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A Ray Of Hope To Underprivileged Kids In Rural West Bengal, This Teacher Needs Your Support To Continue His Mission
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We forget how lucky we are to have warm meals, a roof over our heads, and a loving family to take care of us. It pains my heart to see so many little children out there who are helpless and living in misery. Today, I am working hard for them as much as I can but a few years back I was unaware of what a little bit of kindness can do,” - Chandrashekhar Kundu, Founder, FEED.
It was the 6th of July, 2015 Chandrashekhar and his wife, Chandrima had thrown a birthday party for their son, Srideep. At the end of the party, Chandrashekhar noticed that there was a lot of leftover food. Without giving it a second thought, he decided to throw it away. But later that night, when we had gone out to withdraw money from a nearby ATM, he saw a few street children eating the same food from the garbage dump. They were saving up the chicken and biriyani to have later.
That was the moment, I knew that I wanted to do something for these underprivileged kids
Chandrashekhar is a teacher at the Engineering College in Asansol, West Bengal and it was from here that he started his noble initiative of feeding the poor and underprivileged children. He used to take a big tiffin carrier to the campus and carry all the excess food in it so that he could distribute it to the kids staying near the railway station.
Finally, in 2016, Chandrshekhar started FEED (Food Education and Economic Development) with the aim of eliminating malnutrition among children. Today, he not only does he feed over a thousand underprivileged children of coal miners and daily wage labourers in and around the city, but also provides them with educational and medical support.
“I didn’t collaborate with any hotels and restaurants - the food I got from them could be distributed only the next morning and without any proper facility for storing them, they could get stale. I didn’t want to risk that.”
Instead, Chandrashekhar set up community kitchens across three localities in Asansol. These kitchens are run by volunteers and function mostly in the late evenings. Along with feeding the malnourished and poor children, Chandrashekhar has been working very hard to educate these kids as well. Most of these children are first-generation learners and Kundu believes with proper guidance they can have a great future. He has hired teachers who would help these children with an after-school training program.
“As of now, we are feeding 180 children daily and 980 children are supported with afterschool education. We give them milk and biscuit so that more and more children are encouraged to come to join the program.”
FEED wishes to give every child the opportunity to fulfil their dreams, you can support them
Chandrashekhar and his dedicated team have been working very hard to uplift thousands of children in rural West Bengal. Kundu has used his savings and with support from generous friends and donors, he has been able to take his mission forward. But now, he needs your help to reach out to many more children in need.
You can support him by donating groceries and stationery - every single contribution will brighten up the future of these little children. They deserve a happy life, you can be their ray of hope.
“No one lives for a hundred years but we can all try and do something so that people remember us for the next hundred years, we can join hands to make India a better place for future generations.”
About the NGO: Founded in 2016, by Chandrashekar Kundu in Asansol, West Bengal, this NGO is working to eliminate malnutrition in children. They are also providing educational and medical support to hundreds of kids in rural Bengal.
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