30 Nov - 3 Dec: 1,020 MEALS

Menus/ Meals Served:

30 Nov - Tuna balls in sweet and spicy sauce [244]

1 Dec - Spicy minced chicken; chicken porridge [270]

2 Dec - Chicken rice, soup [270]

3 Dec - Spicy curry fish and rice [244]

Total Meals Served: 1,020

We closed the kitchen on Monday this week to give everyone a rest day. It has been hard going for everyone since we more than doubled our meal count. Thanks to all our volunteers who have been actively giving us their precious time to help out and of course, thanks to K. Sunee and K. Poo for turning out delicious meals every day. And of course, Aland for doing all the shopping and driving around.

The food queues outside the chapel are not slowing down, despite more shops reopening in Phuket. We are now starting to see Omnicron cases pop up in Phuket, so it is unknown what the longer term economic impact will be but we hope the economy fully recovers soon.

Volunteers packing the chicken porridge

Beneficiaries from the nearby Burmese sois

Should you wish to donate to help us keep our work going, please click here. Our kitchen uses sustainable packaging and operates Mon-Fri every week. We distribute free food packs to the needy at the chapel and also to nearby Burmese camps in the Patong area. Whilst tourism has partially returned to Phuket, it is not in the typical numbers from before so economic employment is still difficult.

Our kitchen has been operating since April 2020, at the start of the tourism lockdown and been going since. We have brought hot meals to thousands that have demonstrated need. We cannot fix all the economic woes but we are able to help with 1 hot meal a day. Our beneficiaries are families, children and many working poor (whom have suffered pay cuts or reduced work days due to economic conditions).

Any questions, please reach out to info@hotmealsforall.org.

22-26 NOV 2021 - 1,397 MEALS

We decided to publish our progress on a weekly basis now to be more efficient. The food relief program is ongoing and we are still seeing a lot of need. The emergence of Omnicron may set back tourism by another 6mths. We are not sure, so we will need to keep raising funds to do this work. Whilst many bigger stores are starting to reopen, it is unclear if Omnicron will result in any further slow down of the tourist trade and prompt people to stay closer to home during the next months. If so, we will expect many businesses that, as quickly as they restarted, they will die down and shutter. Much is unclear at this point but the hunger need remains the same. We are doing what little we can to help. Please help us continue our work by donating. You can click here to donate.

Menu/ Meals Served:

22 Nov - Chicken soup with vegetables; Tuna porridge [235 meals]

23 Nov - Mince chicken with fried fish; Fried rice [270 meals]

24 Nov - Vermicelli with spicy bamboo shoots; chicken and tuna porridge [350 meals]

25 Nov - Chicken rice [256 meals]

26 Nov - Tofu with stew chicken [286 meals]

Total meals served: 1,397

Should you wish to volunteer, please reach out by email to info@hotmealsforall.org.

19 NOV 2021 - 290 MEALS; 1,301 MEALS THIS WEEK

Menu: Fried noodles with vegetables, Fish soup and vegetables, Chicken porridge

Meals served: 290

Big meal service today! And had a full house of volunteers today with our friends from Agoda.com. Should you wish to volunteer, please contact info@hotmealsforall.org. We always need donations to keep our work going, so please donate here.

Thank you to our friends from Agoda who have sent through their staff to help out for the past month and half. Great stuff! We are looking for new volunteers to help spread the workload, please contact us if you wish to pitch in.

We always do feel it's for a great cause to see the lines of needy being fulfilled.

And the stat of the week is, we have distributed 1,301 Meals to the needy. Thanks everyone for helping out.