The economic downturn may well be done and dusted, but the spins-offs are yet to be a thing of the past. A tight finance and stretched out economy, and a sizable population from the developing world struggling to make ends meet is very much a part of the ground reality.
Food shortage in particular, has scaled up to a much bigger global problem, with one of the most pervasive offshoots being malnutrition. With prevalent food shortage, supply chains sourcing from public to private resources can be quite resourceful to fill up a growing demand for food.
A major chunk of the food supplies come from what is termed as a ‘food bank.’ Donated food comes into the bank from multiple sources across the value chain--businesses, schools, religious charities, or organised drives. The guiding principle to food banking is accumulation of surplus food with standard quality controls. Food banks essentially channelize accrued food to the people in need. Most supplies are collected by member subsidiaries which then go through the process of warehousing, packaging, and eventually ensuring delivery. The delivery channels can vary, but charity organizations remain the fundamental drivers of the food banking system. Typical food collection facilities can be member charities, food drives, soup kitchens, or subsidiary chain of accumulation channels.
In India, food banking is on the way to establishmentunder the Indian Food Banking Network (IFBN), an umbrella setup which envisagesthe coming together of sustainable food chains across the country. The organisation drives food down a chain of subsidiaries through to the grassroots. The supply sources vary between voluntary donations, government aid, and funded purchase.
Aiding IFBN to greater ground coverage in Delhi NCR is the Ponty Chadha Foundation (PCF), a charity institution dedicated to the cause of social welfare and upliftment. The foundation has pioneered a number of undertakings that reach out to the underprivileged with aid going out in different forms.
Mata Bhagwanti Chadha Niketan (MBCN) looks at the challenges of differently abled children by specially designed curriculums for cognitive stimulation and growth. In its role as a special school, MBCN fosters holistic child development, all the way up to providing rehabilitation of children fighting disabilities like cerebral palsy and autism.
The Ponty Chadha Foundation is boosted by a line of tie-up with NGOs and other charity organisations working towards, and guided by the common cause of, advancing social welfare. The guiding principle to the Ponty Chadha Foundation is all but a means to that end.
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