Corona virus breakout in India has caused lock down. The worst effected people are daily wages workers who earn money on daily basis and eat food. These people are not having any work and they are not able to serve not even one time of food to their family. Government agencies are doing the best to serve these people. However it's not enough or sometime these help doesn't reach to all.
In this situation, local communities have come together to help. One of the example is in Basapura area in South Bengaluru where from an apartment (Gouthami Meadows), people started the initiative to start making 2-5 extra home food and share to the needful people. The start was on a Sunday 5th April with ~ 40 families come together preparing 200 packet of food.
The next challenge was where to find such people and how to go in lock down. The society members reached out to nearby police station. They provided proper guidance and pass for supporting the movement .
The first day distribution was a life learning experience . Wherever volunteers went they found people waiting for someone to provide food. This includes children, ladies and people of every age. These people have earlier contacted Hoysala police vehicles for food. They have helped at their level with donors and this movement has helped in solving the problem at greater extend.
Next couple of days being a working day they got very less numbers of packets (40 packets). The society members found a vendor who was ready to prepare food and ready to deliver. One of the apartment member came forward and sponsored for 50 packets on daily basis. This ignite the light and others came forward to help with cash and food. Also near by societies come to join hands. Since then the number of packets gone up to 200 packets. The society also serve a few number packets to police for dinner as its challenging for them to find food (specially bachelors) at night because all hotels are closed. After all they are our front fighters protecting us.
It's a great example of what can be done by a small initiative with a noble cause. I hope people take a clue from this and come forward to help poor people at any scale possible. The society still continuing the food delivery until lock down. If someone want to provide support for this movement please connect on below .
Apartment address:
Gouthami Meadows,
2nd cross, Shushruthi nagar,
Basapura (near hello kids school)
560100
Contact details:
Prashant Hippargi @9739101336
Prashant Mutalik@9845800064
Thank you very much to all of you, who all talk part in this program. God bless you all.
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