Yesterday we held the launch event for the Solidarity Kitchen. It went really well. The kitchen was promoted with the helping hand of the theatre group at GTP+. A mixture of drag, Charlie Chaplin and clown lookalikes roamed the streets giving out free Caldinho and handing out flyer's.
Two television crews turned up to film the event for the local news. A government representative came along to show his support and the HIV and AIDS health minister for the state of Pernambuco also popped by.
Loads and loads of people came and tried the Caldinho and we also had a load of people come for lunch. On a normal Friday in the Solidarity Kitchen 11-15 people would come and pay for lunch. Yesterday over 60 paying customers came and ate at the Solidarity Kitchen.
It was great to see the launch after a month of hard work. There is still a lot of work to do and it will be really interesting to see if the kitchen can continue to attract people over the next 12 months. We have done loads to ensure that people will not forget the kitchen in a hurry.
What better way to celebrate than with one of Sergio and Diavila’s homemade cakes.
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