Blog: Adeeg Dheeraad ah

Five Years Later: The Pandemic’s Lasting Effects on Senior Hunger

While the pandemic triggered an immediate surge in demand for meals, other factors have driven more older adults to reach out for help with meals in recent years.

Person in mask delivering meals

Waxaan u rajeyneynaa dadka cuntada qaata iyo deriskeena Ramadaan barakeysan

Bishan, qaar badan oo ka mid ah Muslimiinta deriska nala ah iyo dadka qaata cunnada xalaasha ah ayaa u dabaaldegaya Ramadaanta.

Cunto xallaal ah oo cunto kariye leh

Caregivers: We’re here for you

Caregivers are everywhere in our community and provide support in ways that are sometimes unseen. We recognize that caregiving is hard work, and we’re here to help all who play this important role.

Caregiver shows a Meals on Wheels meal to their parents

Reflecting on hunger and the reality of a SNAP budget

Families and seniors in Minnesota are struggling to feed themselves as food prices and food insecurity continue to rise. What does it look like to eat on a SNAP budget?

Empty plate with silverware

The case for getting involved

An often-touted benefit of Meals on Wheels for recipients is the connection to their community that comes from a daily volunteer visit. Could it be that volunteers receive a similar benefit from being part of something bigger?

Meals on Wheels volunteer delivering a meal

Tabarucayaashu waxay caawiyaan waayeelka deegaanka inay u diyaar garoobaan jiilaalka

Daraasiin mutadawiciin ah ayaa soo buuxiyay in ka badan 5,400 oo cunto ah taas oo qayb ka ah Blizzard Bag Blitz taas oo siisa dadka cuntada qaata cuntooyin degenaansho leh xilliga qaboobaha.

Tabarucayaashu waxay xidhxidhaan bacaha Blizzard

Cuntooyinka waxay yareeyaan welwelka ku saabsan miisaaniyadda cuntada ee mujaahidiinta maxalliga ah

Markii Chris, oo 53-jir ah oo ka tirsanaa ciidamada badda ee Minneapolis, uu waayey helitaanka dheefaha SNAP oo kordhay, wuxuu ka walwalay miisaaniyadiisa cuntada. Kadibna waxa uu ku xidhay Cunnooyinka Taayirada.

Chris, oo ah mujaahid cunno ku helaya Minneapolis.

U dabaal degaya Bisha Kibirka Naafada

Bisha Kibirka Naafada ayaa la xusaa Luulyo kasta. Food on Wheels waxay ku faantaa inay u adeegto dadka naafada ah ee ku tiirsan cuntooyinka nafaqada leh si ay ugu noolaadaan si madaxbannaan.

Russell iyo Evelyn, Cunnooyinka Taayirada qaata

La dagaalanka kalinimada iyo go'doonka bulshada si wadajir ah

Dhibaatada kalinimada iyo go'doominta bulshada ayaa loo aqoonsaday dhibaato caafimaad oo dadweyne. Haddii aad dareemayso saamaynta kelinimada iyo haddii kale, ogow inaad ku caawin karto inaad la xidhiidho deriskaaga.

Mutadawiciinta cuntada

Aqoonsiga tabaruceyaashayada aan caadiga ahayn

Abriil waa Bisha Tabarucayaasha Qaranka, waxayna noo tahay fursad weyn inaan aqoonsanno shaqada aan caadiga ahayn ee tabaruceyaashayadu qabtaan sannadka oo dhan.

Volunteers Sue and Rich
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