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: 3 minutesOn November 25th, 264 people arrived in Pozzallo, including 184 men, 43 women, 37 minors and 5 new-born babies. One small girl was only 15 days old, some traces of......
Reading Time: 3 minutesAmal Hussain’s distant look broke the wall of silence over the ongoing Yemeni civil war. Her emaciated body suffering from malnutrition and deprivation became a symbol of this severe and......
Reading Time: 3 minutesViolence against women is an appalling phenomenon that affects 1 in 3 women at the global level, which means that 35% of women experience some form of physical and/or sexual......
Reading Time: 3 minutesViolence against women is an appalling phenomenon that affects 1 in 3 women at the global level, which means that 35% of women experience some form of physical and/or sexual......
Reading Time: 3 minutesMohammed is three years old and belongs to the stateless Rohingya community, which is known to be the world’s most persecuted minority. The MOAS team met this young boy at......
Reading Time: 2 minutesRosna is six months old and is currently living in Unchiprang with her father (30) and mother (25), who takes her to the local MOAS Aid Station that was opened......
Reading Time: 3 minutesUpon my return from Bologna and before arriving in Bangladesh, I had time to reflect on the experience made at the event organised by Sant’Egidio “Bridges of Peace 2018”. Among......
Reading Time: 3 minutesOn October 15th, I participated in a panel about humanitarian corridors as part of the event Bridges of Peace 2018 organised by the Community of Sant’Egidio to discuss global migrations,......
Reading Time: 3 minutesOne year ago, MOAS opened the first Aid Station in Shamlapur, a fishing village in Cox’s Bazar, where Rohingya people would land after perilous sea crossings from Myanmar. Shamlapur was......
Reading Time: 4 minutesOn October 3rd 2013, Italy and the entire world woke up with the horrific news of a shipwreck killing 368 people off Lampedusa, Europe’s doorstep. The day after, public opinion......
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”