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08 May 2020 "Italy is facing the current, difficult test with energy and responsibility. The virus has broken many lives and impressed images in our memory that we will not forget. But the cohesion of which we have been able, the ability of doctors and of health workers has allowed us to overcome the most critical steps and to now plan a restart.

Teaching volunteering is an indispensable source of humanity that will help us open a new season of civil, economic and social development ". So President Mattarella in a message to the Red Cross.

"World Day of the Red Cross and Red Crescent celebrates this year while all humanity is facing an insidious pandemic, which reaps victims on every continent, which puts a strain on health services, which leaves a trail of worries and suffering not only among the sick but in every sector of society. It is these circumstances that show even more the value of an international movement, which thanks to the professionalism of the operators and the generous commitment of its volunteers, brings to the civil community a valuable contribution made by assistance in illness, concrete help in the face of needs, support when fear and insecurity risk leaving a profound mark on people's lives ". So the President of the Republic.

"The Red Cross and the Red Crescent - Mattarella claims - have acquired important merits in crucial historical events and in numerous, sometimes little known, contexts of crisis. The courage to bring help has become a powerful action of peace. We feel a strong sense of gratitude for the Italian Red Cross. For what it has done over the years and for what it continues to do. For the values ​​and the culture it testifies: the gratuitousness of the gift of oneself, of one's time, of one's own skills is a solidarity engine that enriches the life of the whole community ".