Roti Bank: A Lifeline For 200+ Hungry People Every Day
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In 2018, a school teacher in Chapra, Bihar, saw people sleeping on empty stomachs. Fueled by that pain, he and four friends decided to cook meals for just seven people that Dussehra evening. That tiny act of kindness today is a full-fledged service- a Roti Bank that feeds around 200 people every night, including hospital attendants and passengers at railway stations. Over the last seven years, they’ve impacted over 2,00,000 lives.
From daily wage labourers and elderly women living alone to children who go to bed hungry, Roti Bank strives to ensure that no one in Chapra has to sleep on an empty stomach. It has become a lifeline for hundreds.
Roti Bank’s Community Kitchen
What started from a home-cooked roti and sabzi, carried across 3 km, has now grown into a full community kitchen- Maa Annapurna Community Kitchen.
Two cooks join the cause every evening at 5 pm with minimal wages, and for the next two hours, they manage the large-scale cooking to keep up with the daily demand. They make roti, curries, puri and rice. At 9 pm, every single day, cooked food is distributed to the needy without fail.
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The Struggle to Sustain Hope
“This started because I couldn’t watch my own people sleep hungry, and now, every night, I think about the people who wait for us. We can’t afford to miss a single day. Every plate served is a lifeline, but sustaining this lifeline is not easy.” -Ravi Shankar
The Roti Bank runs entirely on community support. Some people donate their time, some give supplies. Often, local donors sponsor meals on occasions like birthdays or anniversaries, but they’re still short on resources most of the time. Roti Bank needs funds for groceries, fuel, cooking gear, packaging, and transport to reach people in hard-to-reach places.
Why your help matters
Roti Bank is a hope for a lot of people who do odd jobs in and around the city, barely earning enough to fill their stomachs. This service deserves to keep going, which needs your support. Your donation can help them immensely.
“The number of people who come to us is growing, but our resources are not. We don’t want to turn anyone away hungry. We want to reach as many people in need as we can.” - Ravi Shankar
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