Rainy Food Drive reaches more than 10 areas

M.Sowmiya

Chennai, 12 Oct 2015: Group of people joins together and distributes food which includes 547 food packets and 100+ breads biscuits and water bottles were distributed for lunch and dinner to flood rescued people and homeless in Puliyanthope.

 A small initiative to avoid hunger to those who are in difficulty to purchase food and also to the avoid wasting foods. They distribute the extra food which can serve more than 5 tummies. The volunteers or the respective person who are willing to collect will be get in touch with people who offer food and also they make sure the collected food is in good condition before they collect.

Since the basic idea is to serve home cooked meals every week, some simple dish is made at homes. The served food contains multi vegetable sambar rice, vegetable rice, variety rice, biscuits (for the children), fruits, idlis and dosais. This is packed in an easy to give containers (aluminum foil, plastic containers, plantain leaves).

The food is assembled in the locality of any spot and a small team takes this in a car, auto, bike or walk and is distributed to the homeless. The core team drives in and around the streets to makes sure it reaches only the needy and the homeless. It pretty much takes about an hour or so if the destination and the target audience are clear.

The areas where the food drive covers is AnnaNagar, T Nagar, Egmore, Saidapet, Royapet, Mylapore, Nanganallur, Velachery, OMR, Kolathur, Porur, Tambaram,  Chromepet and Pallavaram.