Lithuania: delivered to the orphanage of Šiauliai, a humanitarian load from Italy

16/07/15

Yesterday a delegation of the Task Force Air (TFA) visited the orphanage in the city of Šiauliai which welcomes about 30 newborns and numerous children between 1 and 8 years old in its structure. The visit was made on the occasion of the delivery of a huge load of humanitarian effects that arrived in Lithuania with a C130 aircraft of the 46th Air Brigade.

General Roberto Boi, commander of the Brigade, personally wanted to deliver the goods to the TFA saying he was honored by such a significant transport for the community of small guests of the family home of Šiauliai.

The Task Group Commander of the Italian TFA, in its meeting with the director of the orphanage, highlighted the importance of these activities in favor of the local community: "the staff of the Task Force Air has ideally adopted every guest child of this wonderful institution, it is important for us to be able to offer the maximum effort to make the children who are part of it smile, but it is equally important to support those who dedicate their lives to taking care of them and growing them to guarantee them a better future ".

The director of the orphanage, Dr. Audronè Kardašienè, thanked the staff of TFA because "you Italians take care of us with gestures of all kinds and even the smallest for us has an immense value. Italians who have wanted, from far away, to give a thought of closeness and affection, all of which increases that feeling of esteem and mutual appreciation ".

During the visit, clothes, shoes and toys were selected, selected by the families of the Italian staff, who had been taken over and brought to Lithuania.

The TFA staff in Šiauliai is responsible for ensuring the integrity of the airspace over the skies of Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia through the rapid activation of a pair of interceptor aircraft in order to reach and identify one or more unknown aircraft that they violate the Alliance's skies and guarantee their security.