Soup Kitchen – (“A Cozinha”)

We offer food, clothing and friendship to needy citizens of Portimão.

We serve meals to about 70 people three times per week and  offer used clothing- all without cost.  (We prepare about 80 litres of  home-made soup and about 500 sandwiches each week)

You can find the Soup Kitchen in Beco S.José, Rua S.José near the old bridge  in Portimão (behind the new sardine restaurants)

We do not receive any funding from any government agencies, or any  food from the food bank.  We rely solely on the donations of both food  and money from individual people or groups.

Here are some ways you could help:

1.  GIVE TIME:  Give a couple of hours to set tables, wash dishes and  serve soup & sandwiches.  All volunteers are welcome.

2.  GIVE FOOD:  useful items are bags of sliced bread, margarine,  packets of sliced ham & cheeses,  bottles of concentrated fruit  squash, fresh fruit, cakes etc.  You could also make up bags of  sandwiches and bring them ready-made to drop off at the soup kitchen.  Containers of of home-made soup are also very welcome.

3.  GIVE MONEY:  not everyone has time to help but some might like to help cover the costs of the weekly supplies of bread, ham, cheese, fruit & veg, etc.

Contacts:
Joy Borgan 917 358 098/ 282 042 836/email <joy@borgan.info> English
Gill Rhodes 964 240 091/ 282 687 706 email <jtgbrhodes@yahoo.com> English
Hendrina Swaters 969 011 623 (German & Portuguese)

Opening times:
Sundays 2-3 pm (open for helpers at 1pm)
Mondays 4-5pm (open for helpers at 3pm)
Wednesdays 6-7pm (open for helpers at 5pm)