At 93 years old and possessing an enviable grit. The story of Grandma Irma, who flew to Kenya to offer her help to the children in an orphanage (photo)

GRANDMOTHER IRMA IN KENYA

“This is mine Grandma Irma. A young lady of 93 years who left for the night Kenya. Not in a tourist village served and revered, but to go to a children's village, in a orphanage".

With this post on Facebook by her granddaughter Elise, grandmother Irma, 93 years old Noventana Vicentina, has become famous all over the web. Behind its story there is a very courageous which amazed first his relatives and then all Italians.

“I'm showing it to you because I believe that We should all always keep a pinch of recklessness to live and not to survive“. Elisa closed her message on the social network with a sentence that expresses the great bond with grandma. “Look at her… who can stop her? I love her.”

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GRANDMOTHER IRMA KENYA

Irma didn't have an easy life. She remained widow when he was 26 years, with already three children to take care of. But she never lost heart. She dedicated herself to her family and to helping the most needy.

Everlasting Elisa tells, in an interview with Repubblica, how grandmother Irma's new adventure began. In fact, she had known a couple from Vicenza, husband and wife, who go to every year Kenya to bring aid to an orphanage founded by a young missionary from Vicenza, Don Remigio (who is currently about the same age as Irma). The wife helps the little ones orphans, the husband is willing to do small jobs maintenance of the orphanage building and from Italy Irma herself helped them as she could, with quote and words of encouragement.

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Sweet grandma has decided this year that Offers and words alone were no longer sufficient. So, red trolley in one hand and support stick in the other, she set off towards Nairobi together with daughter (Elisa's mother). Mission: to help the children guests of an orphanage. A powerful and fantastic example of what true meaning of life.

After several hours of travel, once she reached her destination, Irma sent only a few photo at home and a voice messageand: “I'm fine. The journey was long, but I'm already operational. And I am happy".

93-YEAR-OLD IN KENYA

The two women will return to Italy half of March, but Elisa is sure that her grandmother will not be satisfied with so little. “Maybe she will stay in Kenya: it's all possible, knowing his great the heart and its energy", Elisa explains in the interview with Repubblica.

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With thousands of shares on Facebook, the 93-year-old from Vicenza is becoming a viral phenomenon. “I love her without knowing her. May she have a long life to give so much love and to give us more. life lessons“, one of the comments reads. And again: “It's wonderful, a great example of humanity, which is often missing.”

(All photos were taken from the Facebook page of Elisa Coltro).

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