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From a small room and with the help of two volunteers, Maria Savage, a lady from Namibia, 1.
is preparing
(prepare) food for poor children in her neighbourhood. Savage is using the room as a heart - warming soup kitchen. The children are waiting in line to get their food. Each holding a cup, they just hope for 2.
a
meal: a bowl of soup, pasta and a piece of cake.
"Most children here are from poor families as their parents suffer 3.
from
illness, job loss and so on," Savage said. Since the soup kitchen started in 2015, it 4.
has served
(serve) more than 25,000 meals to nearly 200 children.
Growing up, Savage had days when she didn't have enough to eat. That experience reminded her 5.
to find
(find) a much better way to serve children. Besides meals, Savage also teaches the children dances and games and tells them 6.
what
is right and wrong. The soup kitchen is very important to the 7.
children’s
(child) personal growth. Barry, 14, said the soup kitchen carried him through a difficult time. He also learned to share with others at the soup kitchen. It has 8.
greatly
(great) influenced his life.
Savage has done a lot, 9.
but
she is still thinking of some ways to help the children better. "Our dream is 10.
to provide
(provide) more food for the children, and to nurture their bodies with meals, and hearts with love and care. I will never
give up," she said.