Cyclos bring free meals on wheels to the poor


Mobile food bank: Cyclo driver Chan Thea delivering essentials to the needy in Phnom Penh. — Reuters

“Take what you need, donate what you can” is the slogan written on a glass fronted cabinet full of food, water and essential daily items carried by Cambodian cyclo taxi driver Chim Prich.

Hit hard by coronavirus movement restrictions, Cambodian cyclo drivers are flocking to the streets of the capital, Phnom Penh, with mobile food banks that allow residents crippled by the pandemic’s economic hardships to pick up free food and essentials.

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