SUSPENDED SHOPPING PHENOMENON

Risultato immagine per “caffč sospeso

The Caffé Sospeso (O café suspiso, in the Neapolitan dialect) is a long tradition in the Naples area, where anyone who wishes can leave money for an extra cup of coffee at his favourite cafe, which will subsequently to be offered to someone who can't afford to pay for his own. At this moment of crisis, with almost all businesses closed due to the Covid-19 epidemic and many part-time and casual workers unemployed, initiatives of spontaneous generosity have expanded to include baskets of food being lowered from balconies for the homeless and vulnerable and the more organized spesa sospesa in which supermarket shoppers can leave donations of foodstuffs for families in financial difficulties. Naturally, these individual gestures by anonymous benefactors are a mere sidekick to the widespread efforts of volunteers, state and charity organizations to provide meals and food delivery services for those in need, but they are specially appreciated for the community spirit they foster and uphold. 

 

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Posted on 05 Apr 2020 by Editor
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