The ceremony for the delivery of an Ambulance that has been donated to a Bulgarian hospital by the Alpini Volunteers group to the Embassy of the Order of Malta took place in Sofia, in the headquarter of the Alpine Volunteers group in Bornato, in the municipality of Cazzago San Martino.
The Mayor of Cazzago Antonio Mossini, recalled the close connection existing between Bulgaria and his city, that Cazzago has been twinned with the capital of the famous Roses Valley, Kazanlak, since the last June. The president of the group, Vittorio Consoli, highlighted the thirty-year-old social and voluntary commitment of the Alpine Volunteers operating in the new infrastructure built thanks to the awarness and the generosity of the citizen Gino Loda – in the service of the Franciacorta community, a commitment that now is going to be extended to the Bulgarian friends.
The Ambassador Camillo Zuccoli warmly thanked the donors mentioning all the numerous humanitarian and hospital initiatives promoted by the Order in Bulgaria and its activities, spread across the world.
In the presence of Brescia’s Senators Adriano Paroli (Mayor of Brescia) and Gianpietro Maffoni, and the Ambassadors of the Order Fabio Massimo Cantarelli (Eritrea) and Mario Carotenuto (Egypt), the chaplain of the Brescia’s section of the Order of Malta, Don Ivan Marcolini, and the priest of Cazzago, Don Giulio Moneta, after having spoken words of praise and encouragement for all those who dedicate themselves to human solidarity in the footsteps of the Melitan tradition, and after having recited the specific ritual prayers for those who work in the field of care of the sufferers, together they blessed the ambulance and all those present.
The photo gallery is on the official Facebook page of the Order of Malta’s Embassy in Bulgaria.
