Following the launch of the Bread for the Weekend project in January 2019, the weekly service continued to provide nutritious meals to the isolated seniors whose lives are constantly exposed to hopeless hunger.

Members of the Order of Malta Korea have comfortably settled into its operational routine. Two to three members gather every Thursday afternoon to pack freshly baked breads that contain healthy ingredients into individual bags. The following morning, two or three members arrive at the bakery with a van  to pick up the pre-packaged and labelled breads. They then deliver them to Myung Hwi Won, a free meal service center where 150 underfed seniors come for free lunch. Three pieces of breads are put into one bag for each elderly senior to take home to as they arrive at the center for them to enjoy over the coming weekend.

The project champion, Helene Hyewon Chung, also an aspirant of Order of Malta Korea, has been coordinating the entire service. Now into its second month of operation, the project is finding its own routine and fulfilling the purpose of the project in addressing urban poverty for the isolated seniors.

The last service for February, which took place on the 27th of February, was even more special as the members in the ‘delivery team’ also worked in the kitchen to cook and serve the free lunch for the same elderly seniors they give the breads to, right after making the delivery to Myung Hwi Won.

In total 1,800 pieces of breads (600 bags of breads) were distributed to 150 underfed seniors throughout the month of February.