FOOD - JEEVAN AAHAAR
"We only realize the importance of food when we have nothing on our plate. Maybe that is why the underprivileged value food so much"
Food is a basic necessity of life, yet there are many people, both adults and children, who have to sleep on an empty stomach because they cannot afford simple meals. In India, nearly 44 per cent of children who are below the age of 5 are underweight. 72 per cent of infants and 52 per cent of married women are anaemic. The problem became even more evident during the pandemic, which left the country with about 189.2 million undernourished people, predominantly women and children.
Amidst the grave situation of acute malnutrition that accelerated during the pandemic, The Amulya Jeevan Foundation came up with Jeevan Aahaar initiative, which aims at providing cooked food and/ or dry ration to members from the marginalised communities as well as animals, suffering from near-starvation owing to natural calamities, disruptions or a pandemic.
Our Milestones
1st Wave of Covid (May - June 2020)
- More than 80,000 cooked meals served to migrant labourers travelling across the country along the highway
- More than 200 people provided with conveyance to their villages in Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Bihar
- Temporary washrooms provided for women and children
2nd Wave of Covid (May - June 2021)
- Around 4000 cooked food packets distributed daily, for breakfast, lunch and dinner in, slums, railway stations and hospitals, 2 lakhs meals served
- More than 20,000 hot meals door-delivered, twice a day, to Covid 19 infected and bereaved families
- More than 80,000 rotis fed to stray cattle
- More than 2500 kg biscuits fed to stray dogs
- Monthly dry ration distributed within more than 1750 families in slums, a childcare institution, an old age home and 3 remote settlements of the visually challenged
The Amulya Jeevan Foundation
It all began with Avinash Khemka, industrialist from Cuttack, reaching out to provide sustenance to the migrant labourers traveling along Odisha's highway during the 2020 lockdown. His inner compulsion and compassion grew in extent and intensity of support, as many around him were inspired to add momentum to the campaign. He decided to make this a continuing cause in his life and thus was born The Amulya Jeevan Foundation, a Charitable Trust
Mr. Avinash Khemka on The Amulya Jeevan Foundation's Covid Relief Initiative
Watch Mr. Avinash Khemka, Founder of The Amulya Jeevan Foundation, elaborating on the Foundation's Covid relief initiatives, in an exclusive interview on Nandighosh TV.
Amulya Jeevan - Every life is precious.
Life is beautiful and precious, and we understand it's worth. That is why, Amulya Jeevan has come forth to make a difference and transform as many lives as possible.
The Amulya Jeevan Foundation is an organisation that lends a helping hand to the most vulnerable section of the society. Upholding the ideology that every life is precious, AJF reaches out to people in need and distress and supports them. From providing free meals to the hungry, quality education to the poor, healthcare to the needy, livelihood to the downtrodden and shelter to the deserted, AJF tries to bring a qualitative change in the lives of people in distress. AJF has a dedicated team of volunteers who reach out to people far and wide with helping hands and a smile on their faces.
