In a bid to provide nutritious, delicious and affordable snacks, Hungry Foal was launched in 2016 and now sells every thing from Oats snacks to Whey energy bars.
"The parents of these children live in abject poverty. Most can't even provide one healthy meal to their kids. It's a great relief to them to see their child hale and hearty due to organic school food."
"The daily wage workers, labourers, rickshaw pullers etc. are in large numbers here. When I did my research in this area, I found that getting a good meal for less than Rs 40 was impossible, and even that was adulterated more often than not.”
This product essentially provides nutritious food to disaster struck victims stranded for days with nothing but the weekly supply of food aid to depend on.
“I did whatever it took in the beginning. I ran a tea stall for a while, and with the money I made, I started something new and so on. People in worse situations came to me, and that kept me going.”
The initiative not only provides these women from Kalwa for a job, but also has put them on a map with a cookery book that has a collection of all their recipes!