Food Bank Coimbatore volunteers gathered near the VOC Park here on Saturday to celebrate World Hunger Day.The organisation launched by Vaishnavi Balaji in October 2015 aim to reach surplus food to the needy.
A rally was held to create awareness among the masses on the need to feed hungry stomachs in and around the city. Volunteers would collect food from houses and deliver them to the needy.
The participants of the rally held placards saying “Love Food Hate Waste.” They distributed food along the way.
After culminating at the the park entrance, the participants of the rally led by Abdul Basith a volunteer of the organisation took a pledg to stop wastage of food. A motivational song that followed conveyed an idea of the food bank’s activities, the ways to fight hunger. A discussion helped those gathered there to understand their objective.
A skit was enacted by students of CIET in order to communicate to the public the working of the organisation. R. Ranganathar a physically challenged person sponsored a tricycle to Mohammed Ismail, also a physically challenged.
Says Mohammed: “I have been fed by the organisation for about six months, and now will be glad to help it.”
“We are happy to share food to the hungry and find pleasure seeing them smile,” says Parvathiu Rathnagiri and Usha Baskaran home makers, and volunteers of the organisation.
For details, visit: Food Bank Coimbatore page on Facebook or contact phone: 84899-96990/96884-30024.
