36. Free Bread

Earlier on, we stopped to be in awe of a bookshop who offered books for free to people who couldn't afford to pay for them. Now let's take a second to admire this Turkish bakery, who have applied the same theory to bread.

Every shop that makes or sells foods generates excess; if you've worked for a fast food outlet or know someone who has, you probably know how much ends up wasted on a daily basis. That's all food that could be going to the homeless or hungry, and it's senseless to throw it all away. This bakery operates on the same principle; all excess bread that it bakes goes in this cupboard near the street so people can easily get to it, and the sign on the front translates as 'If you are hungry, take for free'. The bread is no longer wasted, and there will be fewer people starving on those streets every night.

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