The Giulia Cecchettin Foundation is born. The father: we would like to teach the beauty of love
A short film, the dedication of hundreds of degrees, more than thirty red benches, scattered from North to South, named after her
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Key points
- "We would like to teach the beauty of love"
- Families teach children to accept defeat
- He managed to listen to Philip in court without feeling hatred
- His sister Elena to Giulia: "Tranqui, I am always here for you"
- A minute of noise at the University of Padua, father Gino present
- In Giulia's high school, the headmaster stops the minute of noise for the murdered student
- Songs, scholarships and foundation, Giulia still makes noise
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'We have worked diligently and created the Giulia Cecchettin Foundation, which was officially established a few weeks ago and which we will present in Montecitorio on 18 November. We will present what will be our projects there'. This was said by Gino Cecchettin, guest on 'Che Tempo Che Fa' on Nove, one year after the death of his daughter Giulia, killed with 75 stab wounds by Filippo Turetta. It will be presented at the Chamber of Deputies on 18 November, hosted by Chamber Vice-President Giorgio Mulè. The foundation's objective is to prevent gender violence through networking with institutions, but also by supporting women victims of abuse.
"We would like to teach the beauty of love"
.'I tried to bring Giulia's beauty,' he explained, 'her way of seeing life, she loved living, she was good and selfless. And on this line we would like to continue. We have identified the first project, which we have also included in the statute, which is to do training, we would like to teach the beauty of love, which translated means making the students understand that loving is much better than hating, to do didactic plans that the members of the technical committee, who are all university professors, psychologists, pedagogists, are working on and that we will take to the schools. We would like to make a path that has the ambition to lead to having an hour of affectivity education in schools. That is my dream'.
Families teach children to accept defeat
.Another goal is for families to teach their children to accept defeat. "Life is made up of obstacles that we have to overcome, probably we parents try to remove as many obstacles as possible but very often we don't do the boys good. When defeat comes, it must be accepted, and not just accepted but made a virtue of," he stressed. And, added Gino Cecchettin, 'we want to work in concert with other foundations and associations, unity is strength: the common goal is to have less violence and feminicides. And by joining forces we can achieve this'.
He managed to listen to Philip in court without feeling hatred
.Gino Cecchettin recalled his feelings in court during the trial of Filippo Turetta, who confessed to the feminicide. 'I managed to listen to Filippo's words without feeling hatred, anger,' Giulia's father told Fabio Fazio. 'And I did this for a year. I realised how important this exercise is for creating value. But I also realised that there was something negative around me. It is human, it is understandable,' Gino Cecchettin pointed out. 'All these feelings,' he added, 'are then fed into one's own ecosystem. But over the past year, I have learnt to focus on the positive'.
Sister Elena to Giulia: 'Don't worry, I'm always here for you'
.A photo of the two girls, smiling: they are Elena and Giulia Cecchettin, in a story on Instagram posted by their elder sister, exactly one year after the death of their younger sister. And there is a message exchanged between the two sisters. 'Tranqui, I'm always here for you,' it reads. In the next story, Elena Cecchettin reposts an image 'If it's my turn tomorrow I want to be the last one' and a little further below 'But Giulia Cecchettin was not the last one'.
