Community Kitchen and Mbedza Belgium host charity evening for disadvantaged in Brussels and Malawi

Community Kitchen and Mbedza Belgium are hosting a charity fundraiser at Holy Trinity Brussels on 4 October.

Harvest Moon offers an engaging evening of delicious food and entertaining music that is raising money for good causes in Brussels and Malawi.

The joint initiative by the two nonprofit organisations is sponsored by the American Women’s Club of Belgium (AWCB), which runs cultural and social activities while supporting local and global charities.     

On the culinary front, participants can enjoy a simple but delicious two-course meal prepared by the dedicated volunteers of Community Kitchen. The church venue has a cash bar for drinks.

A musical treat then follows, provided by the new Brussels-based musical folk group Shindig. There is also a sale of beautiful Malawi textiles and crafts to boost the fundraising.

Community Kitchen

From its base at the Holy Trinity Church in Ixelles, the Community Kitchen makes thousands of meals a day for Brussels’ constant flow of refugees and asylum seekers. A small dedicated team of cooks are assisted by a rollcall of volunteers and donors in the preparation of the meals that are sent out across the city to humanitarian, refugee and other food distribution centres.

Mbedza Belgium

Mbedza is a charity operating in Malawi, the UK and Belgium that fights poverty in the southeast African country by fostering better community health, combatting climate change, contributing to a better quality of life and supplementing local education.

Both the Songani Centre and Mbedza Belgium were founded by Sue Bird, a long-term Brussels resident. Proceeds from the event will go to Mbedza’s Songani Hope and Wellness Centre (pictured above) for community health that works to fight against HIV in Malawi.

Shindig

Musical entertainment at the charity event comes courtesy of Brussels musical duo Shindig, which is making its first live appearance.  

Oliver Gray is a violinist, singer and self-taught guitarist who is originally from England. He regularly performs in duos or solo across Belgium and beyond and has composed more than 150 d songs, released several CDs and is winner of the Belgian Folknam composition and interpretation competition.

John Walsh grew up in Ireland in the 1980s and is a self-taught guitarist who plays with his family at marriages, wakes and in pubs. In the last 10 years, he’s been performing with friends and work colleagues across Brussels, building a reputation as the premier ukulele player of Irish traditional music.

Entrance tickets: €10 (pre-sale); €15 (on the door)
Dinner: €10

Harvest Moon
4 October, 19.30-23.00
Holy Trinity Church Brussels
Rue Capitaine Crespel 29
Ixelles