To highlight why we are providing this food relief program, please see the photos below of what Patong looks like today, 18 months on since COVID-19 hit and tourist borders shut. All the shops that once employed people are shut, the streets are empty, the many taxi operators are gone. Basic employment is decimated.
This is the reality for many folks here, who really struggle to ensure they have a basic meal for themselves and their children. Schools are still not operating and many families are struggling to provide the IT equipment needed to help their children access online learning. With so many things to contend with, the least our kitchen can do is to provide 1 hot meal a day. So simple. And it only costs $1 for each meal. Please donate here to help us make 15,000 meals a reality.
Menu: Fried rice tuna and soup, Mince chicken porridge
Meals served: 153
Chef Sunee made 2 menu choices today. A delicious fried rice tuna and a tasty mince chicken porridge. We constantly marvel at her ability to turn out wonderful food for such low cost. Meals were also delivered to the nearby villages.
Here is where the penny drops. Aland and Sunee help to provide meals to the most needy and this is a common sight, especially under such terrible economic conditions.
In helping with the food relief program, it is scenes like this that remind us, the world is unequal. While many of us in the rich world ponder our next Cruise to Nowhere to escape covid boredom, some people are just grateful that they got a free meal that day. And the children are the most innocent victims of all.
For more photos, please see here.
