• ISRAEL \ Sep 06, 2007
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    Football team contributes 750,000 Euro to a Hospital in Nazareth
Football team contributes 750,000 Euro to a Hospital in Nazareth The work to build the new Neonatal and Intensive Therapy unit in the structure got under way in June and it is expected to be completed by the end of December 2007; the total amount required for the construction of the whole unit is about 750,000 Euros that Fondazione Milan is raising thanks to its different activities.

The care centre, also known as the “Italian Hospital”, is an institution dear to the whole population both of Nazareth and Galilee, being an example of excellence and peaceful coexistence between people belonging to the four different religions in this area, as in the wards of the hospital Christians, Jews, Muslims and Druze work and find medical assistance.

Fondazione Milan decided to support this new project in Israel because of the social and cultural values of the structure, as Leonardo, AC Milan and Brazilian National Team former player, now Fondazione Milan’s General Secretary, says: “We’re very proud to support such an important project that, as well as being meaningful for the local population, it is also a real hope of peace between people. We take great care in our fund raising activities, and our efforts are totally repaid with the satisfaction of helping toimprove such an important structure in Nazareth.”

The project in favor of The Holy Family Hospital is only one of the several activities in which Fondazione Milan is involved, both in Italy and abroad, to regularly support other associations and foundations already existing and working on the territory to help people in need. The Board of Directors includes Adriano Galliani (AC Milan Vice-President and CEO), Paolo Berlusconi (AC Milan Vice-President), Leonardo de Araujo and Paolo Maldini (AC Milan captain), proving the deep sense of responsibility that AC Milan feels towards the foundation. Since its inception, Fondazione Milan has supported more than 35 projects, raising proceeds of over 2 and half million Euros.



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