It's not enough to have a roof, you need a bed!

The Bethlehem Shelter in Bologna is "a square with a roof over it", because it is the home of the homeless, of those who are no longer used to having a home and can come and live there when they need to and if they want to! We wish that this place can continue to welcome with dignity other friends who are on the road.The time of the pandemic has marked us a lot, but that's another story... and we are preparing to make this place even more welcoming, which we would like to continue to be - in the spirit of Don Oreste Benzi - a home and a family for many.The needs are various... among the many things we are asking for help in buying mattresses and pillows, which after a few years of continuous use need to be replaced. The Capanna di Betlemme in Bologna has about thirty beds and our wish is to be able to start changing at least some of them.I think of all the friends who in these years have stopped their journey here with us and on the same beds and pillows have slept, struggled and rested, have cried and dreamed until the morning when they all resumed their journey.Thank you for your attention and your gift!

It's not enough to have a roof, you need a bed!

Fundraising by P. Luca Morigi
The Bethlehem Shelter in Bologna is "a square with a roof over it", because it is the home of the homeless, of those who are no longer used to having a home and can come and live there when they need to and if they want to! We wish that this place can continue to welcome with dignity other friends who are on the road.
The time of the pandemic has marked us a lot, but that's another story... and we are preparing to make this place even more welcoming, which we would like to continue to be - in the spirit of Don Oreste Benzi - a home and a family for many.
The needs are various... among the many things we are asking for help in buying mattresses and pillows, which after a few years of continuous use need to be replaced. The Capanna di Betlemme in Bologna has about thirty beds and our wish is to be able to start changing at least some of them.
I think of all the friends who in these years have stopped their journey here with us and on the same beds and pillows have slept, struggled and rested, have cried and dreamed until the morning when they all resumed their journey.
Thank you for your attention and your gift!


4,770 €

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4,100 €
47 Donations
The fundraiser supports the project: A home ready to welcome, with your help...
Total project goal: 11.000 €

A home where you can find shelter, a family that embraces you and helps you, to which you can cling in order to walk again on your own. For more than 10 years, at the Capanna di Betlemme in Bologna, run by the Comunità Papa Giovanni XXIII, the city's homeless have discovered a place where they can be reborn. Now maintenance work and new furnishings are needed for this house where so many people rediscover their dignity. Let's help them together.

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