food rescue
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Food Rescue
Food Rescue is an team which collects fresh leftovers from various eateries. Not only do we save food but save children’s life!!
THE IDEAThe BIG BANG IDEA was
to collect the excess food
from various eateries
across the city and
distribute this food to
people who were unable
to afford even one meal
per day.
PLAN IN ACTION WE approached leading eateries and convinced them to give us their EXCESS food
items.
After a few positive responses we decided to liaison with Orphanages and other
NGO’S .
WE created an infrastructure for execution of food collection and distribution.
Way Forward 10 restaurants responded
positively.
Daily food collected- 40cupcakes, 35 loaves of bread, 30 savory items, 20pieces of sandesh, 1 crate of noodles, 1 crate of sweets.
250 children and adults fed DAILY !!
Restaurateur's Comments
“My first reaction was: what motivates these kids? Children today are so full of socializing, so it was a pleasure to see these kids take time out for a social cause,” Dewan, area director, food production, said.
-Mr. Sharad Dewan ,Area director of “The Park Hotel”
Restaurateur's Comments
“Its been lovely working with these young kids, I hate seeing all my food going for waste, the fact that these underprivileged children receive our food is a blessing to all of us “
-Santosh Gupta, Owner of Gupta Brpthers
Reaching out to the kids
Over 200 kids are fed
by the “ Food Rescue”
crew everyday.
This food has not only
saved their lives but
has given them the
energy to work , thus
changing their lives.
Our interactive
sessions
Over 800 students , both middle school and senior school were addressed on out project “Food Rescue”. This interactive session largely contributed to the awareness programmeconducted by our team.
29th July 2013 2nd article
CITY VIEWERS
Almost the entire city viewed the article as the Telegraph is the most famous newspaper published in Kolkata.