Cuban soup kitchen sees soaring demand as economic crisis deepens

A helper fills containers with food to distribute among people in need at a soup kitchen run by religious group Quisicuaba that is serving a growing number of Cubans struggling to make ends meet amid economic crisis, in Havana, Cuba January 15, 2024. REUTERS/Yander Zamora

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban Elda William, a 60-year old former psychologist, had been making ends meet selling cellphone plans - until a sewage pipe at her home office burst, putting off prospective clients.

No one has come to fix it and her income dried up, leaving her with little choice but to turn to Quisicuaba, a community-led soup kitchen for the hungry in central Havana.