Inspired by a practice and simple idea to help the most abandoned, “The World Movement of Direct Help to the Poor” is spreading quickly all over the world,
The idea was born in the indigenous community San Juan of Yanc, a poor and small Andean community located in the Department of Cajamarca, 500 kilometers to the northeast of Lima, capital of Peru. In San Juan the life lapses calm and serene among the luminous beauty of the mountains and the silent dignity of the Andean poverty. The climate is excellent, the pure air and the intensely blue sky. There, doa Rosario Ravines lived and served throughout her 90 years old to the poorest people in her town.
One day, doa Rosario was visited by some old and abandoned husbands. She gave them the only thing that she had, some potatoes. When she returned from the kitchen she found a moving scene, the old men were on knees, praying and thanking to God with tears in the eyes. Hours later a cheerful and smiling young arrived to the house saying : dear aunt, I am bringing you these recently harvested potatoes, – some ten pounds more than what she gave -. In that moment the “Miracle of Sharing” was...