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Piera, a resident in Poggio alla Croce
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In these last few years a lot has changed
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Things were different before, people were simpler
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They often came into the centre.
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Now they stay at home,
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the village is less lived in.
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Before we were all concentrated on my shop.
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Most of the world,
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most of life took place around it.
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A place to meet, to understand each other,
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maybe argue with different opinions
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but still have a dialogue. That was life,
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in my view that really was.
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Andrea, who conceived the welcoming project
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Poggio alla Croce could be defined
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as “a small Switzerland”
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Located in a beautiful spot
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between Chianti and Valdarno
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Residents are busy at work
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and like to collaborate.
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In summer a nice festival is organized
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attracting people from both valleys
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When problems arise, like with ice in winter,
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informations flow over the internet.
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Looked like and ideal place
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Then in April 2017 the “bomb” went off:
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thirty migrants to be hosted in the “palace”,
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a former hotel middle of village
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It sounded as if a spaceship full
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of little black men was about to land
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Piera
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Black men are coming. Black men are coming.
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We are all with our hairs raised,
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very worried, me too to be honest because
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you hear a lot of good
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but also bad about these youngsters
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Andrea
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The strongest reaction, intense and wide,
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was an immediate refusal,
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a “belly” reaction that caused
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an immediate decision
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to collect signatures against,
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in less than three days
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230 signatures were collected
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Even though the Poggio’s residents
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are around 190.
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Attilia, a teacher in the the school for migrants
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A first meeting was held
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one and half year ago in summer
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before the migrants arrived,
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so we did not know them
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They had no face for us, they had no name
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I don’t live in Poggio alla Croce,
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I come from a nearby village
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During the meeting there were
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some very aggressive people,
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I guess they were sincerely scared
