UK Cypriot George Pornaris, 53, who lives in Muswell Hill launched Soupaday a month ago and has been making soup every night to feed the area’s homeless community.

He makes the soup daily and drives around starting from Muswell hill, Highate, Camden and West End until he runs out. He also makes for asylum seekers and helps them with clothes and bedding.

George said: “It’s so they know they’ve got somewhere which cares for them, that’s what the aim of Soupaday was.I talk to them about mental health so they can cope with their situation and try and to find out how I can help them find accommodation

“They’re human beings at the end of the day, and they’ve had a hard life. It could happen to anyone, we could lose our business tomorrow, not pay your bills and all of a sudden you’re out there.”
not pay your bills and all of a sudden you’re out there.”I talk to them about mental health so they can cope with their situation and try and to find out how I can help them find accommodation

George said when his family returned to the UK from Cyprus following the 1974 war they were virtually homeless. His Father is from Asha and his mother from Gerani.

Aged seven he couldn’t speak English, and because the family moved often he didn’t make many good friends.

“It was very hard, and being highly sensitive and an empath, you pick up on everyone’s emotions, it just builds up, and I think that affected me later on in life.

“You don’t realise how traumatic it is as a child, it’s only after… I remember running away from school because I had no friends or way to communicate,” he added.

George said that a breakdown 17 years ago destroyed his marriage and left him contemplating suicide, but he got through his depression for his sons and felt determined to give back to society.

“It sounds crazy but I’m almost grateful that I went through it, because I’ve gone through it so I can help other people now, and that’s a good thing,” he said.

Each night George hands out soup, coats, socks and other necessities, and is currently supporting three people to find accommodation.

One Response to Well done to UK Cypriot George Pornaris who makes soup for the homeless every night

  1. sofoclis says:

    hi george can i bring some clothes for these people if yes let me know where to come

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