goggles. The Mauriziano Hospital, who has turned the Orthopedic unit into a Coronavirus Recovery department, is one of the structures that we are assisting with great care.
We are collaborating with the Institutions in order to coordinate and optimize all interventions. The school remains one of our focus points. All institutes of the region can have access to the “Long-distance” project that the Agnelli Foundation, together with Specchio, and a contribution of Reale Mutua have put together. The Schools are offered two free services: an e-learning platform to connect students and teachers, and 100 hours of tutoring (individual or in group). These can all be managed autonomously. All of the information is available on the Agnelli Foundation’s website following the #restoascuola. Together with the Cooperativa Crescere 1979, we have prepared over 120 sanitizing kits to deliver to the schools that participated to the initiative to guarantee clean classrooms and common areas for the students once the schools reopen. We’ve also extended our commitment to the elderly, by delivering shopping bags to over 1050 people in need in Turin. We are dealing with very fragile individuals. Through this initiative we can make sure that they stay at home and avoid the the risk of infection of the Covid-19 virus.
