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Theresa Maggio

Sicily
and Vermont

The wall of kindness

February 7, 2016
Tags: Palermo, urban, wall of kindness, muro della gentilezza, sicily, poor, immigrants, mosque, Via Celso, sicilia, kindness, heart, center, giving, generous, thoughtful
The wall of Kindness in Via Celso in the city center
Following a European trend, someone in the heart of Palermo has started a "Wall of Kindness". One clothesline where people can leave what they want to donate, or take what they need, not far from the city's principal mosque. Here is a one-minute video report from La Repubblica.
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The poor give to the Poor. BRAVI!!

July 12, 2015
Tags: falsomiele, Palermo, poor, immigrants, refugees, welcome, gifts, clothes, food, shelter, generous, big-hearted, Imigration, Mediterranean Sea, morti, dead, drowned, shipwreck
One of the 117 refugees who arrived in Palermo today. 12 people died in a shipwreck, relatives of those who survived.
In just under 24 hours, one of the poorest and toughest neighborhoods of Palermo mobilized to welcome and care for the 717 refugees, including survivors of shipwreck, who arrived in Palermo yesterday, according to La Repubblica. Volunteers from the Falsomiele neighborhood brought clothes, shoes and tee shirts to distribute to thewomen and children, people who arrived,  Read More 
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Italians have heart

June 23, 2015
Tags: italians, immigrants, border, Italy, France, cell phones, solar panel, heart, generous, thoughtful, off the grid, peasant, farmer


From La Repubblica. A peasant farmer whose own home and farm is off the grid, set up a solar panel for the immigrants who are sleeping on the rocks at Ventimiglia, the border between  Read More 
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