Social Housing for struggling women in Milan

Casa Tuendelee passed last months in harmony and serenity: we spent summer playing, laughing swimming in the local pool.

Here is a short story of one of our operators that we want to share with you:

 “Going to the pool in summer is an experience that sooner or later in life we all do. Especially when it is very hot, it is a way to stay cool and spend a different day, waiting for holidays or as an alternative to the sea when you can not go. For someone who has never seen a pool, it is an unforgettable experience. I propose to a mother to go to the pool, to face a very hot day, she agrees with enthusiasm telling me that she does not know what it takes to go to the pool. We get the necessary, cream, diapers for the water for her baby, bathing suit for the mother, towel... we’re off! We enter the pool and Mom looks at me incredulously: "but it’s beautiful here, it’s all clean and tidy, that’s beautiful here, it’s all clean and tidy, that’s nice!". We enter the water and she and her child play and have fun between discoveries and a few drinks. As we return, the happy mother tells me that when she arrived in Italy she met many people who have advised badly, this experience of hospitality is also showing her another side of our country. The good face of... the more the mother tells, the more I realize that the real work of accompaniment is not only in supporting and being, but also in insinuating into the hearts of our guests that human beings, after all, can be trusted, because they all have a good part worth knowing”.

 Now it’s time to go back to school!

A great news: one of our mothers is finally ready to left the centr! Leaving the center means going back to live alone, testing her economic and relational independence. We are very proud of her and we will be ready to support her in case of need!
Good luck friend!

With this good news, we take the opportunity to thank you again and wish you the best!

These last uncertain months have been caracterized by openings and closures in order to limit the high number of infections. World Health Organization reports more than 4 million confirmed cases of Covid-19 and the vaccination campaign is proceding with almost 21million doses. Although with some difficulties, all boys and girls hosted by Tuendelee Foundation have studied through distance learning.

With the support of operators and in particular thanks to donations of technological tools like laptops, available wifi and data network (monitoring its use) they have been able to keep on attending the classes. During this period of closuers the youngsten have descovered the importance of being present at school, spending quality time with classmates. After the opening of schools last month, some classes have been isolated beforehand for suspected cases of Covid-19. However, some of the boys and girls hosted have decided to attend some classes together at home, respecting social distancing and using all preventive medical devices like masks.

Currently all the young boys and girls hosted in Tuendelee Foundation are concluding their studies and in the meanwhile they have been able to cultivate their own passions, like playing music.
We would like to share with all the donors the link of the video of the song Désolée by Rylo, an artist hosted in the foundation : https://youtu.be/cIgNrWUOlbA 

Aleimar and Tuendelee Foundation want to thank all those who support the project and who will continue do to so, always by the side of the most vulnerable women with their sons and daughters in Melzo!