I deeply believe we must restore mercy to our society, our universal brotherhood, our empathy, which can overcome all barriers and reveal the true nature of men and women. As human beings we all share hopes, dreams, fears and wishes. In light of this we cannot be indifferent and passive in the face of suffering in those around us.
Reading Time: 2 minutes It seems like yesterday when I said goodbye to the MOAS team leaving the quay of the Grand Harbour in Malta. It was the first Search and Rescue mission, to......
Reading Time: 4 minutes Drowning, an ever-increasing phenomenon in the world, is the third leading cause of death from unintentional traumatic events. The people at greatest risk of drowning are children, those who work......
Reading Time: 2 minutes Last year, while we were celebrating our second Easter in lockdown, we all hoped that, in 2022, we could go back to our normal lives and approach the new year......
Reading Time: 2 minutes The violent conflict which has erupted in Ukraine has catapulted us back in time to the Cold War. Every day we receive more heartbreaking images from the conflict zone, and......
Reading Time: 2 minutes The escalation of the last 48 hours captures us with alarm and concern and leaves us speechless as we face the images and testimonies coming from Ukraine. The attack on......
Reading Time: 3 minutes The 2021 that we leave behind has seen the rise of new worrying emergencies and the continuation of extreme and protracted humanitarian crises. A scenario further exacerbated by the spread......
Reading Time: 3 minutes Along with Nelson Mandela, F.W. de Klerk and Albert Lutuli, Desmond Tutu was one of the most important figures to challenge policies of apartheid in South Africa and today they......
Reading Time: 2 minutes The warmth of the embrace of our loved ones, the intimacy of the home, the sense of belonging to a community that surrounds us, are the essential gifts of this......
Reading Time: 2 minutes @ https://indicators.ohchr.org/ United Nations Human Rights On 18th December, we celebrate the World Day of Migrants proclaimed by the General Assembly of the United Nations with Resolution 55/93. The......
Reading Time: 4 minutes @ Riace Non Si Arrende, Nancy Polo, 2019 This illustration is made to commemorate an heroic act of common sense and humanity. As the sun’s dying light glimmers across the......
I believe in social business and philanthropy. I am actively connected to different humanitarian projects. Together with my husband, we created MOAS and Tangiers Group, our family business, where I am currently a member of the Board of Directors
“The human species — we, in short — had the potential to construct an enormity of pain, and that pain is the only force created from nothing, without cost and without effort. It is enough not to see, not to listen, not to act”
Primo Levi
“Omnia munda mundis; coinquinatis autem et infidelibus nihil mundum, sed inquinatae sunt eorum et mens et conscientia”