(Finance) – It took place this morning, at the Bologna Celebrations Theaterthe fifth and last stage of #Campionidivitaa national initiative, promoted by several years by RG Company in collaboration with Intesa Sanpaolo and sponsored by the Italian Paralympic Committee.
The event was organized for Sensitize students of secondary schools throughout Italy on the fundamental values of the life, such as respect for others and their diversity, inclusion and determination in facing the challenges. Values that find a perfect expression in sports and in the Paralympic competition.
How to build an effective life path, putting passion, determination, inclusion and respect at the center? This question tried to answer through an engaging comparison between About 380 students of seven high schools and three great Olympic and Paralympic sports champions: Andrea Lucchetta, Oney Tapia and Oxana Corso.
Partner of this year’s initiative is Intesa Sanpaolo Assicurazioni who, in line with the whole Intesa Sanpaolo group, shares the commitment for social inclusion, the importance of the values of sport and attention to the new generations with #campionidivita.
Precisely for this reason, the morning saw the direct involvement of the students, called to get involved firsthand through a improvisation performance and interactive games dedicated to the theme of protection, coordinated by four actors of the Vigentino Theater Company. Improvisation, in fact, if accompanied by a serious preparation, is an important ally to better manage the uncertainty and the unexpected events that life places us. The important thing is to think in time what can happen and how to deal with the difficulties that can occur: in other words, if we have properly organized and protected.
Intesa Sanpaolo Insurance For several years, initiatives has been supporting to spread the culture of protection among people, often using innovative languages and tools for reach young people, o Testimonies of athletes and samples of sport that allow you to understand what it really is for achieving their goals.
After a further moment of participation of the young people, involved with the worldwide world champion Andrea Lucchetta, the attention turned to two large world-level Paralympic athletes: Oney Tapia, gold medal at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games in the launch of the F11 disk for non-trial and Oxana Corso, sprinter, world silver on 100 and 200 meters at the London Paralympics and the world of the world speed.
“This initiative – he said Annalisa Nurzia, manager of Coordination Area Ramo Vita di Intesa Sanpaolo Assicurazioni – provides children with a concrete testimony of what it means courage, determination, inclusion and respect for diversity. With our support, we also want to spread among these young people the awareness of the importance of looking to the future with foresight, in order to be able to carry out their life projects and, at the same time, manage the uncertainties and unexpected events that can happen in everyday life “.
“Whatever the sporting discipline that, for passion or by predisposition, you choose to practice – he commented Andrea Lucchetta – What matters is to be able to always live it with lightness and fun, respecting yourself and others. We need commitment, determination, passion, but above all respect for one’s life and for that of others, which is explicit in the ability to be inclusive in diversity. Sport teaches precisely this, ad be loyal and respectful people of your teammate As well as your opponent “.
“Sport – he said Oney Tapia – He has always helped me feel more balanced, to be stronger and more autonomous in every challenge that I find myself admire. After the accident that made me lose my sight I turned on a new light in my life and I decided to do it following my greatest passion: sport. Each of us has a hidden talent that often tends to remain such: tenacity. With the willpower and with optimism, you can get there even if you meet large and difficult obstacles to overcome and you must not be afraid to tell each other with authenticity “.
“It is never easy to reach the goals we set ourselves – he said Oxana Corso – Through my personal experience I can assure you than to believe in themselves, to have a dream, it makes everything easier, even the achievement of unexpected victories. You never feel different: in the end, if you think about it, are we different from whom? Actually from none of real, only of theIdea we do with what we would like to beand it is only our fault whether we cilla, influence from the thought of “perfection” that each of us requires to ourselves. They need courage and determination. The rest comes “.