#HungerFreePalghar: Support ISKCON Govardhan Annakshetra in eradicating hunger and malnutrition in Palghar

Govardhan Eco Village, a project of ISKCON Organization, is working in the #Palghar District of Maharashtra since 2010 & is helping in the social, ecological, and economic development of the tribal villages in the district through #HungerFreePalghar & other initiatives Website

Govardhan Ecovillage (GEV) is a model community in India implementing various green initiatives in its campus and is working with the neighboring indigenous village groups in realizing their sustainable development efforts. Ecovillage Concept / Eco-Village Impact

GEV is accredited to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and also to UN Economic and Social Council (UN ECOSOC) and UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and has received various national and international awards including the prestigious UNWTO Award in the category ‘Innovation in Non-Governmental Organizations’ Source

WHY PALGHAR?

Palghar has a total of 1008 villages and 3818 sub-villages governed by 477-gram panchayats, the local governing body in India. Scheduled tribes from India are considered most economically challenged as compared to other counterpart citizens of India.

The main occupation in the region is farming primarily the rain-fed cultivation type. Rain-fed cultivation allows farmers in this region to harvest successfully only one crop per year. Though farmers are at the source of the food chain being cultivators of food, still they struggle to meet the family need for food leading to malnutrition in the case of more than 50% of children.

·        84% Rural population.

·        37% Schedule Tribe.

·        53% Total children are underweight.

·        59% of kids suffer from stunted growth

Half of the population (50%) is below the poverty line. The Average Household income of Rural Palghar is INR 27,000 per annum with a family size of 5-6 members. Despite being just 100 kms from Mumbai, Palghar district has a major malnutrition problem in its inhabitants in general and in its children in particular.

At over 300 deaths per 1,000 children under age five years, Palghar’s children mortality rate is way higher than the national (50) and state average (28). Source

#HungerFreePalghar – Govardhan Annakshetra

Govardhan Annakshetra (a National Geographic Featured Mega Kitchen) has been focused on its efforts for a hunger-free Palghar by cooking and distributing free meals to the villagers in Palghar District. website

Vision – Spreading Love by sharing sanctified nutritious food for achieving Zero Hunger.

Providing nutritious food to the villagers with empathy improves the overall health of the community around. Video

Along with the food program, GEV is running initiatives in the area of Rural Development wherein it is facilitating 360-degree services to the villages by training and facilitating their livelihood through organic farming, women empowerment, skill development for tribal youths, water resource development for drinking and irrigation, rural education, micro-enterprises for landless farmers and health care. Document  Video

Objectives - #HungerFreePalghar Initiative

• Mitigating hunger and malnutrition in Palghar.
• Provide hygienic, wholesome & nutritious meals to nourish the body, mind, and souls for our beneficiaries at Palghar.
• Encouraging seamless education for school students at the 8 Talukas of Palghar district through mid-day meals.
• Curb suicides by distributing free food to poor farmers & laborers.
• Spreading peace by encouraging plant-based sanctified food.
• Creating awareness of a Healthy Diet.

Till date, Govardhan Annakshetra has been able to achieve a target of 7,32,000 meals, thanks to our generous donors and sponsors. The meal distribution is a necessary element towards our Rural Development Program initiative in the district of Palghar.

The meals are currently dispatched every day from the designated Community Kitchens. Govardhan Annakshetra is the main Operating Centre. As the program expands, 5 Health centres spread across the district of Palghar will be utilized for distribution to the absolute needy

The team at Govardhan Annakshetra ensures in all possible ways that the food served is healthy and nutritious, containing all the important nutrients. The menu for the week is planned such that it has a combination of nutritious seasonal veggies, proteinaceous legumes, and pulses, and other important ingredients.

Wholesome Meal Consists of a combination of the following:

Rice + Vegetable + Lentil soup + Sweet/Whole wheat bread.

Support #HungerFreePalghar Initiative.

"ONE WHO GIVES FOOD, GIVES ALL THAT IS WORTH GIVING IN THIS WORLD"

The Hunger-Free Palghar initiative aims to provide 1.5 million nutritious meals in the financial year 2021-2022 in the district of Palghar based on the assessment of immediate requirement of 4000 meals per day based on the ground situation.

The meals will be distributed to the needy beneficiaries in the following areas in Palghar District– Wada, Jawhar, Mokhada, Vikramgarh, Talasari, Vasai, Palghar and Dahanu   

We look forward to your support in form of donations to mitigate hunger and malnutrition in Palghar

Your contribution enables us to share.

• Rs 33 - 1 meal
• Rs 1000 - 30 meals 
• Rs 5000 - 150 meals  
• Rs 10,000- 300 meals
• Rs 1,00,000- 3000 meals

Let's enable a #HungerFreePalghar Together. Together we can overcome this crisis with Humanity & Compassion

If you have any queries or if you want to support this initiative via CSR support, write to us at siddharthkhajuria@ecovillage.org.in or call +91-8591104977

Links- https://linktr.ee/HungerFreePalghar