Meghan Markle joins London's women cooking for the needy
The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, held her first big charity event since she resigned in March 2020, along with Prince Harry, to be a member of British royalty, organizing meals for Londoners most in need.
As revealed today, April 17, 2020, the Evening Standard newspaper, which is part of the initiative, Meghan maintained a relationship with the women who make up the Hubb Community Kitchen project to distribute food to those who need it during the current coronavirus crisis.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex and their son Archie officially left the British royal family on March 31 and soon moved their residence to Los Angeles, where, during Easter, they collaborated with the Project Angel Food association to facilitate meals. vulnerable people.
Hubb Community Kitchen was the first project that Meghan supported when she became part of the royal family and, after several private visits, in 2018 she announced that she would launch a cookbook with her members to raise funds for the association.
The initiative, in which women will be the ones to cook in their homes, aims to deliver between 250 and 300 meals three days a week and will be put into operation as of next Monday.
“I am very proud of the women at Hubb Community Kitchen and the continued support that Project Felix gives them to carry out these acts of goodwill, which are urgently needed at this time,” Meghan said during the video call.
The women in the organization are the survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire, an event in the wealthy London borough of Kensington and Chelsea in 2017, which killed 72 people after the fire spread rapidly through their homes in official protection in the absence of fire-fighting equipment.