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To be with you. FEBA diary of visits to members in Moldova, Poland, Romania, and Ukraine

By Andrea Siciliano, FEBA volunteer
As the van travels along the highway towards Warsaw airport, the sky and the valleys transport me back to the Moldovan hills and meadows, which we left just two days ago. While this leg of our intense journey is coming to an end, in front of us there are so many other journeys that are only getting started.

Today is Tuesday, 12th of April, one week since I left Milano Malpensa as a FEBA volunteer, heading for Bucharest. The “departure” was something special: the employees of the Milan Linate and Malpensa airports, managed by SEA, had collected 16.5 tonnes of food, with 4.5 additional tonnes of Tuna donated by Bolton Group and 200 kg of honey from 3bee. DHL Express made available one of their cargo planes to deliver those donations to Banca pentru Alimente, FEBA Food Bank member in Romania. I was there to witness and tell this heartening story, together with Angela and Marco from FEBA.

It was the first time I flew in the cockpit, which is truly an amazing experience.