Monday, January 11, 2016

Fight Against Hunger, Mumbai's Dabbawalas Come Up With Roti Bank

In Fight Against Hunger, Mumbai's Dabbawalas Come Up With 'Roti Bank'

n a first, Mumbai’s famous Dabbawalas have come up with the ‘Roti Bank’ initiative – a plan to prevent wastage of food at social gatherings.As per the initiative, leftovers from occasions like birthday parties and weddings are being given to the poor.To expand the initiative, Dabbawalas have tied up with wedding planners and caterers from across the city.
Food gets wasted in weddings, so, we had a tie up with the Mumbai Dabbawalas Association and I talked to them, they agreed. So we decided that the waste food in the regions of Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai will be collected by them and will be distributed among the needy,” said wedding planner Rishikesh Kadam, who is now actively involved with the cause.
Nearly 400 dabbawalas are working round the clock to pull off this non-profit initiative. Although it’s been just over 10 days, the response has been overwhelming.
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