In memoriam - Francesca Ivanov

Francesca Ivanov passed away on March 24 in a hospital near her native village, Edolo, in northern Italy. She was 48 years old.

Francesca first arrived in Auroville in 2007, and started her Newcomer process in 2009. She soon started working as a receptionist at Kailash Clinic. She loved the job and many of us may remember her as always busy and very involved and dedicated. In 2011, a year after officially joining Auroville, she had to return to Italy to look for a job that would provide her with resources to be able to continue to live here. Unfortunately, things did not go well for her and at the end of 2015 she discovered that she had lung cancer.

Auroville was always in her thoughts and words and prayers and Francesca never lost hope of returning one day. Sadly, this was not to be.