Italian grandmothers have a reputation for, shall we stay, sturdiness. Norma Irma is no exception. The 93-year-old has given financial support to an Italian-founded orphanage in Kenya for many years. Last week, she left her home in Noventa Vicentina, Italy with her daughter. The pair flew to Kenya for a three week volunteer stint at that orphanage. Norma's proud granddaughter, Elisa Coltro, shared the story and photos on social media and with the Italian press. Elisa wants others to know her grandmother chose to go, "...not to some tourist resort to be waited on hand and foot, but to go to a village of children, in an orphanage. I'm showing her to you because I believe that all of us should always keep a dash of recklessness in order to live and not just survive. Look at her... Who's stopping her? I love her."
She adds, "Perhaps my grandma will decide to stay. It's entirely possible, knowing her big heart and her energy."
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