As some of you might be aware, Vietnam has been hit tremendously hard economically from various lockdown measures this year.
Effectively most business had to stop operating since May/June or were only allowed to keep producing at very limited scale.
https://e.vnexpress.net/news/business/data-speaks/pandemic-impacts-survey-finds-62-percent-losing-jobs-4349806.htmlAt the height of the lockdown measures
military was deployed in the streets of Saigon - and leaving the house even for the purpose of obtaining food was not allowed any longer for a full 2 weeks.
Many poorer families in precarious work situation have exhausted their savings by now and the help provided by government-sponsored handouts is not sufficient in many places.
Over the past week's
Robin and his team of Baba's Kitchen have been serving the most vulnerable inhabitants of the city with tens of thousands of meals; all financed out of their own pocket or via donations from the community.
The local Bitcoin Community in Saigon, which has been regularly holding their meetups at Baba's before the lockdowns is currently organizing a fundraiser to support the efforts by Robin and his team - so far
over 5,500 meals have been sponsored by Bitcoiners near & far.
If you would like to contribute to the relief efforts by the community in Saigon - you can do so here:
https://bitcoinsaigon.org/donate-satoshis (Lightning possible!)All funds donated for the length of the lockdowns will be utilized to support the ongoing efforts of Robin & his team.
