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It is a dramatic and unfortunately undeniable fact that children were the most severely affected by the tsunami that hit the coasts of South East Asia on 26th December 2004. 
In addition, the tragedy clearly did not stop with the terrible mortality figures. Millions of people still live in emergency conditions. Many of them are children. And many of them are orphans. It is only human to look upon them as if they were our own children, regardless of distance.
Technically these are called long-distance adoptions, but distance - geographical distance apart - does not have much to do with actions where there is the need to receive and the desire to give.
This was for Finmeccanica's decision to work with the International Childcare Trust. Since 1982 the Trust has worked to alleviate poverty and improve the health and education level of children and young people in difficult situations.
Finmeccanica involved the men and women working for Group companies in the project from the beginning. The project involves adopting a community of children in Sri Lanka, one of the countries most affected by the destructive power of the tsunami. The children are provided with food, healthcare, tuition fees, books and stationery. Contact and feedback on every contribution is provided in the form of photographs, letter and reports on the condition of the adopted children. Adoptions can be by individuals, groups or entire companies, and are way of removing practical and geographical barriers to solidarity, and of turning daily actions into company heritage.