The Republic of San Marino it is on the side of Europe in the sanctions against Russia and welcomes around 300 refugees. The document with which the General Council has condemned the aggression on Ukraine with the will "to adopt the most suitable normative instruments to adhere to the initiatives, to manifest the clear condemnation of the use of war as an instrument for resolving disputes and to reactivate dialogue" has made the traditional neutrality of the small Republic stop your pacifist commitment. The Ukrainian tragedy closely affects the San Marino area and the Romagna Riviera, the chosen location for many Russian and Ukrainian vacationers. Social structures are currently working to help around 300 refugees. Sunday March 27 then there will be day dedicated to peace and solidarity organized by San Marino Green Festival. An appointment on the calendar for some time but that no one could predict would take place in the midst of a war. At the Podere Lesignano will take place the “Kaki Tree Project”, the pacifist project created by the environmental organization.
From a small plant comes….
the Association in recent years has widened its cultural boundaries by bringing together art, the environment and friendship between peoples. The Kaki Tree a good multicultural idea is part of the “Ortiperlapace” project which, with the war in Ukraine, takes on an even stronger unifying value. From the Podere on Sunday a signal of global agreement will be launched with the persimmon seedling planting, direct descendant of persimmon that survived the Nagasaki atomic bomb. "When a year ago, with the president of the Nagasaki-Brescia Kaki Tree for Europe Association, Francesco Foletti, we decided to bring the initiative to San Marino, we never thought we could find ourselves in the middle of a war conflict like the current one - he says Gabriele Geminiani, creator of San Marino Green Festival. At a time like this, a gesture of peace like that of the persimmon takes on an even more important meaning. A year ago we thought of wars with thousands of dead in Yemen or Syria, but we never imagined an aggression like the one in recent weeks at the hands of Putin. To underline the symbolic significance of the initiative, Monsignor the Bishop of San Marino-Montefeltro will be present on Sunday Andrea Turazzi, the Italian ambassador in San Marino Sergio Mercuri, the Secretary of State for Culture Andrea Belluzzi. Dozens of mayors from Montelfeltro and delegations from the municipalities of Brescia and Camaiore have also announced their participation.
Keep peace and sustainability together
That of Cachi, however, is also presented as a didactic path. The continuity organizational on environmental and sustainability issues of the Green Festival, now has the support of various associations, institutions and schools. And it will, in fact, be the children of the primary school "La Ginestra" in Ca Ragni, who will present school work as closeness to all the victims of the wars and in particular now of their Ukrainian peers. The testimony of entrepreneur Stefano Valentini, owner of Podere Lesignano, is also significant: “we live in difficult times - he says - in which most are disoriented and discouraged. However, meeting with special people like those of the Kaki Tree in paths like this is in itself a sign of change that gives us hope for a better world". After all, an educational farm has been active on the Podere for some time, which houses the only Shinto temple in Europe.
