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Homeless but not without shelter

Slum children in crisis helped out by TISS in association with ISKCON Food Relief Foundation. Annamrita  - ISKCON’s Food Relief Foundation (IFRF) very enthusiastically provided timely nutritious meals to the thousands of families who were affected by the slum demolitions in Maharastra Nagar, behind Mankhurd station. They were invited to collaboration with the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) to help out the slum dwellers.

Over 1737 slum dwellings were demolished in Mankhurd. Six Anganwadis or schools for slum children of Mankhurd were also destroyed in the process. The children were suddenly left homeless and were looking at an uncertain and shaky future. At that time, S. Parasuraman, Director, Tata Institute of Social Sciences contacted Annamrita and asked for emergency meal supplies. Annamrita responded immediately with over thousand plates of delicious, nutritious and hygienic vegetarian lunches. These were distributed daily for a period of twenty days in the nearby masjids, dargahs and Temples of Mankhurd. Annamrita thanks Mr. S. Parasuraman, TISS Director, Ms. Gomti, Coordinator of Rural and urban Transformation, Dr. Vaishali Kole, Ms. Gita and Mr. Sampreet from TISS faculty for giving this opportunity to help.

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Raymond – clothing the rich but also feeding the poor

Raymond, one of the world's largest integrated producers of suiting fabrics has sponsored the mid-day meal of over one thousand children for the last 2 years. Annamrita would like to deeply appreciate their commitment to this cause. Raymond’s dedication has definitely set a benchmark for Corporate Social Responsibility in India and will inspire many other companies to reach out to society in a similar manner.

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ISO 22000 training provided to Annamrita staff

To ensure that their organization meets the ISO industry standards requirements, ISKCON Food Relief Organization recently conducted ISO training for all their staff.

Branch Manager, Mr. Prakash N, Purchase Manager, Mr. Sunil Perti and Branch manager, Aurangabad, Mr. Sudarshan Potbhare, completed ISO 22000 – Lead Auditors Course on food safety. 

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Stop smoking, feed a hungry child  instead

DNA, a prestigious newspaper in Mumbai, along with ISKCON Food Relief Foundation, launched an innovative quit smoking campaign in May this year. To commemorate No Tobacco Day, on May 31, this campaign asked smokers to stop smoking and donate the money saved to ISKCON’s Annamrita program.

An average smoker spends around Rs. 900 a month on cigarettes. This amount of money is sufficient to feed one hungry child for an entire year.

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Annamrita and Rotary Club Collaborate

Annamrita in Association with Rotary club of Bombay Down town is distributing mid-day meals in Non Aided schools that do not receive any subsidy from the government in Madanpura near Mumbai Central. Now there is some hope for children in these schools to get nutritious food.

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Bridging the divide – Annamrita connects the rich with the needy

ISKCON Food Relief Organization (Annamrita) launched an innovative charity campaign in ECOLE MONDIALE School in Juhu. This campaign enabled the students of this school to connect with their less fortunate brothers and sisters and help out another needy child get an education too.

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