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Italy earthquake: Here’s how you can help

The earthquake on Wednesday, which claimed the lives of at least 247 people, has had a devastating impact on four Italian towns.

Italy earthquake: Here's how you can help
Rescuers continue to hand for survivors. Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFP

As the search for survivors continues, many people from around the world have asked us how they can help.

So here’s how:

Order a plate of Amatriciana

Firstly, if dining at a restaurant in Italy or an Italian one elsewhere in the world, you can order a plate of pasta Amatriciana pasta. Chances are, €2 of what you pay for the dish, which originates from Amatrice, one of the towns worst affected, will go towards helping the town.

The initiative was set up by an Italian food blogger, and has signed up over 700 restaurants so far, so share this link below and help spread the word.

Donate to the Italian Red Cross

You can donate to the Italian Red Cross by clicking here.  A fund has also been set up by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), where you can donate with international currencies.

Donate via your mobile phone

Italian telecom firms Tim, Vodafone Italy, Fastweb, Coopvoce, Wind and Infostrada have set up a donation service. You can donate €2 by texting 45500 or dialing the same number from a landline.

The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) and UNICO

The National Italian American Foundation has set up a donation page, while UNICO, America’s largest Italian-American service and charitable organization is also collecting donations through its relief fund. Donations can be sent to the UNICO Foundation Disaster Relief Fund can be sent to 271 U.S. Highway 46 West, Suite F-103, Fairfield, N.J. 07004.

Save the Children has also set up a donation fund.

Donation collection points

Across Italy, points have been set up where you can donate non-perishable food, clothes, blankets, flash-lights, and anything else that will be useful to the towns and people affected.

The addresses are below but if you live in Rome, and have transportation or mobility issues, then Moovenda will collect your donations – but only until about 8pm or 9pm on Thursday August 25th. You can call or text the company on 3381577381 or leave a message on its Facebook page.

Collection point addresses:

Rome

PD Marconi, Via Eugenio Barsanti 25. Collection hours:  Thursday August 25th: 10-30am- 12:30 and 17:30-19:30 Friday August 26th: 10-30-12:30

PD Magliana, Via Vaiano 3. Collection hours:  Thursday August 25th: 10-00am- 12:00 and 17:30-19:30. Friday August 26th: 10:00-12:30 and 17:30-19:30.

PD Portuense, Via Pietro Venturi 33
Collection hours: Thursday August 25th: 11-00am- 13:00 and 17:00-19:00

PD Corviale-Muratella, Via Agostino Magliani 70
Collection hours: Thursday August 25th: 10:30am- 13:00 and 18:00-19:00. Friday August 26th: 10:30-13:00

Gazebo di solidarietà, Largo di S. Silvia, Portuense
Collection hours: 17:00-20:00

Polisportiva Castelverde, Via Manopello 134. Collection hours: 18.00-20.00

Presidenza del Municipio I, Via Petroselli 50, 3rd floor. Collection hours: Thursday to Friday 10:00-16:00

Via Antonio Tempesta 126. Collection hours: Thursday August 25th: 10.00-21:00

Astral Spa, Via del Pescaccio 96/98
Collection hours: Wednesday, Thursday and Friday: 6.45-20:30 and Saturday: 7:00-12:00.

Milan

Collections in Milan have been organized by volunteers at P.as.vol, who will be at Parco di Trenno between 15:30 and 18:30 on Thursday. They are specifically seeking summer and winter clothes, blankets, medication in unopened packets, and hygiene products.

You can also donate at the l’Ufficio Raccolta Fondi in Via S. Bernardino, 4 between Monday and Thursday from 9:30 to 12.30 and between 14:30 and 17.30; Friday 9:30-12:30

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ACCIDENT

German tourists among 13 dead in Italy cable car accident

Thirteen people, including German tourists, have been killed after a cable car disconnected and fell near the summit of the Mottarone mountain near Lake Maggiore in northern Italy.

German tourists among 13 dead in Italy cable car accident
The local emergency services published this photograph of the wreckage. Photo: Vigili del Fuoco

The accident was announced by Italy’s national fire and rescue service, Vigili del Fuoco, at 13.50 on Sunday, with the agency saying over Twitter that a helicopter from the nearby town of Varese was on the scene. 

Italy’s National Alpine and Speleological Rescue Corps confirmed that there were 13 victims and two seriously injured people.

Italian daily Corriere della Sera reported that German tourists were among the 13 victims.

According to their report, there were 15 passengers inside the car — which can hold 35 people — at the time a cable snapped, sending it tumbling into the forest below. Two seriously injured children, aged nine and five, were airlifted to hospital in Turin. 

The cable car takes tourists and locals from Stresa, a resort town on Lake Maggiore up to a panoramic peak on the Mottarone mountain, reaching some 1,500m above sea level. 

According to the newspaper, the car had been on its way from the lake to the mountain when the accident happened, with rescue operations complicated by the remote forest location where the car landed. 

The cable car had reopened on April 24th after the end of the second lockdown, and had undergone extensive renovations and refurbishments in 2016, which involved the cable undergoing magnetic particle inspection (MPI) to search for any defects. 

Prime Minister Mario Draghi said on Twitter that he expressed his “condolences to the families of the victims, with special thoughts for the seriously injured children and their families”.

Infrastructure Minister Enrico Giovannini told Italy’s Tg1 a commission of inquiry would be established, according to Corriere della Sera: “Our thoughts go out to those involved. The Ministry has initiated procedures to set up a commission and initiate checks on the controls carried out on the infrastructure.”

“Tomorrow morning I will be in Stresa on Lake Maggiore to meet the prefect and other authorities to decide what to do,” he said.

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