Thousands of meals of love to people in flood-hit areas of Dak Lak

On the morning of November 26, thousands of meals from the field kitchen located in Tuy Hoa Ward (Dak Lak Province) were delivered to the people in communes and wards heavily affected by floods. This is an activity organized by the Social Charity Board, Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) Ho Chi Minh City in coordination with the locality to promptly support people in flood-affected areas.

Clean food source, ensuring food hygiene and safety

Venerable Thich Thanh Phong, Vice Chairman of the Executive Council, Permanent Deputy of the Executive Committee and Head of the Social Charity Committee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha in Ho Chi Minh City, said that the kitchen provides about 10,000 meals a day, depending on actual needs. The food source is guaranteed to be nutritious and safe. The meals are quickly distributed by local authorities to people in deep, isolated flooded areas, in the spirit of "letting no one go hungry in the flood".

The location of the field kitchen is Stelia Beach Resort Hotel (Tuy Hoa Ward). Mr. Lai Ngoc Hung, the hotel's Executive Director, shared that when he learned about the program, the unit proactively supported the location, prepared the kitchen and mobilized staff to participate in cooking and transportation.

To prepare for lunch and dinner, from 3am, hundreds of volunteers including youth volunteers, students, local people, monks, nuns, and Buddhists from Ho Chi Minh City and Dak Lak started working. After distributing lunch, everyone continued to prepare for dinner, not stopping until 10pm.

Venerable Thich Thanh Phong is cooking thousands of meals to serve people in flood-hit areas of Dak Lak.

In recent days, many trucks from Ho Chi Minh City have also urgently transported dozens of tons of food, provisions, and drinking water to Dak Lak, supporting cooking and relief activities.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Thuong (residing in Dong Hoa commune, Dak Lak province) emotionally shared: This is the first time we have seen floodwaters rise so quickly, our family was unable to react in time, and we lost almost all our property. For the past few days we have only lived on instant noodles and bread. Now that we have received a meal of gratitude, our family is extremely touched.

Monks and volunteers are working at full capacity.

This is the second field kitchen organized by the Social Charity Board of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha in Ho Chi Minh City in Dak Lak. Previously, from November 23, the first kitchen located in Phu Yen ward cooked and distributed more than 75,000 meals after 3 days of operation. In Khanh Hoa province, the Board also organized 3 field kitchens with a capacity of about 25,000 meals per day.

Hotel staff also actively supported the field kitchen.

The program is coordinated by the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City and Dak Lak province. According to the assignment, monks, nuns and Buddhists are responsible for cooking rice, while local forces and the army are responsible for transporting food to people in flooded areas.

MAI CUONG

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/hang-ngan-suat-com-nghia-tinh-den-voi-ba-con-vung-lu-dak-lak-post825526.html