"Jeanette, a 33-year-old mother of three, wipes away tears as she looks at the six crumpled bags of emergency groceries placed at her feet. “It’s like Christmas,” she says, shaking her head and sneaking another glance at the cereal packets and bags of rice that she is about to take home to her empty cupboards. Her teenage son, who is thin and seems small for his age, sees her glistening eyes and stares back down at his phone, looking awkward. These are two of the attendees of Tower Hamlets food bank, where groceries are distributed twice a week at the Salvation Army hall in Poplar to the most urgently in need."
Posted on: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 22:02:57 +0000