by Eugenio La Mesa
A few days ago I was with some friends for lunch, at one point Andrea their son 13 comes up to me and gives me a sealed envelope, he told me that he’d got some money from relatives for his “Name Day”, and he had decided to donate it to Cure2Children, without keeping a penny for himself.
Obviously I was speechless, other than being moved (as indeed were his parents, this being a spontaneous gesture and not forced by the family) I remembered that I had never spoken directly to Andrea regarding solidarity birthdays, but he had listened to discussions made in the family in recent months and so made this decision.
With that money we can pay 2 weeks salary for a qualified nurse in Pakistan.
Andrea has made a small gesture, but the significance is enormous.
For me this is another reason to engage in Cure2Children and particularly in the project of birthday solidarity in which I believe a lot.
Heartfelt thanks Andrea!