（带文稿）0221 罗马90岁老爷爷带着300个志愿者专注做穷人们的大厨

张老邪叨哔叨：

        之前在B站有看过印度那边的老奶奶和老爷爷给无家可归的孩子们做油炸薯片的视频，不知道你们刷到过没？所以看到今天这则消息的时候我在想做慈善会不会成为老龄化社会里人们重新找到自我的流行趋势。一度困惑过生命什么意义，我觉得吧，大概意义在于被需要。只不过有的喜欢被小家庭需要，而有的喜欢被工作需要，或者被很多很多人需要~ 

Dino Impagliazzo, Rome's 90-year-old 'chef of the poor', stirs a soup which he cooks for the homeless living in the city and outside the Vatican, in Rome, Italy, January 18, 2020

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        Dino Impagliazzo cuts onions like a professional cook. The Italian man makes a great vegetable soup, but most of his longtime “customers” can't even pay for a piece of bread.

        Working with the energy of a much younger man, the 90-year-old, Impagliazzo is known as Rome’s “chef of the poor.”

        Three days a week, he sets out to gather food with other volunteers. They are all part of RomAmoR (RomeLove), a group that he started. The volunteers go to markets and bakeries to collect donated food.

        The other four days of the week, RomAmoR volunteers cook food and serve it in different places across the city.

     Such efforts help Impagliazzo live out his dream of feeding the homeless.

      It all began 15 years ago when a homeless man at a Rome train station asked Impagliazzo for money to buy a sandwich.

        “I realized that perhaps instead of buying one sandwich, making some sandwiches for him and for the friends who were there would be better, and thus began our adventure,” he said.

Dino Impagliazzo, Rome's 90-year-old 'chef of the poor', greets volunteers as they make sandwiches for the homeless living in the city.

        On Saturday nights, a RomAmoR group sets up in an area protected from bad weather outside St. Peter’s Square. This is where they feed the growing number of homeless who sleep in the area. It is also where Pope Francis has opened spaces for medical and bathing places for the homeless.

        Impagliazzo once worked for Italy’s social security department. He launched his work to feed the needy with a handful of other retired people.

They quickly went from making sandwiches to cooking more complex hot meals. They first started at home. Later, they cooked in a convent, a building that houses religious women.

        Now there are more than 300 RomAmoR volunteers, both young and old. They use their own fully equipped kitchen.

        Impagliazzo recently received an award from Italian President Sergio Mattarella. He was recognized as a “hero of our times.” He never dreamed his idea would become so successful, or create such good will.

        On a recent Saturday night near the Vatican -- where the Pope lives -- four extra volunteers showed up.

      “I am happy because we never tell anyone ‘we don’t need you tonight’,” he said. “They stay among us.”

        I’m Anne Ball.

Words in This Story

chef – n. a professional cook who usually is in charge of a kitchen in a restaurant

sandwich – n. two pieces of bread with something (such as meat, peanut butter, or other food) between them

realize – v. to understand or become aware of

adventure – n. an exciting or dangerous experience

kitchen – n. a room in which food is cooked