#Coronadiaries : Time to help people in Need
At this unprecedented
time, every section of society has its set of concerns and apprehensions. Somewhere,
concern is about fear of life, losing job, financial insecurities, instability
of market,economic downturn and all concerns on impact of Covid-19.If we really introspect in
country like ours with such social disparity and poverty, the concern beyond
all these are hunger and starvation.
In this time of crisis, we
are at home with our families and managing our lives. Just for a moment, think
about those who meet their ends as daily wage earners and don’t have any
alternate source of income. Despite of all contribution from Government and the
civic society , still it’s a herculean task to reach everyone in a vastly
populated country like ours. Sometime, our little steps enable those,
volunteers who come forward and help the poor and needy.
We have groups of
dedicated individuals working towards this mission of fight against hunger and
starvation, coming forward feeding people especially beggars and Animals at
this moment of need. The motto is to make sure no one sleeps an empty stomach.
As sometime we can’t reach people directly but we can extend our support by
joining hands with these NGO’s, who are working relentlessly for this noble
cause of feeding the poor.
The bigger challenge here
is the wastage of food which leads to food shortage and deprives those who really
in need of food. Here, the efforts are big, working and channelising the excess
and unconsumed food to the needy. Here, we have greater role to play,
individually which will collectively help eradicate hunger. Let’s give away food,
if we have more than required for our consumption and we can manage without
wastage. The philosophy of “Eat to live, not live to eat.” This is crucial and imperative for us to
follow.
This Lock down has taught
us real life lessons of managing with limited resource and being restrained, which
is in contrast to the today’s world of consumerism, where we get everything at
our door step at a click of our finger tips. We should retain these learning’s
and imbibe in ourselves.
Our act of philanthropy
and empathy towards others will help alleviate hunger .We need to carry forward
these values to make our earth better place to live. We need to think beyond
our means and contribute to society by coming together selflessly and try our
every possible ways to accomplish this dream of making earth a paradise with no
place for Hunger.
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