President Sergio Mattarella on
Saturday honoured 30 'everyday heroes' who have distinguished
themselves for social commitment and civic action.
Mattarella gave out the thirty honours for Merit of the
Republic, which will be formally conferred on March 20, on
citizens who have distinguished themselves for activities aimed
at combating gender-based violence, for ethical
entrepreneurship, for an active commitment also in the presence
of disabilities, for commitment in favour of prisoners, for
solidarity, for choice of voluntary work, for activities in
favour of social inclusion, legality, the right to health and
for acts of daily heroism.
Mattarella identified, among many examples, significant cases of
civil commitment, dedication to the common good and testimony of
republican values.
Among the recipients were:
Mattia Abate, 35, for helping those with disabilities; Mattia
Aguzzi, 37, for risking his life saving a little girl who fell
from a building; Licia Baldi ,88, for education prisoners at
Porto Azzurro on Elba; Simone Baldini, 42, for helping with
flood relief in Emilia-Romagna; Lucia Bevilacqua, 65, and her
husband Salvatore Pilato, 64, for educating and including
disabled children; Antonio Bodini, 64, for creating Baskin, for
disabled people to play basketball; Vincenzo Bordo, 67, for
helping the poor in Seoul; Marco Caprai, 60, for employing
immigrants on his vineyards; Giuseppina Casarin, 65, for
connecting people of different cultures through song; Dario
Cherici, 80, for flood relief and work in other disasters;
Marina Clerici, 68, for helping families of the disabled; Marta
Delle Piane, 35, and Gabriele Bona, 64, for their research on
child rheumatic illnesses; Nicola Di Lena, 42, for ethical
entrepreneurship including the differently able; Maria Eleonora
Teresa Galia, 53, for cheering up sick children with toys and
other activities; Francesco Giannelli Savastano, 74, for hosting
sick children and their families during their medical treatment;
Marta Grelli, 26, for setting up an online platform to help the
disabled get about; Pietro Literio, 54, for offering free
medical advice and assistance to the sick; Leonardo Lotto, 25,
for sending an inspirational message after graduating following
an accident that confined him to a wheelchair; Michele Mele,
32, for helping the blind over obstacles and other problems;
Giovanni Neri, 80, for his work with cancer patients; Nicolina
Parisi, 82, for helping in the Cutro migrant disaster a year
ago;
Antonio Piccolo, 74, and Carlo Sagliocco, 71, for setting up a
soccer school at Mob-ridden Scampia in Naples; Marco Randon, 64,
for distributing bread in natural disasters abroad; Sarah
Sclauzero, 5, for helping victims of domestic violence; Gianni
Stinziani, 54, for helping parents with autistic children;
Paola Maria Tricomi, 32, for helping the disabled to study; and
Stefano Ungaretti, 42, for helping in the first aid sector.
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