Financial contribution to augment Martyrs Trust Fund

Asmara/Barentu, 18 December 2023 – Eritrean organizations and associations in Italy contributed 52 thousand 888 Euros to augment the Martyrs Trust Fund.

According to a report from the Office of Public and Community Affairs, national organizations and associations in Rome contributed over 18 thousand 120 Euros, organizations in Catania 1 thousand 500 Euros, those from Palermo 210 Euros, those from Bari 875 Euros, national organizations from Abruzzi 620 Euros, those from Napoli 370 Euros, from Florence and Pistoia 915 Euros, and those in Pisa contributed 970 Euros.

Similarly, organizations in Milan contributed 20 thousand 665 Euros, organizations in Bologna 3 thousand 821 Euros, national organizations in Parma 2 thousand 470 Euros, in Verona 530, those from Torino 880 Euros, from Brescia 510 Euros, and national organizations in Genova contributed 425 Euros.

In related news, government employees and the small-scale business owners in the FortoSawa sub-zone, and Gash Barka Region extended financial support to families of the martyrs and disadvantaged children. 

According to the report, 39 thousand Nakfa was contributed by government employees and 21 thousand Nakfa was contributed by small-scale business owners, distributed to 20 families of martyrs and disadvantaged children.