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Chennai-based Ashwanth Kumar provides free meals to the underprivileged under his Pankajam charity, inspired by the kindness he'd observed in his late grandmother.

Ramu Dosapati, has used his own savings to set up a Rice ATM to provide food and a better life to those affected most by the pandemic and the subsequent lockdown. Watch this video to see how his compassion has improved hundreds of lives in his city.

In August 2020, Chandrasekar and Pushpa Rani C, a couple from Tamil Nadu, took a loan of Rs 50,000 and set up a roadside kiosk to feed the needy trapped by the COVID-19 lockdown, including the elderly, the homeless, daily wagers and students staying in hostels.

After the lockdown was imposed a number of labourers were stuck in a brick kiln in Tamil Nadu. But 19-year-old Manasi Bariha was having none of it.

Amazingly, when the 23-YO was awarded 11,000 by seniors, he said he would donate half of it to the mother and new born!

"People are scared and frustrated and that sometimes comes out in the wrong way. I used to get hundreds of calls and texts a day from people abusing me"

Hit by lockdown, stranded on roads - India's daily wage labourers, who live from hand to mouth, are struggling to make ends meet. Here's your chance to help them. #CoronavirusLockdown.