In quite a noble attempt to fight hunger and poverty and ensuring that no one sleeps on an empty stomach, Feeding India NGO has started an initiative to install community refrigerators that will store food for the needy.
The fridge, called the ¡°happy fridge¡±, is meant to store food for the hungry.
In these community refrigerators, people can store surplus food or can donate to the needy so that the ones in need can be fed.
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Shyama Singh, city leader of Feeding India in Bhubaneshwar has appealed to people to donate at least two pieces of chappatis and a bowl of rice and dal, enough to feed one person.
Volunteers have also been assigned to check the quality of food and hygiene of the refrigerators.
The latest Global Hunger Index (GHI) ranked India at 102 among 117 countries. The annual hunger index is intended to measure and track hunger at the global, national and regional levels and to assess progress and setbacks in combating hunger. India is now ranked below Pakistan (94), Bangladesh (88) and Sri Lanka (66) among South Asian nations.
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In 2014, India was ranked 55 out of 77 countries.
The GHI is prepared and published jointly by Irish aid agency Concern Worldwide and German organization Welt Hunger Hilfewas, calculated based on four indicators, namely - child mortality, undernourishment, child wasting (weight for age) and child stunting.?