(Aug. 6) – There is time until October 31st to take part in the census “I Luoghi del Cuore” (Places of the heart), promoted by Italy’s Fondo Ambiente Italiano in collaboration with Intesa Sanpaolo. These year it will take place an exceptional census, for the very first time opened to all citizens in the world. And the Olympic Games in London is a unique chance to meet citizens from all over the world. On the occasion of the Olympics, the census arrived in to Casa Italia, in the wonderful scenario of the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, inaugurated by the Queen herself in 1986, and landmark of the Italian excellence in the 30th edition of the Olympic Games. Volunteers from FAI will animate the space of the Intesa Sanpaolo stand, collecting declarations, votes, pictures of VIPs and ordinary people. Three months after the launch of the sixth edition of the census, FAI has already received over 70 thousand records. Satisfaction for the first international votes, collected by FAI through the collaboration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Società Dante Alighieri and prestigious institutions based abroad. To date, 70 countries spread across 5 continents participated in the census, from Germany to Japan, from Qatar to Mexico, from Russia to South Africa, from Antilles to Lebanon. (Red)
