Terni: red carpet in Arrone for the faces of courage, tonight the awarding of the prize

In Arrone, a small village in the province of Terni, the faces of those who do not give up will parade this evening. In fact, the new international recognition is dedicated to courage, the Valore Coraggio Award, promoted by the Sustainable Italy Foundation, Proloco and the Municipality of Arrone, with the patronage of the Umbria Region and the Municipality of Terni, presented tonight at 9 pm. The awards, sculptural works by Sestilio Burattini, they will be delivered by the ambassador of Italy to the Holy See, Pietro Sebastiani; by the Head of Institutional Relations of the European Parliament Italy Office, Fabrizio Spada; by Philip Willan, vice president of the Foreign Press Association and by Gian Marco Chiocci, director of AdnKronos and president of the jury. Thirteen prizes and a heterogeneous parterre of Italian and non-Italian protagonists: from Arif Oryakhail, an Afghan doctor who has just returned from Kabul where he was for the reconstruction of the hospital network, to Giorgio Calissoni, kidnapped in 1983 with his mother Anna Bulgari; From father Paolo Dall’Oglio, prisoner of jihadist extremists in Syria who will be represented in Arrone by his sister Francesca to Giovanni Putoto, who with CUAMM Doctors with Africa was at the front against Ebola; from Don Luigi Merola, former anticamorra parish priest of Forcella in Naples, he rescued many young people from organized crime, to Mauro Mascetti, driver of the bus on fire in a tunnel that on 14 July saved twenty-five boys. The fashion entrepreneur Nicoletta Spagnoli, Luisa’s niece, who did not give in to relocation and kept the headquarters of the business in Umbria, will also be awarded. Then, Maria Cristina Finucci, with her works of art, denounces plastic pollution in the seas and one in particular, Help which will be exhibited in Arrone. Awards also for the photographer Antonio Guccione, author of the manifesto of the Award; the actors Massimo Wertmuller and Anna Ferruzzo, committed to the protection of animals; the singer Agostino Penna, who at the event, led by Pino Rinaldi with Martina Sambucini, Miss Italy 2020, will offer a tribute in music. Five years after the earthquake that also devastated the Valnerina where the Prize was born, an award will be given to Maria Chiara Buffa, an entrepreneur from Amatrice. Giusy Versace, Paralympic athlete, deputy and founder of the non-profit organization Disabili No Limits will participate with a video message.