Heartwarming rice meals priced at 0 dong
At 10:00 a.m. every day from Monday to Sunday, the back gate of Bach Mai hospital is bustling with the laughter of a group of people wearing green aprons, they always have their hands and feet, each one has a job, someone picks vegetables, someone chops fruit, someone cooks rice, someone stands in the kitchen. They are volunteers of An Vui Vegetarian Kitchen with 0 VND in the An Vui Charity group.
They have a variety of ages and occupations, some are students, some are students, some have worked, some have gray hair, they come here, meet together to create values, kind and warm things for life through vegetarian meals priced at 0 dong.
It is known that the ingredients for making vegetarian meals are completely supported by sponsors. Ms. Nguyen Le Phuong Thao (26 years old, Hanoi), volunteer, said that every day, the kitchen is supported by sponsors with food, from rice, vegetables, spices, all vegetarian... and delivered to the place. After receiving the food, the group will work together to create the menu for the next day, and if they are supported, they will cook it.
“We will plan the menu according to the food that is sent. Each meal will have enough savory dishes such as sautéed mushrooms, braised bananas with beans, a soup like melon soup, spinach soup, but the group will try to process a variety of those foods so as not to be boring," Thao said.
At exactly 14:30 pm, after completing the menu of dishes, hundreds of people came to line up to receive rice, most of them were in difficult circumstances, possibly patients, patients' family members, poor students, manual workers.
According to Ms. Thao, although the group chose to distribute rice at 14:30, a different time frame compared to many other kitchens, they were still happy to be supported by many uncles and aunts.
The reason for choosing that time frame is because most of the group's volunteers are young people, going to work in the morning and at noon will take advantage of coming here to cook, these meals will be saved by the aunt and uncle for dinner.
Especially when they come to receive rice, each person has a box and a bag to receive their own rice. “An Vui Vegetarian Kitchen will not use styrofoam boxes, plastic spoons to store rice, but each person will be given a reusable plastic box to store rice. Doing so to both protect the health of the people and the environment, limit not littering", Ms. Thao confided.
Mr. Le Quang Tuan (Nam Dinh) who is taking care of family members at the Psychiatric Department of Bach Mai Hospital has been coming to receive meals for nearly a month, knowing about An Vui kitchen through people who were hospitalized before, he feels lucky: "So happy to see young people having meaningful activities like this. The rice you cook is very delicious, helping me and others save a lot of money, especially those who stay in the hospital for a long time."
Ms. Nguyen Thi Hong Chien (Hoa Binh) said: “Those who have relatives treated at the hospital like us all have the same difficult situation. My husband's rectum was cut, every month I have to take him to Hanoi for treatment 3 times, which is very expensive. Receiving meals from enthusiastic, caring and happy volunteers, I feel great."
Join hands to spread good values
Understanding the difficult situation of people from far away hometowns who have to go to Hanoi for treatment, which costs a lot of money, Ms. Dieu Duc Lac - Team Leader Thien Nguyen An Vui established An Vui Vegetarian Kitchen with 0 dong.
According to Ms. Dieu Duc Lac, with the goal of "Giving love is love forever", each meal is the group's love for those in difficult circumstances, the less fortunate in society, expressing the spirit of "good leaves protect torn leaves".
Although newly opened, An Vui Vegetarian Kitchen with 0 VND has received a lot of attention from everyone. Every day, about 20-30 volunteers participate.
Khong Thuy Hanh (University of Science and Technology) feels happy to know An Vui: “I happened to know about the kitchen through a friend's introduction. Although I have only joined the kitchen for a week, the values that I have received in return are immeasurable.
I get to interact with people with good hearts, I can prepare meals filled with love with my own hands. These things help me see that, outside of society, there are still many good things waiting for us”, Hanh confided.
Mr. Pham Huu Trong (27 years old, Hanoi) the main chef at An Vui: “I myself have never been trained in a cooking school, but I have loved cooking since I was a child, so when I saw the job of being in the kitchen, I volunteered to accept it.
I am happy when I can bring my passion for cooking to serve people, when people take rice, see people happy and compliment the delicious rice, I have more motivation to cook."
An Vui Charity Group, after more than 5 years of establishment, does not stop at cooking vegetarian rice to give to the needy. An Vui Charity also organizes many other meaningful activities such as: Organizing upland fairs, giving gifts to disadvantaged children; Paving 10.000 bricks for yard and road to Bach Loc pagoda - Ha Tinh; Organize a year-end bus program - bring patients and relatives of patients K Hospital - Tan Trieu Campus to their hometown to celebrate Tet...
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