Nuan-nuan restaurant opens

In order to provide warm and nutritional lunches to elderly residents living alone in rural communities, Sisters of Our Lady of China Catholic Charity Social Welfare Foundation (天主教中華聖母社會福利基金會) has established Nuan-nuan Restaurant in Chiayi County’s Lucao Township. Providing free meals to economically disadvantaged people over the age of 65 and the physically disabled, the scheme serves up to 160 people at a time.  

Nuan-nuan Restaurent is located in Lucao Township, which has the second highest proportion of elderly people receiving help in the county. There is a serious outflow of young people from the area, and most elderly people live alone or with an elderly partner. Situated adjacent to Tan Village (潭村), the restaurant is a long distance from any markets or Lucao old city center, without a noodle shop or restaurant in sight. For senior citizens living alone and vulnerable children lacking family support, food is a major problem in life.

Of the senior citizens currently using Nuan-nuan Restaurent’s service, the oldest is 96-year-old Grandpa Wu. He usually lives alone and in the past had to prepare all his own meals, sometimes having to make one meal last for several days; today, he is delighted to finally be able to enjoy a stable hot lunch. Another senior citizen is 73-year-old Grandma Wu, who after making her own way to the center for lunch, personally delivers meals to two physically incapacitated elderly ladies, one aged 80, and the other 90 years old.

Nuan-nuan restaurant opens 

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(以下是中文對照)

暖暖食堂開張 影音

為了讓偏鄉獨居長輩能享有溫熱的營養午餐，天主教中華聖母社會福利募集社會設置「暖暖食堂」，在嘉義縣鹿草鄉正式開幕，經濟弱勢的65 歲以上長輩和弱勢身障者免費用餐，最多可一次供餐約160人份。

暖暖食堂所在的鹿草鄉，老年人口比例及扶老比例都高居全縣第二，青壯人口外移嚴重，當地多為獨居或兩老同住，食堂位在下潭村，遠離市場與鹿草市街中心，附近連一家麵店或餐館也沒有，對於獨居長輩或缺乏家庭支持的弱勢學童，吃飯是生活上的大問題。

目前接受食堂服務的長輩中，年紀最大的吳阿伯已經96歲，平常獨居，以前都必須自己備餐，有時煮一餐要吃好幾天，現在他終於有穩定且熱騰騰的中餐可以享用。另一位73歲的吳阿嬤，雖然可以自行來食堂用餐，但她的二位嫂嫂高齡80歲和90歲，行動不便，吳阿嬤用餐後，就搖身一變成為二位嫂嫂的送餐志工。