In 2015 members of The Valerio Daniel De Simoni Association continued to provide monthly lunches to asylum seekers who are clients of the Asylum Seekers’ Resource Centre in Newtown. This project has been running since 2012. Approximately twenty people working in teams of three cook, prepare and serve hot and tasty lunches for the clients of the ASRC. We cook food according to the hygiene and culture requirements appearing in the guidelines provided by the ASRC itself. Any leftover food is donated to the asylum seekers. After lunch we clean and tidy the kitchen.
While our commitment is to cater for a maximum of thirty people, the number of clients present is in fact unpredictable: this year we have registered a minimum of fifteen and a maximum of forty-eight.
Sincere, heartfelt gratitude is expressed on each occasion by the asylum seekers and the staff of the Asylum Seekers’ Resource Centre.
Mariella Totaro Genevois
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