Photos: In Italy, local volunteers build solitary, revive Easter cheer

In Palagano, in the Apennine mountains in Italy, residents count on local solidarity to have what they need delivered and to maintain a precious human relationship in the time of the coronavirus. Some of the 2,000 residents of the village have come to rely on others for help in challenging times

Updated on: Apr 12, 2020 1:35 PM IST

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Laura (right), a nurse volunteering for AVAP, a local volunteers association, talks to Onelio, 85, recovering at home from a broken rib in Palagano, during the country’s lockdown aimed at stopping the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Piero Cruciatti / AFP)

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The mayor of Palagano, Fabio Braglia (right) talks on the phone during a morning briefing with a volunteer from AVAP. In the northern village of Palagano, nestled in the Appenine mountains, an hour’s drive from Modena, some of the 2,000 residents have come to rely on others for help in these challenging times. (Piero Cruciatti / AFP)

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Lubiana Beneventi, volunteering for AVAP, prepares for a house delivery to a congregation of nuns in Palagano. (Piero Cruciatti / AFP)

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Michele Ferrari, the owner of a local supermarket drives his van in the countryside to deliver goods to local citizens. Ferrari makes sure that those who can’t venture forth much are at the top of his list for deliveries of basic necessities, whether fresh produce, meat or even the newspaper. (Piero Cruciatti / AFP)

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Laura, a nurse and volunteer from AVAP, checks the cooler package of medicines during a house delivery in Palagano. (Piero Cruciatti / AFP)

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Mayor Fabio Braglia (third from left), who has organised the home visits by AVAP, has also found volunteers to prepare envelopes stuffed with protective masks, which are later delivered to each Palagano resident by the local police. (Piero Cruciatti / AFP)

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Because of the Easter weekend, the village butcher, Olimpio, has also prepared trays of lamb with Palagano’s young people doing the deliveries. (Piero Cruciatti / AFP)

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Sara (right), the owner of a local bread shop, delivers fresh bread and Easter cakes at the end of her working day to a nun of a charity house in Vitriola, near Modena. (Piero Cruciatti / AFP)