April 3, 2020
Swiggy has joined with various commercial kitchens, NGOs and State governments to provide daily meals to thousands of needy, daily wagers and stranded migrant laborers who have limited access to food during the 21-day lockdown.
Having served over 2, 50,000 meals so far, Swiggy is in the process of crowd sourcing funds from corporate and individuals in order to scale the initiative to other parts of the country. The goal is to serve 5, 00,000 meals daily.
The ‘Hope, Not Hunger’ initiative was launched last week to support the Delhi government’s programme to feed the needy. Swiggy helped organize the preparation and distribution of nutritious meals twice a day across relief camps in Delhi with the support of partners such as Compass Kitchens, Lite Bite Foods and SmartQ. The relief effort was scaled to Mumbai with the help of NGOs Pratham, HelpAge India and Yuva, with Elior India acting as the food supply partner.
Since then, the company said it has taken the initiative to Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Gurugram, Chennai and Kolkata, supplying over 75,000 meals daily. I-PAC and other corporate entities have also come forward to source and expand the food supply to additional cities through their network of NGOs. While feeding the hungry, the initiative has also helped set things in motion for these kitchens and restaurant staff during these difficult times.