Humanitarian initiative “Croatian Heart for Italy” in Vukovar

Posted by on Jun 29, 2012 in NEWS

Humanitarian initiative “Croatian Heart for Italy” in Vukovar

Prof. Dragan Primorac, HE Emanuela D’Alessandro, Mayor of Vukovar Željko Sabo, famous Croatian athletes and members of CRO UNUM

The largest Croatian Charitable Society CRO UNUM leaded by Prof. Primorac has started the humanitarian initiative “Croatian Heart for Italy” in cooperation with the City of Vukovar, Vukovarsko-srijemska County, Embassy of the Italian Republic to the Republic of Croatia, Croatian National Federation and the Association of Children of Killed and Missing Defenders of the Homeland War. The initiative aims to organize a grand humanitarian spectacle, which is to take place on July 2nd in Vukovar. Among other activities and events, a fundraising exhibition football match is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the City Stadium of Vukovar, covered by Croatian National Television. The coverage will include a footage broadcast in prime television time on the national network and a live report during the News of the Day, the most viewed show in country. The aim of the entire spectacle is to raise funds to be forwarded by the Croatian Red Cross to the Italian friends of Vukovar who were helping to ease the sufferings of the citizens of Vukovar during the Homeland War, but recently had a tragedy themselves during the earthquake.