Shepparton couple donating up to 500 free meals a day amid Covid outbreak

We are grateful to feed families, I'm happy to put a smile on people's faces, I'm very happy. It is what it is'

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Jeihan and Azem Elmazs' Albanian restaurant has been a place of refuge for vulnerable people in Shepparton's community for three decades. Now, the couple are working around the clock to deliver hundreds of free, cooked meals for people in need of support, as the regional Victorian city grapples with a major Covid outbreak.

When Shepparton entered lockdown on 23 August, Azem Elmaz and his wife, Jeihan kicked in to gear, cooking and packing hundreds of meals to be delivered to people in need across the region.