Prasanna Anna Daana - Offering 5,000 Meals every day for Care takers of Poor Patients at Leading Government Hospitals - NIMHANS, Sri Jayadeva, Jayanagar, C V Raman & ESI Hospital – Indiranagar, and also at Nirguna Mandir.
Specifically focusing to address the Poor Patient’s Care Takers in Government Hospitals. In the process of Hospitalisation, the Care Takers tend to Skip their Meals due to Poverty and Stress they go through. Thus, A Service to the People who Serve.
COVID-19 Lockdown was announced on 23rd Mach’2019, which abruptly brought down the shutters to Our Hospital Services, as Hospitals had to restrict the operations owing to the Lockdown Restrictions, It was A Challenge infront of us, with A Dire Desire to Serve the Needy and on the other hand, there were people stranded wanting food, To bridge it , Miraculous support came from Bengaluru City Police in terms of enabling distribution to Stranded Migrants in and around Whitefield Belt through City Police Vehicles.
Nutritious Food was Hygienically prepared in Prasanna Anna Kshetra and packed with utmost care by Volunteers and Food Packets were transported in Prasanna Anna Daana Vans to Kadugodi, Marthahalli Police Stations and Food distributed through the Police Stations. Distribution support also came in from CII – Young Indians Team who volunteered to distribute Food Packets in Slum Areas and Places where Stranded Migrants were stuck. The focus during the initial days were to cater to Stranded Migrants, Slum Dwellers – Children and Elderly and Daily Wage Earners who had lost the Livelihood due to the COVID-19 Lockdown. The Bengaluru Municipal Pourakarmika’s were also covered as they had set aside the risks and were serving for the city upkeeping during the lockdown days.
The Anna Daana Services where spread over 4 Phases, The 1st Phase being the Intense Lockdown, and 2nd Phase with the Stranded Migrants returning back, whereby we delivered food packets to the Migrants returning back through Buses from Palace Grounds and in Railway stations. 3rd Phase was during the relaxations of lockdown, focused on Children, Elderly and Daily Wage Earners who had been struggling to get back to their regular livelihoods. 4thPhase was started with the new year 2020 with a Wish and hope to End the COVID-19 Challenges and People getting back to their Normal living along with the vaccination drive coming in to action.
Distributed 1 Million Meals & Smiles between 29thMar’20 ~ 20th Feb ‘21 towards the COVID-19 – Response & Relief – Anna Daana Services.
Going further , We intend to support Elderly people and Children, followed by Service to Poor Patients Care Takers in the Leading Government Hospitals of Bengaluru.