Maura Valerio, to her goes our gratitude

Dear friends of ASIA,

it is an immense sorrow to tell you that on the morning of 9 August our Maura Valerio left us, after a long illness. Maura was 42 years old, and since 2014 she had been ASIA's Communication Manager, a role she always carried out with the utmost professionalism, passion and dedication. We have lost not only a precious collaborator, but above all a dearest friend, whose humanity, sensitivity and generosity have deeply touched our lives and will always remain in our hearts. To her goes all our gratitude.

Farewell, Maura

The ASIA team

The remembrance of the Director, Andrea Dell’Angelo:

I remember well the first interview with Maura. I found myself facing a person who was very intelligent, motivated, curious. She came from a long experience with the WWF and had a great knowledge of the media and of social networks.

To the great satisfaction of all of us, she accepted the position and began working with ASIA in 2014.

She soon became the spokesperson of the organization, and the amount of ideas and the enthusiasm she put into her work were astonishing.

Many of the events of those years were organized by her and, thanks to her relentless commitment, the visibility of ASIA grew considerably. The project “Distinti ma non distanti”, funded by AICS, as well as the final concert “Abbattiamo i muri”, stem precisely from the continuous effort Maura made to communicate in the best possible way the experiences and the results of the projects that ASIA carries out in many countries of the Asian continent.

Unfortunately, a few years ago Maura was struck by an incurable disease, which she faced with courage, dignity and determination but which, in the end, sadly, she did not manage to defeat.

Throughout this whole period, as soon as she felt better she would take part in the activities and spared no effort, devoting her energies to the communication work, always with creativity and passion. She was proud to give her contribution to our cause and never stopped encouraging us to move forward.

On 9 August she left us and we will miss her enormously, both for her great professional contribution and as a friend, radiant and cheerful.

Now she has resumed her journey towards the light.

We will surely meet her again along the way, and in the meantime we will carry her in our hearts and in our activities, for the benefit of all beings.

Andrea