Community kitchen to serve the needy

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 4

At a time when the country is fighting the Covid-19 pandemic, Joshi Foundation and Heart Foundation have set up a community kitchen titled, Jan Jan Bhojan, to cater to underprivileged people living in and around Chandigarh.

The kitchen started at the Sector 15 Community Centre, which prepared food for 2,000 persons yesterday and today. The aim is to cater to 10,000 needy people daily in the next few days.

On Friday and Saturday, cooked food was delivered to people living in slums, rehabilitation colonies and villages via the UT Administration.

“Our main motive is to provide food to people who are deprived of facilities in the ongoing tough times. We aim to cater to more people in the coming days. Needy people can also contact us anytime so that we can reach out to them anytime,” said Vineet Joshi, chairman, Joshi Foundation.

Meanwhile, Dr HK Bali, chairman, Heart Foundation, said both foundations aimed to cater to 10,000 people on a daily basis.