Adorable Idea For Hunger Eradication

You know, thousands of people are starving around the world because of manmade or natural causes. A welfare state should ensure atleast their citizens are not hungry, and implement some plans to assure it. A novel idea of the same comes from Kerala, the southernmost state of India. Malappuram, one among the 14 districts in the state, municipality has set up a refrigerator from which needy can eat food freely.

The scheme, titled ‘Akshayapathram’, is the first in the country offering food to the needy. Municipality has introduced this to make the town hunger free.

Inspired by an anonymous Arab whoo set up a refrigerator in the Saudi Arabian city of Hail to feed the poor, the municipal council set up a large refrigerator near the Govermnent Hospital, Kottappadi, on Saturday and called upon the people to donate fresh and left over food. Anyone can leave cooked food in the refrigerator. And anyone can eat it too.

“We expect good response,” said Municipal Chairman K.P. Mustafa. What promoted Mr. Mustafa to launch the scheme was the sight of street children eating from heaps of food waste dumped by hotels in Mumbai. “Hunger is the same everywhere. Instead of discarding leftover food, we can make good use of it,” said Mr. Mustafa. He said concerns of hygiene and food safety raised during a meeting held a couple of days ago would be addressed. “We will ensure clean and safe food,” said Municipal Vice Chairperson K.M. Girija.

Food Tokens

The scheme has a ‘food on wall’ component too,  in which all restaurant of Malappuram will cooperate. Anyone wishing to donate a meal to the needy can pay the restaurants, which will display a token of food on their walls. Anyone can take the token and eat from restaurant. “It is simple and direct. Charity is going to town in a unique way,” said Mustafa.