Brazil: Syrian refugees donate hundreds of meals to Brazilians under lockdown

M/S Syrian refugee preparing food for elderly under lockdown, Sao Paulo
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M/S Syrian refugee preparing food
M/S Syrian refugee preparing food
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SOT, Talal al-Tinawi, Syrian refugee (Portuguese): "I came here to Brazil in December 2013 with my family, because of the war. I'm a mechanical engineer but now I work as a chef."
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SOT, Talal al-Tinawi, Syrian refugee (Portuguese): "Due to the coronavirus problem, where people have to stay home - something I dealt with while in Syria, because of the bombs - I started to think about the elderly. For an old person it's hard to leave the house during war, and they need lots of things, food, drugs, lots of things, that's why I started to think about them and the fact that they need help."
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SOT, Talal al-Tinawi, Syrian refugee (Portuguese): "I started to distribute those lunch boxes to old people for free, and also since people have no jobs now, no money, it's even harder to pay, so I wanted to do something for Brazilians. They welcomed me so well when I got here to this country, and I needed to do something in return and to not forget."
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SOT, Ghazal Baranbo, Syrian refugee (Portuguese): "I prepared 300 lunch boxes and I delivered them, I will start this week to prepare some more."
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A Syrian refugee who works as a chef in Sao Paulo has been donating hundreds of lunch boxes to elderly Brazilians during the coronavirus lockdown as a way of thanking the country for welcoming him and his family, as seen in footage shot on Wednesday.
Talal al-Tinawi, a mechanical engineer who has been living in Brazil since 2013 and now works as a chef, and his wife Ghazal, have already and distributed 300 lunch boxes made in their home kitchen - while wearing gloves and masks in case they have the virus.
"I prepared 300 lunch boxes and I delivered them, I will start this week to prepare some more," said Ghazal.
"Due to the coronavirus problem, where people have to stay home - something I dealt with while in Syria, because of the bombs - I started to think about the elderly," Talal explained. "I started to distribute those lunch boxes to old people for free, and also since people have no jobs now, no money, it's even harder to pay, so I wanted to do something for Brazilians."
Brazilian governors have been urging citizens to stay indoors unless they work in critical fields since mid-March, as the number of coronavirus cases ramped up in the country.
As of Thursday, Brazil has nearly 7,000 confirmed cases of the virus, which has killed 244 people.