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Micah Challenge has an active campaign in Italy.
You can find lots more information on Italy at the World Fact Book and on the BBC Country Profile.

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  • 22.10.2011

    Befriending the elderly

    UNITED KINGDOM: In the UK, where the extended family is not as valued as elsewhere in the world, many elderly people feel lonely and isolated. Some are unable to go out due to illness, disability or age and therefore rarely have an opportunity to talk to other people. Mount Florida Parish Church in Scotland went through [...]

  • 21.06.2012

    Integral Mission & Urban Mission Conversation

    Location: Carlisle

    Micah Network and Operation Mobilisation invite you to a day of conversation with Christians working missionally  in inner-city communities around the world. Here is a day to come together and share experiences, reflections and consult one another on how we see our part in facing some of these questions: For the first time in history, [...]

Full name
Italian Republic
Population
61,016,804 (July 2011 est.)
Capital
Rome
Full area
301,340 sq km
Major Religions
Life expectancy
81.77 years
Monetary unit
euro
Main exports
engineering products, textiles and clothing, production machinery, motor vehicles, transport equipment, chemicals; food, beverages and tobacco; minerals, and nonferrous metals
GDP
$30,500 (2010 est.) per capita

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