Three Kolkata citizens provide food packets to ease the woes of daily wage earners
Kolkata/IBNS: The Covid-19 virus has wrought havoc across the world but has also unlocked the samaritan spirit among people who have been coming forward in various ways to help others.
Three residents of Kolkata have come forward to help a group of daily wage earners, as they are one of the hardest hit in the lockdown implemented to contain the Covid-19 virus.
Friends Partha De (director of a tea broking company), Pratik V Sanghvi (also in tea business) and Dimple Ahmed (IT employee) recently joined hands to distribute food packets to nearly three thousand daily wage earners in different parts of Kolkata.
Partha De, who earlier served as a volunteer in the ‘Robin Hood Army’ (organisation that works to get surplus food from restaurants to distribute among impoverished people) said, “Instead of sitting at home and commiserating with the plight of the less fortunate and those in dire need of food, we felt we should extend whatever possible assistance we can."
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The trio started this venture on their own but when their friends and families heard about their efforts, funds started coming in as encouragement and fueled their enthusiasm.
Over the past 22 days, with the generous support of a number of donors and contributors, they have distributed about 40,000 packets of food to nearly 3000 people in different parts of Kolkata.
De also acknowledged the support received from Kolkata Police regarding permissions as well as distribution of food.
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