Every weekday, social enterprise Glyph delivers free lunch and dinner to 50 children and their families living in rental flats in Bukit Merah. The meals include rice with meat and vegetables, noodles or burgers.
The initiative, which started on 20 April, aims to ease the families’ worries about meals amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Six volunteers and employees from Glyph make door-to-door deliveries across six Housing Board blocks in the neighbourhood. They follow safe distancing measures and practise good hygiene while distributing the food.
Families who are fasting during Ramadan are served dinner only.
Established in 2017, Glyph has run activities for more than 1,200 disadvantaged youth, such as workshops in coding. It operates in Bukit Merah and the 50 children who receive free meals have been attending its activities.
The free food initiative is supported by Mr Tham Kok Yun, owner of fish-and-chip restaurant Big Fish Small Fish, who then roped in another 15 eateries, such as Fatburger, The Original Boat Noodle and The Shepherd’s Pie.
Said Michelle Yeo, 14, who sometimes has to buy her own food as her parents are too busy to cook: “I don’t have to worry about getting food every day… My favourites are the healthy grain bowl and the fish and chips.”
Glyph hopes to work with more sponsors so they can help more people.
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Source: The Straits Times, 4 May 2020