Why this US restaurant owner gives out free meals?

 

 

Washington DC restaurant owner Kazi Mannan experienced poverty growing up in Pakistan. Now he wants to help those in need.


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Vocabulary:
1. Crisis - a time of intense difficulty, trouble, or danger
2. Fall Short - to fail to reach an amount or standard that was expected or hoped for, causing disappointment
3. Poverty - the scarcity or the lack of a certain amount of material possessions or money

 

Questions:
1. Talk about the beginnings of Kazi Mannan's restaurant.
2. How did he feel when he saw homeless people struggling to find something to eat?
3. What does he hope to accomplish?
4. In your opinion, why does every country in the world have poor people?
5. What programs does your city have for feeding the needy?