Polis - The city of the Scouts

Hundreds of scouts come to Palermo to realize the dream. Land confiscated from the mafia was born a new basic scout of ' Agesci , the Fund Micciulla in Palermo.

From June to August, over 300 girls and boys from all over Italy, between 16 and 20 years, from more than 30 groups of the Association of Italian Catholic Guides and Scouts (Agesci) arrived in Palermo Micciulla Fund to contribute to the realization of a dream which has the flavor of legality and freedom to give birth on land confiscated from the mafia base international scout "sly fox".

The dream was born June 20, 1992 when, after the assassination of Judge Giovanni Falcone , are jointly organizing the Agesci Judge Paolo Borsellino a great torchlight procession and a vigil in the Sicilian capital with the participation of over two thousand scouts come to Palermo from the peninsula . At the end of the silent and intense running, in the church of San Domenico, remembering his friend John, Paolo Borsellino , AGESCI gave Scouts a "Witness", a roll of parchment containing the Beatitudes, and entrusting it said yield, and to commit themselves.

Micciulla Fund is a tangible sign of that promise that Agesci intends to comply. The basic "Cunning Fox", better known as "Micciulla Fund" or "Stanza dello Scirocco", was given a final in April 1999, Palermo-area all'Agesci Conca d'Oro by the city of Palermo, as well confiscated the Mafia and to carry out a project-based international scouts. In 1981 it was to put John Falcone seized the Fund Micciulla.

So many things to do and the services to be completed in the days of stay in the Fund for the scouts present Micciulla pruning citrus, plaster walls, construction of fencing and signage, dela sheath of the oven, drain the fountains, positioning of walls external cleaning of the brambles. All with the free labor of scout groups in Rome, Milan, Alessandria, Ferrara, Terni, Arezzo, Bassano del Grappa, St. Joseph, Tanaro Valley, St. Boniface, Parma, Arona, Viterbo, Pino Torinese, Pisa, Modica, Cesena, ... just to name a few.

A workplace, but also to meet, debate among the boys in Palermo AGESCI present witnesses and some commitment to the rule of law as Rita Borsellino, Lirio Abbate, the police chief of Palermo and the boys Goodbye Pizzo.
"The significance of this place is huge AGESCI. It means having recognized, even by the civil authorities, the ability and commitment in helping to change a small part of the territory. Where before the darkness of lawlessness reigned mafia can be born a new light, a symbol of hope and struggle to grow and build a better world. Through the work in the construction of the base will have a new place for the law. It 'a way of showing that we have not forgotten the sacrifice of so many honest men who have paid with their lives the commitment against the Mafia. "

A commitment that goes on, with vigor, energy, despite the "invitations" to stop the whole project will not be long in coming. The last of August the day before when someone broke into the base and within an hour blew the walls of the building, defaced the walls plastered with newly written. Unlike the previous raids have not been registered with the theft tools.

The answer was prompt and AGESCI work for the construction of a non-stop and the first to arrive on September 7 at the base of 30 girls and boys from all over Italy to give life to a "national site" on the legality of work.

The base has a building under renovation and about three acres of land. Inside there is a unique monument of "The Room of Scirocco" from which radiate two Quanat - Arabic channels underground aqueduct - already renovated and restored to citizenship by the Superintendency of Monuments in the Region. The building, as planned restructuring, will be used for conferences and meetings on the law.

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