During her third pregnancy, Preyashi weight dropped to a shocking 35 kgs. But her life, like tens of thousands of others, was saved thanks to this initiative.
India is the worst in child wasting according to a recent Global Hunger Index report. In such a grim scenario, these five small yet effective efforts are bringing a change
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Working in tandem with kirana stores, the Saathealth App has already been downloaded 85,000 times—in not just the slums of Mumbai, but also other cities like Delhi, Lucknow and Pune.
On asked why she named her initiative Double Roti, she answers, “Double Roti in Hindi, means bread, and in a sense, we were looking to address two issues--feed the hungry and ensure that surplus food does not go to waste.”