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This is the journey of encounters, of listening and opening our eyes. There is a lot to be done, but fortunately there are wonderful people trying to make a difference and incredibile places like the CoRSU hospital and the Mengo Eye clinic- both receiving funds from CBM Italia- where we have spent a lot of time with a very special patient, the little Jessy, who's story I'll tell you all about very soon. Emotions and hope for a better future. Many thanks and hellos from our little Italian team: Settimio, Laura, Fabio, Massimo and myself. f. ...

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Our fund raising event for Cbm Italia was a great success. It started out with the twitter campaign #nonvedolora that became a national trend topic scoring huge numbers of visitors. Then we went for a ride around Milan on our special tram, hosting the photo exhibit of the 10 best photos of the contest "Apriamo gli occhi" that was voted on the web and by a jury of experts. The evening was spent in the theater enjoying the magnificent concert in the dark, Blind date, by Cesare Picco, touching profoundly the audience. If you're in Italy you can support Cbm by sending an sms to 45502, 2 euro, that will help a child have an operation to get his eyesight back!...

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Here is the campaign out in occasion of Mother's day on the 13th of May. I just spotted the first posters in Bergamo tonight! With a small contribution, we're helping Cbm to operate blind mothers, making them see their babies' smile for the first time. I cannot think of a better gift for Mother's day! If you're in Italy, call the toll free number, or visit the Cbm website, also from abroad!  Thank you so much.fili. ...

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  Today I did a shooting and an interview for a weekly magazine that'll be out in a month or so, I'll keep you posted. I also talked about my role as a Cbm Italia spokes person. We're preparing the Mother's day campaign in order to collect funds for the thousands of eye operation that the doctors of the charity organization are doing around the world each year, giving women, men and children the possibility to see again. Here are my backstage pics...

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Yesterday the artist Jay C Lohman, in collaboration with Moreschi did I private art performance in Rome, in favor of CBM Italia charity Onlus whom I work with. In exchange of a donation to Cbm you received a personalized signed ostrich egg to bring home. Lots of people came around for the event, happy about the outcome! ...

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