Andrea Bocelli & Veronica Berti Bocelli

Veronica Berti Bocelli:

We are Andrea Bocelli and Veronica Berti Bocelli, Founder and Vice-President of the Andrea Bocelli Foundation (ABF). It is a pleasure for us to join in on the celebrations for the 75th anniversary of Abdul Latif Jameel.

Before we were philanthropists, we had the honor of being friends with Mohammed Jameel and his vision unquestionably inspired and encouraged us to found our own foundation: in our desire
to optimize and direct our projects in the best way possible.

Since 2011, when we established ABF, he has been part of our Advisory Board and together we have partnered on several initiatives over the last 10 years.

We have founded multidisciplinary research at MIT in order to develop a system of intelligent perception with a wearable high-resolution tactile display aimed at increasing the independence
of blind people. We have also engaged in fruitful dialogue with the J-PAL and J-WEL organizations in our desire to measure the impact of our projects, as well as to offer an innovative educational
approach.

As music was the element that brought us to together in 2019, we have also created a scholarship at the Royal College of Music in London with the Community Jameel to benefit the most talented
and disadvantaged students.

We feel grateful for all we have achieved together but moreover we feel grateful for the esteem, trust and good values we have had the privilege of sharing over our time together.

We hope we will have the opportunity to do so in the near future to empower people and communities all over the world.

Andrea Bocelli:

Dearest Mohammed Jameel, I remember with pleasure the days in which we met, the extraordinary places in which we were able to talk, and the way in which you inspired me to create the Andrea Bocelli Foundation.

I think that I can say that it is thanks to you that today many children in Haiti have a school that they can use.

It is also thanks to you that in Italy, in the places hit by the earthquake, many children have a school and have rediscovered hope.

Therefore, congratulations for this anniversary and a special thanks from me.

I hope to see you again soon.