450+ kids in Mumbai count on us for a meal. Now they risk going hungry. Help us share a meal with them

🚨We urgently need your help to sustain our efforts to support the absolute needy in Mumbai. Just ₹25 per meal can make a difference. Support our daily meal program for 450+ kids 🚨

Khaana Chahiye Foundation’s citizen-led community kitchens have been combating urban hunger in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. Even the smallest donation can make a significant impact and sustain our efforts. Please donate today and help us keep feeding those who need it most.

Why It Matters

No one should ask “Where will my next meal come from”. 

Hunger doesn’t just empty stomachs—it pushes children out of classrooms and families deeper into poverty.

At Khaana Chahiye Foundation, we’ve seen how a simple meal can change everything. In communities where our kitchens serve daily meals to kids, school drop-out rates have fallen because children now show up at study centers for the food and stay for the learning. Malnourishment has reduced considerably, giving kids the strength to dream beyond survival.

But this progress is at risk. Without urgent support, our community kitchens—run by women, trans persons, and volunteers from within these very neighborhoods—will not be able to continue. Just ₹25 provides one nutritious meal. Every contribution you make keeps a child in school, keeps a family healthy, and keeps hope alive.

Our Projects:

Community Kitchen:

The Khaana Chahiye Foundation started its community kitchen vertical in April 2021 as part of its relief efforts.

One kitchen, located in Kurla, is run by 10 women from the Qureshi Nagar community and serves meals to 200 kids who study in the Adarsh study center in the community. 90 meals are also sent to Bal Jeevan - a daycare centre for children from rag picker families. The Kitchen shares a total of 290 meals per day. 

Similarly, the Ulhasnagar Community Kitchen—run by trans people who are former victims of human-trafficking and commercial sex work—serves around 175 meals every day to children from marginalised families studying at Karunya Vidyalaya

Through our partnership with Samya, we also provide meals 900+ meals to study centers across multiple community clusters—Aman Shanti Nagar, Sathe Nagar, and Cheeta Camp—as well as at study centers like Karunya, YMCA, Mumbai Public School (Trombay), and the Farohar Foundation’s Balwadi in Kamathipura.

 SOS Grocery Service:

During the first lockdown, Khaana Chahiye used online forms to track and report hunger in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. In 2021, this mechanism was upgraded to a multilingual (English, Marathi, Hindi) Report Hunger WhatsApp bot in partnership with WhatsApp and Gupshup with anyone in Mumbai registering or reporting hunger through the bot. Requests are verified by the Khaana Chahiye team and a call is made to the registered phone number to confirm the details.

The organization has also partnered with TISS and CSSC, organizations that work with vulnerable communities in Govandi and Mumbai's western suburbs, to identify those in extreme need and provide them with emergency grocery support.

With your help, we can ensure that no child has to choose between hunger and education, and no family has to go to bed wondering where their next meal will come from. We have successfully implemented a combination of technology and on-ground volunteers to crowdsource a comprehensive hunger map of the city of Mumbai that allows us to precisely care for marginalized groups.

ABOUT KCF

The Khaana Chahiye Foundation began as a citizen-led initiative in March 2020 in response to the food needs of vulnerable populations in Mumbai during the lockdowns. With support from the city, the campaign has served 75 lakh meals and distributed 72,000+ grocery kits. The organization also provided relief to 6 lakh migrants at key road exit points and railways stations in Mumbai. It has since evolved into a volunteer-driven group working to address the issue of urban hunger through community involvement.

While we work on long-term solutions that enable zero hunger we need an immediate response that works. Through our relief efforts in the pandemic over two years and as part of our hunger map initiative, we have identified micro clusters of vulnerable communities across the city. Help us support their food needs through our community kitchens and SOS grocery drives. 

🕊️ What You Can Do

Support the SOS

• Donate ₹250 and feed 10 kids with a daily meal
• Donate ₹1000 and provide grocery support for a family of 4 for 2 weeks.

Keep the movement going 

Volunteer with us: Be a part of our 250+ member family and help serve the most vulnerable communities! Write to us at volunteer@khaanachahiye.com or fill the contact form on our website

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If any queries please reach out to contact@khaanachahiye.com