CITTA’ DEL VATICANO (ITALPRESS/MNA) – Pope Francis received a delegation from the “Bambino Gesù del Cairo” Association, represented by the President Monsignor Yoannis Lazhi Gaid, former personal secretary, the President of the Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital of Rome, the President of Agostino Gemelli IRCCS University Polyclinic Foundation, the President of the Italian company RI Group, the President of the Hospitals Without Borders Foundation, the President of the Human Fraternity Foundation in Egypt, representatives of the Teladoc Society and the Butterfly Society and by some members and benefactors who contributed to this initiative.
?Pope Francis blessed the two Mobile Clinics, located in Piazza dei Protomartiri Romani, which will be available for the treatment of sick children and victims of war and their families, in places where healthcare facilities are lacking.
?The two Mobile Clinics are part of the initiative called “Salus”, promoted by the “Bambino Gesù del Cairo” Association, by the Human Fraternity Foundation in Egypt and by the Hospitals Without Borders Foundation.

Pope Francis expressed his joy and blessing towards this initiative: “I thank all the people and organizations who have worked and contributed to the set up of these two Mobile Clinics which will provide assistance and care to numerous children and sick people and reflect the spirit of the Document on Human Brotherhood. I am pleased to see the Bambino Gesù Hospital, Gemelli, the Italian authorities and other associations and foundations cooperating together in this beautiful Salus project. I encourage you to continue to support these concrete charitable initiatives that Don Gaid, with you, is able to carry out. With affection I greet all of you present and the delegations from the USA, the United Kingdom, Egypt, Argentina and Italy. May the Lord bless you and may Our Lady keep you under her maternal mantle and please pray for me!”
?Monsignor Gaid expressed his gratitude to the Holy Father and to all the benefactors who made this project possible which represents a small light in a world shocked by too much pain and suffering and supports the Association’s motto: “All the darkness in the world does not put off the light of a small candle.” An initiative that unites everyone to serve everyone without distinction or preference in the spirit of the Document on “Human Brotherhood for World Peace and Common Coexistence” signed by Pope Francis on 4 February 2019 in Abu Dhabi.

The news was published in Italy and abroad by journalist Biagio Maimone, Director of Communications for the Bambino Gesù Association of Cairo.
?Fuad Sweiss, President and Founder of (HWB) expressed his joy and gratitude to the Holy Father, assuring the commitment to continue and collaborate on other humanitarian initiatives.
?The other projects of the Bambino Gesù Association of Cairo are the “Oasi della Pietà” orphanage, which was inaugurated on May 5, 2024 in the city of Cairo; the “Human Fraternity Restaurant Chain”, called Fratello, which offers free meals for Egyptian families in need inaugurated on 9 January 2024. Next year, work will begin on the construction of the “Bambino Gesù del Cairo” Hospital, the first “Popès Hospital” outside Italy.
?The ceremony was also attended by an Egyptian delegation led by Nabila Makram, Head of the Technical Secretariat and Executive Director of the National Alliance for Civil Development Work, Mahmoud Talaat, Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the Holy See, Enas Mekkawy, Ambassador of the Arab League in Rome, Kais Abu Dayyeh, Ambassador of Jordan to Italy, Luciano Pezzotti, Ambassador of Italy to Jordan.

– Photo Biagio Maimone –

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Source: medNews