Dear All
why dont we share food with them instead of distributing... I am not
sure if its practical or not...but just an idea.... as usual I will have
this idea to implement that in chennai too but dont know how far we will do
it..
We can take the food to nearby temple or open space or a choultry and then
first we serve them and then some of the old people who are physically OK
and can serve, will serve it for us. This way we will be sure that the food
is of gud quality and also we will all be equal...
There will be many house wives nearby who will be doing some pujas and will
be willing to serve food. May be we can take their help in preparing or for
serving or for the venue..
Just my view
ArunK
On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 6:48 AM, ulprasanthi <[email protected]>wrote:
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>
> Friends,
>
> Greetings!!
>
> I am happy to share that one of our members Kiran Nikam (initially a
> Bangalore member, now US member) wants to contribute around 2000 to 3000 rs.
> monthly for food distribution to poor.
>
> His idea is to distribute the kind of food that we eat (not just pulihora
> and daddojanam) to the poor once in a week. Specially to old and challenged.
> He wants us to find out if any hotel is interested to supply quality food at
> a competitive price as we take every week and with a purpose.
>
> I told him that initially we did for six weeks and it became difficult
> because there is not much of a volunteer support, to cook and distribute is
> very time consuming and there were some different opinions raised on the
> project.
>
> He is ready to contribute and implement through TMAD. I know that some of
> our volunteers would be very interested in this kind of project and we can
> be assured of at least 5k to 10k monthly contribution for this project alone
> (project-specific contributions).
>
> Request you all to come up with your innovative thoughts so that the food
> goes to the actual needy and also efficient ways of ordering too (whether to
> give support to a family by providing this livelihood opportunity to them or
> to order from any hotel set up by challenged people. I watched a special
> programme in TV9 two years ago about a group of challenged women setting up
> a hotel. But Kiran is apprehensive because it is a TV9 programme. But I feel
> we can give it a try.)
>
> The idea is to start this project from March. If we can get sumptuous and
> quality food @ 10 rs. to 15 rs. per person, it would be great. I even think
> of visiting Akshayapatra Foundation set up in Hyderabad to understand how
> they are managing.
>
> Thank you.
>
> with regards,
> Prasanthi.
>
>
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