Festa ta’ Ġenerożità in aid of id-Dar tal-Providenza on January 1st 2025
Once again, the Festa ta’ Ġenerożità in aid of id‑Dar tal‑Providenza is going to be organised under the big tent in its parking lot in Siġġiewi. This was announced by Fr Martin Micallef, Director and Mrs. Nadine Camilleri Cassano, Administrator of the Home, during a press briefing on Wednesday 27th November 2024.
As has happened in recent editions, the Festa ta’ Ġenerożità will be broadcast on the main television stations from 10.00am to midnight. At 9.30am, TVM2 will broadcast a mass from the Home’s chapel celebrated by H.G. The Archbishop Mgr Charles J. Scicluna.
Next year, 2025 is going to be a special year for Id‑Dar tal‑Providenza because it happens to be the 60th anniversary of its founding. This was announced by Fr Martin Micallef, the Director of the Home, who said that during all these years the Home offered permanent residency to 270 persons with disability as well as many others who needed respite services. The Home always offered personalised services of quality to the residents, services that respected their rights and dignity. This was only possible with the continued support of the Maltese and Gozitan people.
Fr Martin said that the Home will be celebrating this event by launching a strategy for the coming years to deinstitutionalise its core operations in line with the principles envisaged in the United Nations Convention for the Rights of Persons with disability by offering more residential services in the community and other support alternatives according to the person’s wishes.
Fr Martin spoke about the work being done at the Home including the completion of the refurbishing project of four flats in Villa Papa Giovanni where work has been completed in one of them and the second will be finished early next year. The Home continued to invest in human resources including employment of professionals, ongoing training of its employees, purchasing of new equipment, maintenace work and other projects aimed at improving its services.
The Festa ta’ Ġenerożita of January 1st, is an annual appointment, whereby the Home can turn to the Maltese and Gozitans to help it financially because costs are always on the rise. In fact, the Home currently needs around 7 million euros per year for its operation.
Ms Nadine Camilleri Cassano, the Administrator of Id‑Dar tal‑Providenza, spoke about the various fund raising activities taking place during the month of December leading to new year’s day and how the public can help. She explained that donations can be made with immediate effect up to January 1st in various methods shown hereunder. She said that these donations will be included in the final sum that is announced at the end of the new year’s day telethon.
€15 51702013
€25 51802014
€50 51902085
€100 51302022
SMS €7 50618922
Donations can simply be made by Paypal and other accounts that Id‑Dar tal‑Providenza has with the main banks: APS Bank, BOV, HSBC, Lombard Bank and BNF Bank.
Donations via BOV Mobile and myAPS Payment to Mobile (P2M) can be made on 7932 4834.
Moreover, individuals can send in their donation of more that €20 by cheque made to id‑Dar tal‑Providenza, Triq Lapsi, is‑Siġġiewi SGW2822. Kindly note that according to a directive by the Central Bank of Malta cheques smaller than €20 will not be cashed by the Maltese banks.
Other donations can be made at the office id‑Dar tal‑Providenza has in St. Paul Street, Valletta (behind the market) open Tuesdays to Saturdays between 9.00am and noon, at the Paola Catholic Bookshop, as well as in the Rabat Malta square in the days leading to Christmas and January 1st 2025.
Another speaker was Mrs Amanda Ciappara who said that the 30‑hour music marathon organised by Radio RTK is taking place this weekend between this Saturday 30th Novembar and Sunday 1st December 2024.
