[ FOOD & NUTRITION ]

     SNEHER AHAR

 

The India State Hunger Index (ISHI) is a tool to calculate hunger and malnutrition at the regional level in India. It is constructed in the same fashion as the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2008 and was calculated for 17 states in India, covering more than 95 percent of the population.

 

India ranks 111 out of total 125 in Global Hunger Index as per reports, more than 35% of children in Indian are malnourished, our locality isn’t different either.

 

In the bustling streets of our locality, amidst the vibrant chaos lies struggle for many underprivileged families to get a nutritional meal is a daily battle.

 

Empty stomach holds the dream of brighter future of the children of those marginal section. But here at Halisahar Ichhedana we have a promise to fight back the shadow of malnutrition.

 We believe that every child and every family deserves access to basic needs that powers their potential that is nutritional food.

 Since 2017, our endeavor “SNEHAR AHAR” is got underway, that works tirelessly to source, prepare and distribute nutritious meal.

 Our motto is not only to fill the stomach but also to nourish dreams of those children that was hindered by malnutrition.

 

Halisahar Ichhedana prepared home cooked food and distributed it among the poverty-stricken families living in slums situated near Barrackpore to Kalyani.