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'Rotary Fridge' ensures excess food goes to hungry

Last Updated 30 November 2016, 20:02 IST

Many restaurants is the city incinerate excess food, even if it is fit for human consumption. Realising that this food could be used by those in need, Rotary Bangalore Brigades has launched ‘The Rotary Fridge’ as part of their ‘Campaign Against Hunger’.

The club has tied up with restaurants in the city and installed mini-refrigerators right outside eateries. Excess food is packed and stored in them. Anyone is free to take the food -- no cost, no questions asked.

“The irony is that on the one hand, food fit for human consumption is disposed of, on the other hand, there are people who cannot afford even one nutritious meal a day. The initiative by Rotary Bangalore Brigades is to bridge this gap between abundance and scarcity,” said Vimla Pinto, president of the club.

The first such fridge was installed outside Byblos, a Lebanese restaurant in Indiranagar in October. Fruits and sweets were also kept in the fridge. On learning about the initiative, customers donated meals to be stored and used by anyone in need.

Another such fridge was installed in Hotel Elite Royale, HSR Layout on Wednesday. Inaugurating it, H R Ananth, district governor of Rotary International District 3190, said, “Restaurants prepare at least 15% extra food anticipating demand but this is often wasted. This is a great initiative and it should be scaled up to include other Rotary clubs.”

This week, fridges will be installed outside restaurants in Indiranagar, AECS Layout, Brookefields and Maruthisevanagar. They will be scaling up the effort to cover 40 locations in three months. Other Rotary clubs in the city as well as those in Hyderabad and Chennai, have shown interest in replicating the initiative.

Rotary Bangalore Brigades has also come up with the concept of The Rotary Shelf to store uncooked rice, dal, condiments, jams and biscuits, provided by donors. Associations in residential complexes have shown interest in setting up the shelf on their premises.

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(Published 30 November 2016, 20:02 IST)

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