Marina Militare: Manuela was born on board a Bettica ship

(To Marina Militare)
06/07/16

At yesterday's 2100 aboard ship Bettica, unit of the Italian Navy included in the national maritime surveillance system Safe Sea, little Manuela was born, daughter of a Cameroonian woman rescued yesterday by a dinghy in difficulty.

During the stages of childbirth, the mother and child, who are in excellent health conditions, received the care of a pediatrician and a midwife (from which the child took its name) of the Francesca Rava NPH Italia-Onlus Foundation present on Nave Bettica and by the nurse on board.

This happy event, after the "blue" bow for the birth of Francois Manuel last June 27, is the second on board of Nave Bettica, this time "pink" for the birth of Manuela.

Ship Bettica he has just started his journey to the Port of Reggio Calabria with 977 migrants on board and the newly arrived, where he will arrive this afternoon.