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The soup that tackles loneliness帮老年人排解孤独的一锅汤

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The soup that tackles loneliness 帮老年人排解孤独的一锅汤

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This soup is helping to tackle loneliness among the elderly.

这锅汤能帮助老年人排解孤独。

Lot Wolff, student volunteer
"We're making a tomato lentil spinach soup. People are right now cutting the tomatoes, little bit of garlic, some spinach."

洛特·沃尔夫       学生志愿者
“我们正在做西红柿扁豆菠菜汤。大家正在切西红柿、一点蒜和一些菠菜。”

Young volunteers bring the ingredients to community centres and retirement homes.

年轻志愿者把做汤的食材带到社区中心和退休人士公寓。

Then everyone gets involved in cooking and eating.

大家一起动手，接着一起品尝劳动成果。

Max Kranendijk, Founder, Oma's Soep
"In the Netherlands, grandmas are particularly famous for soups. Like, a lot of grandmas have their own recipe from generation and generation."

麦克斯·克兰迪克       Oma's Soep 创始人
“在荷兰，奶奶和外婆们都很擅长做汤。她们很多人都有自己的秘方，代代相传。”

The young and old mingle while cooking and eating.

年轻人和老年人在烹饪和用餐时相互交流、相处融洽。

Maurice
"Loneliness is never good, of course, right? It's enjoyable here. You spend the day in a really lovely way."

莫里斯
“孤独从来都不是什么好事，对吧？但这里的气氛很愉快。你可以开心地度过美好的一天。”

Lot Wolff, student volunteer
"The soup is just easy because young and old they can all make it."

洛特·沃尔夫       学生志愿者
“这个汤不难做，所以我们都会做。”

Lenny
"Well, the old people are often just moaning about their ailments. And young people are fun, they still go out, and then you hear gossip – and I like that."

莱妮
“老年人经常抱怨自己身体上的各种病痛。而年轻人则很快乐，他们平时会出去玩，你能从他们那里听到各类消息，我就很喜欢和他们交流。”

Lot Wolff, student volunteer
"A lot of the digital age is sometimes shallow, I think. That doesn't matter to the elderly people that are here. And they also give very good advice. I've had some very good love advice from them. So, that was great."

洛特·沃尔夫       学生志愿者
“我觉得数字时代的很多东西有时都很肤浅。但这对于这里的老年人来说并不重要。老年人还能给我们年轻人一些好的人生建议。我就得到了一些很好的恋爱方面的建议。非常有用。”

The organisers now sell the soup in shops across the Netherlands. Half the profits are going towards tackling loneliness.

活动组织者 “Oma's Soep” 做的汤现在在荷兰各地的商店里都有售。一半的利润用于解决老年人孤独的问题。

"Two thumbs up."

“双手点赞。”