Under the patronage of the Pontifical Council for Culture, OperAffinity presented a benefit concert in Rome on June 30 to launch the association in Italy and raise funds for future projects in Italy and Kenya. This concert highlights the workshops in Rome bringing opera and classical music to Ukrainian, Afghan and Syrian refugee children in Italy with the collaboration of Save the Children and Jesuit Refugee Service Center.

The June 30 concert featured Italian pianist and composer Roberto Cacciapaglia, opera singers Catroina Morison, Shelley Jackson and Breana Stillman and Andrea Orbiso, concertmaster of the Orchestra of the Accademia Nazionale Santa Cecilia.
Also present was Sister Mary Killeen, who has made valuable contributions to our work in Kenya and will spoke about the impact music education has had on children in the slums of Nairobi as well as plans for the future.