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In Kerala, a collective named Nanma Maram, or the tree of goodness, started as a community kitchen, but today works to empower the poor with education, jobs, palliative care, affordable healthcare, and more.

Sekar Poovarasan from Tamil Nadu started Humanity — a roadside food stall that allows customers to pay whatever they can while the poor eat for free.

Dr Prakash Venjamuri runs Hyderabad-based Andari Illu to show how simple acts of kindness can go a long way -- he allows free access to shelter, food, clothes, books, and more to whoever needs it

Shivam Soni, who started Hunger Langar in Indore, offers vada pav, medu vada, biryani, and masala dosa to hundreds everyday. All meals are priced as low as Rs 10, and are sometimes offered for free

Till date, 43,000 people have been fed by Suresh Kumar in Kerala's Kannur district. Apart from food, Suresh also distributes clothes to the needy.

Seeing relatives of patients struggling to find food at the civil hospital, Osmanabad entrepreneur began a free food service for the needy

Ayaz Faquih from Navi Mumbai and Purushottamlal Gupta from Thane are two auto-drivers from Maharashtra who going out of their ways to help citizens amidst the lockdown by offering free rides and ration kits to the needy.

He not only began distributing food to these people for free, but inspired many to aid him in his philanthropic venture.

From doorstep delivery of fresh vegetables, providing banking services to activating a preventive strategy, here’s how the IAS officer is ensuring as much normalcy as possible amidst a lockdown in this Nagaland district near Indo-Myanmar border.

"The needy and poor should not come to us begging. As everyone’s responsibility, we must introduce a mechanism where they can access food for free.”