Local Interest
Local ExPat Delivering Food
Bob Graham, local identity here in Vung Tau, is one of these guys that doesn’ t make a big deal about the things he does in town, overhearing a comment he made recently, regarding the poor, I had a chat with him a home.
As it turns out, Bob and his band of workers, package and deliver 300 meals to the needy, twice a month. They have arranged with the local markets to donate all the food and packaging then meticulously prepare the food in their home, portion it evenly, package it all, and then deliver it to the ones in need.
This is no small feat, the day begins at 6am when the first of many deliveries arrive at the house, usually by 6-30am over 50kgs of produce has arrived, then the real work begins.
The team of workers happily donate their time to the task at hand, cleaning, sorting and preparing the produce ready for packaging.
“ I set up a production line to ensure that each task is completed before the next stage begins”
Each member of the team work together tirelessly from 11-30am to 10-30pm or when all the prep has been completed. The next day Bob starts off at 6am again on his delivery run, which he usually completes about lunch time. After a short rest, it’ s time for a beer.
“ I copped a bit of flak when we first introduced a production line where I had assigned each person with a specific task in the chain I got the usual“ no need”, now they see the benefits and each team member helps out the others when their part is done. It seems to work very well and everyone is happy as they all do an equal share.”
We discussed how this all came about and the end result was, Thảo approached a number of the vendors at the market through business she does there, they became friends over a period and during talks and coffee a common thread appeared. They were all thankful that they had a business and although not making millions, were doing okay They decided, as a group, to help out those who were suffering a little and not earning enough some days to feed their families. The network expanded as more people heard of the idea, the promise of donations increased. The network finally came to fruition, Bob and Thảo, along with their team, went into full swing.
The team: Bob, Thảo, Linh, Đâo, Dung, Loan, Lê, Tuyễt
40 The MAG Vung Tau
Another example of how we work as a community here in this great city we call home.