Ten-year-old cooks meals for homeless people on streets of Cairns Schoolgirl’s generosity

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| Isabella Guzman Gonzalez

WHAT started as an idea in the kitchen by a 10-year-old four months ago has become a monthly supply of free meals for homeless people.

With the support of Dundees at the Aquarium, Olivia Latham of Redlynch is on a crusade to help people sleeping rough in Cairns supplying meals for clients of the not-for-profit Wheels of Wellness (WoW).

The project, which she started three months ago with her mum Hayley Latham, has gained traction, with Tina and James Wort from Dundees sharing their commercial kitchen with the young girl to diversify the menu and increase the output of meals.

After being shut down from volunteering at several charities due to her young age, Miss Latham took matters in her own hands, pitching the idea to WoW staff where her mum is currently doing her social work placement.

“I’ve been wanting to help cooking meals for people, and mum is doing her placement at WoW so we decided to make spaghetti bolognese for them,” Miss Latham said.

“The first time we did it was really exciting to see everyone saying how good the food was,” she said.

For three months mum and daughter got to work from their own kitchen