” “The Italian Caritas has taken part in social forums for a long time (but this is the first time it has organised meetings), "with a presence that does not want to be occasional explains to SIR Paolo Beccegato, in charge of the International Area of the Italian Caritas but become instead a journey of sharing and confrontation with other realities of civil society in Europe and across the world. Because the encounter with different identities bears wealth". Today’s workshop is the fruit "of the awareness that Europe is a land of forgotten, unsolved conflicts or conflicts that might burst out again", such as in Kosovo, Chechnya, Ossetia. About this, the Caritas of Caucasus, Kosovo and Bosnia has carried out for some time in cooperation with the Italian Caritas a work that involves hundreds of victims of the wars, especially widows, orphans and old people from different ethnic communities. As well as economic relief, self-help groups and psychological support, this involves bringing together the victims’ relatives on both conflicting sides. "The result is "fantastic", as confirmed by the hugs between Serbian and Albanian women or between old people. "These are micro-experiences that work, and this is why they must be shared more comments Beccegato not to create a ‘forgotten’ peace but a peace that is rooted instead in the consciences and in the institutions". Forgotten like the war in Bosnia, which took place in the heart of Europe just 11 years ago. (to be continued)” ” ” “
