The Charity Concert to be held on 9 December is being organised by Prime Time Promotions on behalf of the “Fondazione Don Bosco nel Mondo” which together with the Don Bosco Network and the Volontariato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo (VIS), is managing projects and initiatives in Sudan.

The Concert, now in its 15th year, will be held in the Teatro Filarmonico in Verona and will be broadcast by Raidue National Television on Christmas Eve.

Taking part in the press conference were Flavio Tosi, Mayor of Verona, Patron of the event, Claudio Orazi, Superintendant of the Fondazione Arena, Stefania Scorpio, Deputy Administrator for  Prime Time Promotions, Fr Adriano Bregolin, Vicar of the Rector Major of the Salesian Congregation, Laura Tassone, from the “Fondazione Don Bosco nel Mondo” and Bro Jim Comino SDB a member of the Council of the Salesian Delegation in Sudan.

The  Concert, directed by Renato Serio, will include items by Pino Daniele, Mario Biondi, the pianist Giovanni Allevi, Ornella Vanoni, Mattafix, Anggun, Eugenio Bennato, Jamelia and The Virginia Gospel Choir with Rev. Everett Jenkins. They will be accompanied by the Orchestra of the Verona Arena.

The event is intended to raise funds for the “Fondazione Don Bosco nel Mondo” which, together with Don Bosco Network and the collaboration of VIS, is planning to open in Sudan a house and school for refugee children forced to flee from Darfur and from the war. For the occasion there will also be a telephone number for donations by SMS.

Published 24/10/2007