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18 Jun 2009

Italy
Italy: Department of State partners with the National Italian American Foundation to assist l'Aquila University following devastating earthquake

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— US Department of State
Office of the Spokesman
Washington, DC
June 18, 2009

The U.S. Department of State has joined forces with the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) in a public-private partnership to bring an American response to the people of Abruzzo, Italy, after the devastation caused by the April 6, 2009 earthquake. The focus of this partnership is to direct aid to L'Aquila University to restore its role as an important academic, social, and economic engine for the Abruzzo region. Initial projects include:

Adopt-a-Scholar: NIAF is working

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08 Jun 2009

Italy
Caritas looking to the future following Italy's earthquake

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— Caritas
Caritas is planning to help rebuild schools , community centres and houses in a long-term project following central Italy's massive earthquake on 6th April.

Seven weeks after after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit the medieval city of L'Aquila, leading to the deaths of 300 people and making tens of thousands homeless, Caritas is in the second phase of its recovery programme.

Caritas organisations from various Italian dioceses have sent delegations to L'Aquila and these have been "twinned" with neighbourhoods in the city.

Around 1,400 volunteers are involved

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04 Jun 2009

Italy
Anger boils among Italy quake refugees two months on

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— Agence France-Presse
by Gina Doggett

L'AQUILA, Italy, June 4, 2009 (AFP) - Two months after an earthquake devastated L'Aquila in central Italy, resentment is beginning to boil over for the some 58,000 refugees from the disaster as reconstruction work stalls.

Some 600 people, many wearing hard hats or bicycle helmets, crossed police lines to march into L'Aquila at the weekend under the slogan "Let's Take Back Our City," which remains an inaccessible "red zone" too dangerous for habitation.

The protest defied a ban on demonstrations

Agence France-Presse:

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