So, the holidays are over again. Time to get back to reality. This one is not tender. Inflation is helping many people into the abyss. Think of the high energy costs when it gets colder later, the expensive groceries. Everything is getting more expensive and more expensive, in the supermarket you can see prices rising sometimes per week. You have to figure everything out carefully, they still abuse it, too. The product is more expensive and the content less. It is worth paying attention and watching out what you buy and what you don't buy. For example, there are already many people who are tacitly in financial distress. Fortunately, there are people who matter and actually set up something to help their fellow human beings. During the holiday season, I met a woman who has placed a food cabinet in the street where she lives.

This is on the Eilardaheerd in the Beijum district of Groningen. This cabinet hangs on a wall on the public road. Purely out of trust, that everyone treats it with respect.

She bought this cabinet at a high discount, as a sponsorship at a second-hand store. The cabinet is waterproofed and pimped. Shelf-stable products in and ready. After two months, she was almost unable to bear the costs and that's how she went to the” Melting Pot ” only they didn't have as many donations as expected. Then put on the naughty shoes and head to the food bank. There, they were very enthusiastic about this project and offered to deliver a banana box full of preserves and other shelf-stable products for her closet once every two weeks. Think of pancake mix, pasta, rice, tin and potted vegetables and various herbs. Really everything. Sometimes it also contains fruit, potatoes, onions and garlic. It's always a surprise, people already know how to use the cabinet well. For pick up, when you need something. The addition is still a bit missing, with a little more familiarity this will also run loose. All in all, she puts a big smile on her face every day. One day, to her regret, she saw that the closet was broken, as she walked past it. There was also a little boy in the area who asked her if she knew who owned that closet. “Yes, from me,” she said. “Well,” says that little boy, “I accidentally kicked my ball against it.She couldn't even get mad about it, you don't find that much honesty quickly, to which she said, “If you stay so honest in your life, you'll get there!“The kid's mother gave 20, - euros to her to be able to buy another closet, which was also pimped up again and is bigger than the first.

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