To distribute 51,000 nutritious food packets every day

Mysore/Mysuru: ‘Hunger-Free World,’ the ongoing Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme by Malabar Group to provide nutritious daily meals to the needy, will be expanded to cover more people and cities.

At present, as many as 31,000 food packets are distributed under the ambitious programme, initiated to support the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 2 — Zero Hunger. As part of scaling up, 51,000 nutritious food packets will now be distributed daily.

The expansion plan was officially launched by Dr. H.P. Shobha, Medical Superintendent, K.R. Hospital, Mysuru, at the World Hunger Day observance event held on May 28, at Malabar’s Gold & Diamond Store in Mysuru. The event was presided by Sharafuddeen, South Zonal Head.  S.E. Girish, Managing Trustee, Jeevadhara Blood Bank, Dr. H.R. Rajendra, Founder, Akshaya Aahara Foundation, V. Mahesh, ex-Army and Police Sub-Inspector, were present at this event.

In Mysuru, the food packets are distributed near K.R. Hospital and Railway Station.

The ‘Hunger-Free World’ project was initiated at Karnataka in 2023 — actively providing one meal per day nearly to 4,450 people and hereafter Malabar has announced 7,167 people’s meal per day and around 26,15,955 meals per year at 12 locations across Karnataka. Malabar Charitable Trust takes care of 51,000 people’s meals per day and nearly 18.6 million meals per year at 71 locations globally.

At present, the programme is implemented in 37 cities spread across 16 States including Union Territories, apart from a few centres in the Gulf countries. As part of the expansion, the programme will now cover 70 cities in 16 States. Besides, the Group also plans to launch the same programme for school children in the African nation of Zambia known for the largest level of gold mining in the world.

“There are still plenty of people around us who are struggling to secure at least one square meal a day. We launched this programme as a small hand of help to those Governments and agencies working hard to eliminate hunger from our world,” said Malabar Founder M.P. Ahammed.

The ‘Hunger-Free World’ programme is executed with the help of the highly recognised social welfare NGO ‘Thanal – Daya Rehabilitation Trust.’