to enable the members of the Congregation of the Daughters of Santa Maria di Leuca in Rome to perfect themselves through the execution of works of charity and Christian piety in favor of their neighbors, and better through the assistance and education of children between the ages of zero and six, by opening a nursery and a kindergarten. The assistance is open to children of both sexes without distinction of language and religion, with particular regard to those residing in the municipality of Chiasso, others not excluded if circumstances permit; also with particular regard to orphaned children, those from broken families, those in the process of disintegration or maladjustment, those from families where both parents must work out of necessity, and in any case to children from modest and less affluent backgrounds.