Croce Rossa Italiana - Comitato Locale di Cingoli a.p.s.

description of organisation

The Croce Rossa Italiana is part of the International Red Cross Movement, whose main aim is to alleviate the suffering of those in crisis, regardless the ground of their discomfort. At national level, Croce Rossa Italiana involves almost 140.000 active members, operating through a network of local Committees that can better address the needs emerging from each and every community. In particular, Croce Rossa Italiana – Comitato di Cingoli was born as a Group of the Volunteers of the Red Cross of Macerata in 1993 and then recognised as a separate Committee in 1998. It can count now on the support of 403 volunteers among the three main cities in the area: Cingoli, Apiro and Monte San Vicino. As regards the youth area, the Committee can count on a group of 90 youngsters, who organise a lot of activities in the area, especially projects and campaigns regarding responsible drinking. After the earthquake that damaged the southern Marche region in 2016 and 2017, the work and commitment of the Committee of Cingoli has increased in order to offer help to all its neighbouring areas that had a lot of problems not only in the period of the earthquake but also after: reconstruction is not easy, not only in terms of re-building but also emotionally. Nowadays, the Local Committee is also involved in the management of the health emergency connected to COVID-19. Even if the area of Cingoli was less affected by the pandemic than the northern province of the Marche region, the Red Cross has been supporting the local community, both during the lockdown and after, mainly by supporting the people that were in isolation and could not communicate with anybody.