SERIE A AND OXFAM JOIN FORCES

 

Serie A have joined Oxfam in the fight against world hunger.

MILAN – Over 10% of the world’s population are affected by starvation and the majority of them are women, forced to struggle every day in their efforts to try and feed their families. If these women had the same rights and opportunities that men enjoy, 150 million fewer women would be affected by starvation. Supporting a woman means strengthening her independence while at the same time her ability to feed her family and get out of poverty and avoid going hungry. This is the challenge that we are facing and that Oxfam Italia, present in over 90 countries and side by side with women in the fight against poverty, is trying to tackle.

Serie A TIM is also backing the campaign and invites fans to send an SMS to 45509 to support the 40.000 women through solidarity projects that will increase the production of food, access to vital resources, credit and their abilities to produce and sell agricultural and artisan products in Ecuador, Haiti and Sudan.

Serie A stars Andrea Barzagli, Lorik Cana and Alessandro Matri have pledged their support to the campaign alongside the head of the Italy Cycling Team Davide Cassani, tennis star Francesca Schiavone and the former Italian volley ball champion Gigi Mastrangelo. From the entertainment world, Oxfam ambassadors Ilaria D’Amico and Malika Ayane.

To play your part in the battle against world hunger and to donate you can:

Send a SMS to 45509
– 2 euros for each SMS sent through TIM, Vodafone, WIND, 3, PosteMobile and CoopVoce.
– 2 euros for a call to 45509 from a Vodafone and TWT land-line.
– 5/10 euros for each call to 45509 from a Telecom Italia, Infostrada and Fastweb land-line.

Lines are open until the 10th of May.

You can also donate via credit card at: www.oxfamitalia.org

Oxfam Italia
Oxfam Italia is a humanitarian association that makes up an international coalition made up of 17 organisations that work in over 90 countries in the battle against world hunger. For over 30 years, it has been active in the fight in many areas of the world to improve the lives of the local people and empowering them so they can build a better future, guaranteeing them enough food, water, an income, access to health and education services. Oxfam Italia provides emergency response, development programmes as well as public campaigns for a better future whereby everyone has enough to live well, always.

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