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The City Angels group is a non-confessional, independent, multiethnic and anti-racist group of street volunteers, founded in 1994 in Milan by Mario Furlan, an Italian journalist, writer and university professor of motivation and personal growth. The group is also present in Rome, Turin, Brescia, Florence, Venice, Parma, Modena, Messina, Bergamo, Rimini, Monza, Campomarino, Novara, Como, Varese, Cagliari and Lecce; since 2014, they have also been active in Lugano, Switzerland. In Milan, the City Angels have twice received the "Ambrogino d'Oro", the city's highest official recognition. In 2008, the Ambrogino was awarded to the honorary City Angel Edward "Eddie" Gardner, a Ghanaian man who risked dying on July 20 of that year after being stabbed, in a racist attack, by three drug dealers shouting "dirty nigger!" because he was trying to convince young people not to take drugs.〔(The Ambrogino d'Oro to the Ghanian man Edward Gardner )〕〔(The Ghanian man stabbed dubbed as City Angel ad honorem )〕 ==Activities== City Angels are volunteers who assist citizens and homeless in emergency and distress, by helping those who are marginalized: homeless, immigrants, drug addicts and the elderly. They are the only non-profit association in Italy also involved in preventing and fighting street crime, in cooperation with law enforcement agents. In Milan, they run "Casa Silvana", the only home for families open all night and even hosting the homeless animals; and they also run other two shelters for the homeless, one just for men and the other for women and families. They generally operate in areas with major social problems, which in many cities is usually around the railway stations. The City Angels have been working closely for many years with the institutions, which often contact them to open new chapters. The President of the Republic, Giorgio Napolitano, has received them in his Quirinale office on December 9, 2009 and has complimented them, saying they represent, as volunteers, "the best of Italy". City Angels have always publicly expressed their opposition to vigilante groups. "Vigilantes - Furlan explains - are in search of the enemy. We are in search of people to help." Among City Angel activities are: * help the homeless, by distributing food, clothes, blankets and sleeping bags, accompanying them in shelters and huddle with them a relationship of friendship and trust * help drug addicts and alcoholics, directing them toward a detoxification pathway * help prostitutes, through the distribution of condoms used to get in touch with them and convince them to turn to gated communities and to denounce their exploiters * give a "good example", acting to instill civic sense in the others * help immigrants, helping them to become integrated in the society * help the elderly, carrying out a daily monitoring service and distribution of meals to 300 elderly people living alone in the sole city of Milan * help disabled people, accompanying them on the road * contrast, due to their uniform, crime * help victims of crime, carrying out a service of the territory in the most "risky" areas and providing an escort service for those who are afraid to walk alone in certain areas (especially women and the elderly) * act in case of crime and call the police when it is needed * help the prisoners, serving in prisons for detainees from the moment they enter the prison * help students involved in middle and high schools to hold meetings on the issue of combating drugs and bullying * help the animals, by taking action every time an animal is mistreated or abandoned and promoting initiatives to raise public awareness about the love for animals and nature. In Switzerland the Angels are particularly active in helping the disabled and the elderly. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「City Angels」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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