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Pathikrit Saha is a resident of Dum Dum, Kolkata who worked with the city’s Municipal Corporation. But witnessing the plight and poverty of the underprivileged children on the streets made him quit his job and devote his life to helping them.
Now a delivery executive with Zomato, he uses cancelled orders to feed homeless kids. In addition, he has collaborated with a local eatery to distribute their excess food as well.
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Posted by Pathikrit Saha on Thursday, May 16, 2019
According to Times Now News, earlier when an order was cancelled, the restaurant received a refund and the food was given to the delivery personnel to take home. Now, the company has tied up with ‘Feeding India’ to redirect this food to orphanages or old age homes.
“So much food is wasted from restaurants every day, and not even 1% of it reaches these hungry kids. I appeal to all restaurant owners, food delivery guys and of course, the food delivery companies to take this into account and reach out to the helpless and hungry in their neighbourhood.”
The good Samaritan also takes evening classes for kids and encourages them to eventually enrol in government schools. These kids fondly call him ‘Roll Kaku’.
Posted by Pathikrit Saha on Monday, May 6, 2019
He has founded an organisation called Helpp Association to help the needy in his locality. They organise feasts, provide stationary, uniforms and medical kits and also distribute warm clothes in the winter.
All of us can replicate his efforts in our own small way so that children on the streets do not fall prey to begging, drugs or worse (crime).