Message from the Chairman

FOLLOWING THE ROAD ALREADY MAPPED OUT

Invested with the honour of picking up the baton left by Professor Emmanuele F. M. Emanuele at the helm of Fondazione Roma, I feel the enormous responsibility of providing continuity to the impressive and peerless work he has done in over twenty years of chairmanship to reinstate the rank of leader of Fondazione Roma, which in the early nineteen-nineties had to resume and expand the philanthropic tradition of the savings bank Cassa di Risparmio di Roma and the Mount of Piety of Rome to make the local community feel the solidarity of this prestigious institution, called to subsidize public bodies which are more and more absent and deficient in ensuring a social security system… >>

Message from the Honorary President

The Efficiency of Solidarity.
Fondazione Roma Protagonist of the Civil Welfare Model.

Italy must now reconsider the concept and limits of the welfare system and focus on an urgent transition from the Welfare State to a Civil Welfare Model, whereby the State, individuals and non-profit organizations provide social services on equal terms, in order to propose a system that leaves scope for social interaction and enables citizens to be directly involved in the management of public goods… >>

 

INMI and Fondazione Roma together for research on Sars-CoV-2

The Foundation’s support will allow the Institute to equip a new facility for research on Sars-CoV-2 The National Institute for Infectious Diseases (INMI) ‘Lazzaro Spallanzani’ and Fondazione Roma are pleased to announce their partnership which, through a contribution of 500.000 euro donated by Fondazione Roma,

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When Art and Solidarity travel in the Lift

Il Tempo newspaper - Roma

A miracle happened in Tor Marancia, a suburb in Municipio VIII. The most colourful neighbourhood of Rome and the only suburb on the itinerary of many tourists.

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The DA VINCI Robot at the Umberto I general hospital in Rome

The Da Vinci Robot, purchased with the contribution of Roma, was presented during the opening ceremony of the new Centre for Robotic Surgery in the Ulrico Bracci ward

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After the Pope, President Mattarella at Villaggio Emmanuele F.M. Emanuele

On Friday the 17th of May at 10:30 sharp, the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella passed through the entrance gate of Villaggio Emmanuele F.M. Emanuele, in the Bufalotta neighborhood in Rome, to visit the facility for people affected by Alzheimer’s disease requested and promoted by Professor Emmanuele F. M. Emanuele, Honorary President of Fondazione Roma who greeted him together with the Chairman of this Foundation Franco Parasassi.

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The Pope embraced people with Alzheimer’s disease

Il Tempo newspaper - Roma

Pope Francis paid a surprise visit to the centre for people with Alzheimer’s disease, ‘Villaggio Emmanuele F.M. Emanuele’, on the outskirts of Rome. Hugs and caresses during the visit and a precious gift: a Parchment Nativity.  This is not the first time that Bergoglio leaves the Vatican to visit the communities of the vulnerable faithful. The Visit, The Pope and Emmanule F. M Emanuele, Honorary President of Fondazione Roma at Villaggio Emanuele in the Bufalotta neighborhood  

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The Alzheimer’s village

www.villaggioemmanuelefmemanuele.it Video and photographs of the Village

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Cases of Excellence

In this area some of the Foundation’s main projects are illustrated and examined. Due to the strictness of the methods of implementation, originality and innovative nature, these projects may indeed be considered the ‘cases of excellence’ accomplished by the Foundation during the general development of its activities. READ MORE >>