Fw: Update on Food Relief Programs in Andhra Pradesh

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Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 23:12:52 +0530 (IST)
Subject: Fw: Update on Food Relief Programs in Andhra Pradesh
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From: FoodRelief.org
To: harekrishnaashram@yahoo.co.in
Sent: Fri, 18 March, 2011 12:04:08 AM
Subject: Update on Food Relief Programs in Andhra Pradesh

My document title
Update on Food Relief Programs in Andhra Pradesh

http://www.foodrelief.org
Dear friends and devotees,

Jaya Sita Rama. Please accept my humble pranams.

We would like to give you a small update on the food relief activities
being run
from our Ashram in Andhra Pradesh. We initially launched the food relief
activities in Andhra Pradesh one and a half years ago, and since then we have
been able to distribute spiritual food to over 150,000 people in the districts
of Vizianagaram and Vishakapatnam. The devotees have been cooking and
distributing food 15 to 20 days each month without fail, feeding 500 to 700
people each day.

All of the hard work is being carried out by two full time ashram
devotees. They
say if we can get other volunteers, they are ready to feed up to 5,000 people
every single day. But at present, without additional help they can only manage
what they have been doing. There is a lot of work involved, such as cooking,
cleaning, and serving the food, which requires more than two people if we want
to expand it further. We request anyone living in the areas of Vizianagaram or
Vishakapatnam to join us as a volunteer so that together we can increase this
distribution.

Below are some photographs of a recent food distribution program in the village
of Koyyuru, in Vishakapatnam district. The devotees alternate between different
villages and schools in the districts of Vizianagaram and Vishakapatnam. We
focus primarily on feeding children, mothers and the elderly. If you live near
to Vizianagaram and would like to help as a volunteer involved in the
cooking or
distributing of food, please contact us. If there are more volunteers
it will be
easier for us to expand the relief activities and provide better services for
the needy in these areas.

Our aim in these districts is to provide free spiritual food (prasadam) to the
children and mothers of these villages to help alleviate nutritional
deficiencies. Simultaneously we also want to assist the villages by providing
wells for drinking water, as well as helping needy children who lack the
financial necessities for basic education.

Yours in service,

Jahnava Nitai Das,
Bhaktivedanta Ashram &
Bhaktivedanta International Charities
http://www.foodrelief.org

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