Earthquake in Italy

On Wednesday 24th of August early morning a strong Earthquake hit Italy and struck small towns and villages in the mountainous area where the regions of 

Umbria, Lazio and Le Marche meet.

The worst affected towns are Amatrice, Arquata, Accumoli and Pescara del Tronto. At least 292 people have been found dead, many injured and many houses, 

buildings and schools are now destroyed. 

Several Italians associations are helping locally and the ESA Humanitarian Relief Fund has already donated 2500€ to the Italian Red Cross and 

2500€ to the Arci association. 

If you wish to contribute to the donation you can use the ESA HRF bank account specifying in the reference "Earthquake in Italy". 

ESA Human Relief Fund 

IBAN: NL23 ABNA 0515 7876 55

BIC: ABNANL2A 

In addition, the ESOC Italian Culture Club, in collaboration with Sodexo, has launched the initiative to include a special dish in the Friday 

the 2nd of September menu, at the ESOC Canteen, called "Spaghetti all'Amatriciana" (see picure below). 

It is a wide-spread and typical pasta dish coming exactly from one of the little towns - Amatrice - hit by the earthquake.

The special dish, prepared by Lino, will be served with an overprice of 1 Euro to be collected for the Earthquake Fund.

The money collected will be  sent to the ESA Human Relief Fund "Earthquake in Italy"

Please help supporting the initiative.

If successful the special dish "Spaghetti all'Amatriciana" might be served again later, in the second half of September.

Thank you & Kind regards