State/UT Name : Jharkhand

Place : Phusro,Bermo, Jharkhand

Type of Initiative : Food - Community Kitchen

Date of Initiative : 26-03-2020

What Initiative Were Taken? : Fighting hunger, among the poor and needy during CORONA lockdown.

Details : a) Free Meal Distribution (Open Kitchen): Open kitchen – Daal Bhaat Kendras were opened at 07 places of ULB areas, namely:-- Block Office compound Makoli , Ward no.-7 5 No., Dhoura, Ward no.-12 Kari Pani, Ward no. 09 In front of Vaishnav, hotel Ward No.2, Subhash Nagar- Ward no.-5 Rain Basera, Ward -28 b) Free Meal Distribution ( Food Packets): Food Packets were distributed across all 28 wards on a rotational basis covering 7 wards a day . The average number of packets distributed per day comes around 1400 packets /day c) Free Ration distribution : All Ward Parshads received 10,000 cash for providing necessary food Ration to the ‘needy’. Nagar Parishad, Phusro.

Outcome : The purpose of the Initiative was to ensure that economic lockdown should not affect people’s kitchen and homes to get depleted of the basic food , we eat and nutrition we get. Coronavirus being particularly harsh on the old and the weak, ‘no food’ would have only meant a much more vulnerable population to disease and morbidity. With the summers approaching and daily wages + water getting scarce, cooked meals came as a boon for the ‘needy’ at the right time. The output has been positively reflected upon the people’s economic as well as physical health; and it also generated some daily wages for the employed people.