Hunger in the Times of Corona

Can you think of the last time when about 55% of the world’s population was quarantined, or, closer home, when the local trains in Mumbai were inoperational for longer than a day, or when Juhu looked like that undiscovered beach from folklore?

COVID-19 has us locked down at home.

But some are far more unfortunate. For about 5 lakh people on the street and many more daily-wage workers out of job at the moment, Mumbai is battling hunger as much as COVID-19.

Who Needs A Meal?

Honestly, anyone who is in dire straits. But specifically, the most vulnerable are the migrant workers, the homeless and underprivileged residents of slums and chawls, waiting endlessly for normalcy to return.

Our Endeavour:

KhaanaChahiye.com is An initiative by Project Mumbai.Thanks to some of our generous donors, we are cooking food for those who need it. And we have set up a mechanism to deliver it as well. This is where you come in!

How Can YOU Help?

YOU are part of the crowd we are sourcing information from. Now, you can help feed the needy in a few clicks. Simply tell us about people you know who would need a meal and we’ll do our best and the rest. Fill in the information here.

A Few Good Men and Women

This is another way for you to contribute.

A dazzle of generous souls is with us in this endeavor. They include restaurants, flight kitchens, caterers and charitable institutions that are willing to make available 1000+ meals per day. We buy the meals from them at about 20 to 30 rupees a plate.

(Neither the needy nor the person who refers them has to pay a rupee. The finances are taken care of entirely by our partners and donors.)

We’ve ensured the food to be hygienic and nutritious with a calorie count high enough to be sufficient for a day. Every meal will consist of daal-rice, aloo-sabzi, and rotis.

We work closely with our supply partners to help them with funding, permissions, raw materials, logistics, and coordination. If you’re an institution, donor, supply partner, the press who would like to partner with us, shoot us a mail at [email protected]

Goodwill Hunting

In case you don’t know anyone who needs a meal at the moment, likely, there’s someone in your social circles who does. Share away to help get the needy a good meal and get yourself some goodwill.

Is This All Working At All?

Turns out, it is. But with you by our side, it could work better.

Since launching on the 27th of March, we’ve already built a supply capacity of over 10,000+meals a day across the city. We’re increasing this capacity every day to reduce suffering in this crisis. If you think that is a good idea, just scroll up and see how you can do your bit.

It may not be a bad idea to spend a few minutes to help someone get a meal before you grab your next one.

Stay safe, stay kind.

Dear donors.

Thank you for standing with us. We have collected Rs. 9,00,000 i.e 36,000 meals.

Our latest numbers: 

3,30,187 meals shared

10th April – 58,765
11th April – 59,379

Join the fight:

Crowdfund: bit.ly/1lakhmeals
Volunteer: khaanachahiye.com

#MumbaiFightsCorona #coronavirus

Dear, donors.

Thank you for your generous donations. With you are donation we will be able to serve 78,000+ meals to the needy people during this covid -19 lockdown.

In total we have served 1,70,000+ meals in Mumbai.

Dear, community members and donors.

We, Khaanachahiy with the support from Sonu Sood, distributed fruits, water & biscuits to distressed migrants who are walking to their hometowns on the Nashik highway.

Sonu Sood arranged 10,000 apples and pears for distribution to workers.

1.

If you are in Mumbai and want to make a difference, here is ONE way:https://t.co/qRaO4CE2Cv

They service around 40,000+ meals a day and have seviced 2,40,000+ meals till date to those in extreme need with a focus on daily wage labourers, migrant workers and the homeless.

— Dia Mirza (@deespeak) April 12, 2020

2.

Congratulations on the wonderful work you all are doing. https://t.co/HgFXozWG0t

— Abhishek Bachchan (@juniorbachchan) May 18, 2020

3.Parle G came forward and started giving thousands of Parle G biscuits on a consistent basis to Khaanachahiye.com

4. The Art Care Project was a collaboration wherein architecture students in Juhu are giving their time by sketching for anyone who donates.

5. Apni Public Project started making avatars and making the ninja warriors(volunteers) look very cool. Subodh Chaubey and Imran Khan are advertising professionals who came up with this idea.

 6. 

On 15th July, we completed forty-five lakh cooked meals since we started with 1200 cooked meals for the homeless on the Western Express Highway on 29th March. Without the support of our supporters, we wouldn’t have been able to create an impact, at such a scale to reduce avoidable suffering by helping our fellow citizens in need. The money raised from the efforts for good campaign has helped us share more than 3.5 lakh meals till date.
While the lockdown may have been relaxed in Mumbai, the economy hasn’t found its feet yet. The worst-hit is the informal sector which makes up over 95% of our workforce and those
literally on the margins. Khaana Chahiye is currently providing 10,000 meals daily to support the most vulnerable population in the city and is running short of funds.
We are operational across five arterial routes in the city – Western Express Highway, Eastern Express Highway, SV Road, Link Road, LBS Marg and clusters of slums in the city, which have been driven to destitution, due to the lockdown.

Our current beneficiaries comprise the marginalized population in clusters, across the spectrum which includes:
· Homeless, street dwellers across Mumbai’s arterial roads
· Commercial Sex workers – Kamathipura
· Transgenders – Malvani (Malad), Grant Road
· Domestic house workers – Mankhurd, Burmacell (Kurla), Charkop, Nehru Nagar
· Daily wage construction workers – across Mumbai, Cuffe      Parade-Ambedkar Nagar, Worli, Bhiwandi
· Auto-rickshaw drivers – Kurla, Andheri, Bandra
· Zari workers/leatherworkers – Thakkar Bappa Colony and Burmacell – Thakkar Bappa Colony (Kurla)
· Handicapped community – Mankhurd Transit, Govandi
In addition to the above, we have been supporting over 30 institutions like orphanages, old-age homes, relief shelters, support groups, prisons with basic supplies and sanitation products to aid their work.
Based on the current covid situation in Mumbai and the nature of our current operations, we wish to ensure that vulnerable sections of marginalized populations, receive continued support
for the next one month.
We appeal to those who have been supporting this efforts for good campaign to fight hunger in Mumbai to continue to back with us your donations so we can feed more people.

We have collected enough funds for the first round of distribution. Thanks for your support.