(ANSA) - Rome, April 18 - Pope Francis on Friday donated 200
food packages for low-income families living in the Tor Bella
Monaca suburb of Rome.
The packages contained bread, pasta, milk, oil, fruit,
biscuits, jams, and many chocolate Easter eggs.
They will be distributed by Medicina Solidale (Solidarity
Medicine), an aid group providing free food and health care to
low-income families, both Italians and immigrants.
Last year, Medicina Solidale distributed 1,500 food
packages and had doctors visit 10,000 people in Tor Bella Monaca
alone.
"Thanks to private donations, we have been working for
years to help out the many families who can't make ends meet,"
said Medicina Solidale Director Lucia Ercoli.
"Today we know we are not alone, and that Pope Francis
supports us in our mission of hope".
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Pope donates 200 food packages for poor families in Rome
To be distributed by free health-care group Medicina Solidale