Beyond the dark – Encounters that change lives

by time news

2022-10-11 12:23:19

A breach in the Alzheimer’s wall

They call it “the sleep of the disease”: you lose touch with reality and with your loved ones. When the diagnosis of dementia breaks into a house, everyday life is turned upside down. In Rome there is a center that takes care of patients but also of their families, beyond the barrier of the disease.

The Condominium of Solidarity

Former prostitutes and entrepreneurs in disgrace, evicted immigrants and cancer patients: in a building in Reggio Emilia, those who have lost everything live an experience of cohousing with volunteers who choose to accompany them towards a new dimension.

The country that does not surrender to the earthquake

2016 is the nightmare year for Central Italy: the earth shook on August 24 and hasn’t stopped since then. In addition to human lives, the tremors take away the symbolic places of the communities. But in Grottazzolina, in the province of Fermo, the inhabitants decide to rebuild their church.

The second life of invisible women

Around Foggia there are entire ghost towns populated by people who live suspended lives, ignored by all and often marked by violence and exploitation. But there is someone who is ready to invest to give them a future. Without asking for anything in return.

An engine that never stops

For those who assist the latter, there are no holidays or calamities. As in Bergamo, the city symbol of the Covid tragedy: in the days of the first lockdown everything is paralyzed, but there are those who do not have a home in which to isolate themselves. And so the Caritas dormitory opens its doors and is transformed.

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