This Inspiring Malaysian Couple Spends 14 Hours A Day Feeding 1,500 Refugees!

This Malaysian couple is feeding free meals to 1,500 people in the Calais "Jungle", a refugee and migrant encampment in the vicinity of Calais, France, where migrants and refugees live.

Planned to stay less than a week, but almost a year later, they are still there, helping refugees through their initiative called Kitchen in Calais.

The initiative that began with one caravan in 2015 serving 100 refugees each day, has now grown into a compound with volunteers working to keep the kitchen running.

"All the food we use comes from donations which have been flowing in, thankfully. Last month, someone from Bradford donated six tonnes of rice, two tonnes of dates, two tonnes of lentils and 20,000 bottles of mineral water," Jamalulail told The Star Online.

His Kitchen In Calais uses 120kg of rice, 60kg of potatoes and 100 tomatoes and 100 iceberg lettuces for the salad — because, Jamalulail says, "for the Syrians, salad is like sambal belacan is to Malaysians. They must have it with their meals" — each day.

While the help of cash and food donations allows the kitchen to stay open and serve hungry refugees, Jamal and Sofinee do have to travel back home in County Durham, every two weeks in order to also take care of his business.

"I'm juggling between these two tasks. There are so many things to be done in the "Jungle". It's like a new country. They are starting with nothing. We start with a small, tiny thing - food," he said, adding, "Nothing is impossible if everyone works together."