There is Rosa who cries, Mimma who doesn't want to leave, and who begs to stay because he has no relatives ready to welcome him. They are the next "orphans" of the Casa della Divina Provvidenza, an institution for the elderly in Sassari, which will close at the end of March. A consequence of the bankruptcy decreed by the judge at the end of 2023. "However, they are moving - said Maria Rosaria yesterday in a meeting, whose mother has been hospitalized in the facility for years - as if it were the bankruptcy of a commercial company".

Instead, there are 43 guests who in just under two months will be uprooted from what is, to all intents and purposes, their home. «A transfer, for people so fragile, from a physical and emotional point of view, which can be fatal». Men and women, some over ninety, furthermore removed from those who have become, in some cases, almost the only family, the staff of the structure. That is, the Oss who will also have to leave soon. "We will be out of work and we will take Naspi - declares Nunzia Udassi, one of them - unless someone takes us over". A painful end given that, as the relatives of the guests remember, they sacrificed themselves and sacrificed themselves for years, receiving intermittent salaries and, despite the difficulties, dedicating themselves with passion and professionalism to the guests. “We are not included in the package, we were told by the bankruptcy trustee,” they report. That is, in those measures to be put into practice before closing Divine Providence. «It is unacceptable that all this happens in silence - adds Maria Rita Sommo, president of Joyful Soul, and one of the volunteers in the structure - even from politicians. Let's hope that with the Regionals soon someone will show up."

For now, however, no signals are arriving and there are many unanswered questions. In fact, the workers are wondering where the contributions allocated by the Region have gone, why the House has been declared unusable and why activities cannot be established in another wing of the House. Meanwhile, time is passing and the historic institute founded by Father Manzella is about to end its existence.

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