June 6 – Solidarity runs along the Anglo-Italian initiative promoted by the Italians for Darfur. “Faces and colors of Darfur” is an exhibition to be presented today in London that was awarded the Medal of the President of the Republic and the patronage of the Italian Embassy in the UK. Tony Esposito will perform during the show’s opening: the musician, spokesperson of the association, is famous in Italy and abroad for scoring several albums as a solo artist and in collaboration with Pino Daniele, Francesco De Gregori, Alan Sorrenti and Modena City Ramblers. The event will feature a double exhibition, with five works by artist Mark Kostabi created especially for Italians for Darfur, to be alternated with photographs from an exhibition curated by Antonella Napoli, journalist, and president of Italians for Africanist Darfur. Kostabi, who donated five paintings to support humanitarian projects in Sudan, will be present as both painter and musician. Kostabi’s works will be put up for auction at a dinner event at the “Lansdowne Club” in London, to which the new Italian ambassador, Pasquale Terracciano, is expected. Art, music and solidarity place the spotlight on the most serious humanitarian crisis in the world: the formula involves the Italian campaign for Sudan cooperate with the “Voice for Nyala” charity, an initiative to support “Italians for Darfur” and provide health care to children with serious illnesses in Nyala, capital of South Darfur. The air bridge between Nyala and Khartoum, through UNAMID, the UN peacekeeping mission deployed in Darfur, has so far cured six children from diseases for which they had not received proper treatment.
