COLD, SANT’EGIDIO: PROTECT AND HELP THOSE WHO LIVE ON THE STREET – EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTION OF BLANKETS FOR THE HOMELESS

Don’t remain indifferent, but stop to protect and help. Faced with the first cold wave of this winter, the Community of Sant’Egidio launched an appeal to the institutions, but also to all citizens. Everyone can do something to protect those who are at risk these days, not only due to the colder temperatures but also due to loneliness. The Community also promotes an extraordinary collection of blankets, sleeping bags, and woolen accessories for the homeless, which will be distributed during traveling dinners, held throughout the year with drinks and hot meals.

The mobilization is already active in all Italian cities where Sant’Egidio is present. In Rome, aid can be brought to the Ecosolidarity City, via del Porto Fluviale 2 and in other neighborhoods (addresses and timetables can be consulted on www.santegidio.org). At the same time, the night reception will continue at Palazzo Migliori (near San Pietro) – managed together with the Apostolic Charity – at the Villetta della Misericordia inside the Gemelli hospital, in the churches of San Calisto and Buon Pastore in Trastevere and other places in the capital.

The widespread solidarity experienced at Christmas – when, with the help of many volunteers, the lunches with the poor promoted by Sant’Egidio involved 80 thousand people in Italy – demonstrates that the number of those who wish to contribute to the construction of more human cities is growing.

More information on places and times (being updated) to help, not only in Rome but also in other Italian cities, on www.santegidio.org.