Stories - Humanitarian Corridor

Take a sad song, and make it better!

Musaab is 14 years old, he is Syrian, he lives in a refugee camp in Lebanon and suffers from aplastic anemia, a lethal form of leukemia from which he can be cured only with a bone marrow transplant. Musaab lives in a refugee camp in the village of Tel Abbas where he meets the volunteers of Operazione Colomba, nonviolent peace corps of the Community Association Pope John XXIII, who live alongside Syrian refugees and collaborate with the Community of Sant’Egidio for the realization of the humanitarian corridors.

Musaab is 16 years old, he is Syrian, he lives in Italy and has successfully received bone marrow transplantation. Musaab lives in Saronno (Milan) and together with his big family has started to live his new life! Go to the news

The humanitarian corridors have saved Musaab’s life and have given a new chance to all his family.

Hey “Judd”, don’t be afraid

Judd is five months old, he looks around with the smile of someone who looks happy and feels safe. He is not alone, with him there are mum and dad. They play with colored balloons, one red, the other green and the white one with the words “Viva l’Italia”. They escaped from war and suffering of Syria and landed in Rome (Fiumicino), thanks to the humanitarian corridors and they are finally free from fear for the future. Judd smiles to everyone, he’s happy. But mum and dad are happier than him. The humanitarian corridors implemented by the Community of Sant’Egidio have saved more than 1500 lives in the last two years: most children. Go to the news.
This is Italy, these are Italians: able to make people smile and to give hope.
Judd’s smile is ours: it’s a Made in Italy smile.

Remember to let her into your heart

Abiya is a year and a half old. She would like to smile for all the happiness she feels, and she does it with difficulty: a heart malformation makes it difficult to breathe. She moves and beats his hands with long fingers as a pianist. Her father with whom she traveled by plane from Ethiopia, hugs her in his arms. He also smiles and is moved, while she sings Fra Martino Campanaro.
Today Abiya is at the “Bambin Gesù” Hospital to take care of her little heart, while she has already healed and enlarged ours.