“Giuseppe Sciacca” Award - Premio Internazionale Giuseppe Sciacca
“Giuseppe Sciacca” Award - Premio Internazionale Giuseppe Sciacca
“Giuseppe Sciacca” Award - Premio Internazionale Giuseppe Sciacca
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BIOGRAPHY AND AIMS OF THE AWARD<br />
<strong>Giuseppe</strong> <strong>Sciacca</strong> (Rome 12.08.1960 - 21.09.1986 †) was a student of architecture whom, during his short<br />
life, gave evidence of a strong moral integrity and a great generosity towards the others. He prematurely<br />
passed away by an accident (parachute failure, during the festival in honour of Our Blessed Lady of the<br />
Divine Love, in the sky above this venerated Roman Sanctuary. The International Culture and Voluntary<br />
Work Association “Uomo e Società” and the International <strong>“<strong>Giuseppe</strong></strong> <strong><strong>Sciacca</strong>”</strong> <strong>Award</strong>, chose him – who<br />
was a committed supporter of permanent values – as an example for the new generations, during an age<br />
unfortunately marked by a strong crisis of identity among the youths. Without God there cannot be any<br />
justice: each individual obtains the due consideration only if society commits to respect and put into effect<br />
the principles of natural law, as a realistic expression of the Eternal Law. On the other hand, the International<br />
<strong>“<strong>Giuseppe</strong></strong> <strong><strong>Sciacca</strong>”</strong> <strong>Award</strong> means to be a point of reference for all those youths, from Italy or a different<br />
nation, who would make their contribution to our society and represent an example for the new generations,<br />
in accordance with their human and Christian values. What has been said aims at being the inspiring reason<br />
of the International <strong>“<strong>Giuseppe</strong></strong> <strong><strong>Sciacca</strong>”</strong> <strong>Award</strong>, along with the message to send through its development.<br />
The International <strong>“<strong>Giuseppe</strong></strong> <strong><strong>Sciacca</strong>”</strong> <strong>Award</strong> nominates in each edition an Overall Winner: a personality<br />
who represents a valid moral and doctrinal reference for the evolution of society, or a clear example of<br />
ability and efficiency in the general interest. Furthermore, there are particular reviews conferred to people<br />
who distinguished themselves in various fields of knowledge and art, on the basis of the two following<br />
categories: Young Scholars (for candidates up to 35 years) and Special <strong>Award</strong>s (assigned by the Jury to<br />
personalities from culture and institutional activities).<br />
Within the charitable activity carried out by the<br />
<strong>Award</strong>, we remember the special strong bound with<br />
Poland through the foundation of the <strong>“<strong>Giuseppe</strong></strong><br />
<strong><strong>Sciacca</strong>”</strong> Desk of Orthopedic Braces, in cooperation<br />
with the City of Kielce, thanks to the generosity<br />
of the Emilian Orthopedic Centre. Nowadays the<br />
<strong>“<strong>Giuseppe</strong></strong> <strong><strong>Sciacca</strong>”</strong> Desk of Orthopedic Braces is the<br />
only organism operating in that nation which grants<br />
for free orthopedic instruments to all those children<br />
suffering from spina bifida, an endemic disease that<br />
every year affects around 500 children. Braces can<br />
radically change the lives of many children, as they<br />
are indispensable to walk.