Earthquake in Central Italy: the Unipol Group gives over €1 million for the reconstruction of the elementary school "Santini" in Loro Piceno (Macerata)

The Unipol Group has given more than €1 million to finance the reconstruction of the Elementary School Pietro Santini in Loro Piceno (Macerata), declared uninhabitable because of the damage suffered during the earthquake shock on 24 August 2016.

Starting from the 2017/2018 school year, the new school will host more than 120 pupils in five classes and will be rebuilt according to the project drafted by the Commissioner's office.

The money was handed over in Rome today by Pierluigi Stefanini, Chairman, and Carlo Cimbri, Chief Executive Officer, in person to Vasco Errani, Special Government Commissioner for the reconstruction of the territories of the Municipalities in the Regions of Abruzzo, Lazio, Marche and Umbria.

The donation – which falls within the framework of the actions announced by Unipol on 26 August for the benefit of the population affected by the earthquake and its policyholders – was the result of an internal subscription endorsed by the Group through voluntary fundraising from employees, which was accompanied by the voluntary contributions of the Managers and the spontaneous contributions from the Group’s large agency network, as well as a Company grant, which doubled the amount collected
from its collaborators.

The link between Unipol and the school in Loro Piceno will be enriched by a further event in the coming weeks: on 25 May, on the occasion of “Take Your Children to Work” day, the Group’s employees’ children will be hosted at their parents’ offices and will receive a gift book entitled Noi su questa terra che balla (“We on This Dancing Ground”), which in a simple way explains what an earthquake is and how to behave if it happens. The children will be asked to write some thoughts expressing their closeness and donate books to the students of Macerata.