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Article: New hope for Tiedoli: (for 40 years Mario Tommasini has campaigned for better social conditions in Parma, Italy).
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- For A Change
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- December 1, 2002
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For the last 40 years Mario Tommasini has campaigned for better social conditions for the most vulnerable people in his home province of Parma, Italy. His latest project is bringing the small mountain village of Tiedoli back to life.
It all started in March 1965 when, having just been appointed alderman, he visited the Provincial Mental Asylum of Parma, for which he was responsible, and was horrified by the appalling conditions people were working and living in. In five years he emptied the asylum and found new arrangements for its 1,200 inmates.
Over the following years, working in different capacities, Tommasini closed down all the province's ...