A Chennai Woman Opens Up A Food Bank

Admin 15-Oct-2015 17:29:35 Inothernews

A Chennai Woman Opens Up A Food Bank


Everyone knows the struggle of street dwellers to feed themselves with three square meals. You do and I do. The question is: what do we do about it? We hope. We hope to see a change, we hope to end poverty, and we hope they are fed. That’s about it! We just hope. But while we still drown in the sea of hope, Sneha Mohandos, a 23 year old Viscom graduate from Chennai has built the life boat of change by starting a drive called The Food Bank. Having a big picture in mind of seeing a nation in which no single person goes hungry, Sneha decided to start charity at her hometown, Chennai. The concept of Food Bank is quite simple: While cooking food for their families, the members of this group also cook extra food for the poor. They then inform Sneha, through Facebook or Whatsapp, once the food is packed and ready for distribution. She sends her volunteers to collect the food packets and distributes them to the street dwellers in different areas. While some of the poor are apprehensive, many receive the food in gratitude. What is special about this drive is that Sneha and her volunteers do not just give out food packets from hotels, or any leftovers from their homes, but provide the poor with fresh home cooked food. She feels that when one helps, one must help to the best of their ability. The weak and poor, deserve home cooked healthy food, not just any food.



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