Winter Appeal

Warm Cooked Food Packs

A hot meal in winter is warmth from the inside out — and for many of the people we serve, it is the only cooked food they will eat that day.

1,900

Meals served daily

£1.50

Cost per hot meal

14

Community kitchens

What's Happening

In winter, the cost of cooking fuel rises just as casual work disappears. Families who manage the rest of the year on daily wages find themselves choosing between heating and eating.

Elderly people living alone are hit hardest. Many are physically unable to queue for a food distribution or to cook for themselves, and go days on bread and tea.

Cold, poor nutrition and damp housing compound one another — the same households that go hungry are the ones filling clinic waiting rooms by February.

Warm Cooked Food Packs — relief work in the field

Our Response

We run community kitchens through the coldest months, cooking simple, filling meals — rice, lentils, vegetables and meat twice a week — from locally bought ingredients.

Meals are served at the kitchen and delivered to housebound elderly people and disabled residents by volunteers who also check on their heating, health and general welfare.

“He is not a believer whose stomach is filled while his neighbour goes hungry.”

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

Fund Warm Cooked Food Packs

£300£300 funds a warm cooked food distribution in Pakistan.£400£400 funds a larger distribution reaching more households.£500£500 funds a full-scale winter cooked food distribution.
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Kitchens run daily from December to March. Donations are used in the month they are received wherever kitchens are already open.

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Winter Blankets, Hats & Gloves

Thick thermal blankets distributed to families sleeping in tents and unheated homes. One donation keeps a whole family warm through the season.

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Other Winter Relief

Weatherproofing, heating fuel, warm clothing and whatever else our teams report as most urgent once the cold sets in.

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