Celebrity Chef Vikas Khanna Donates 2.5 Million Meals To 75 Cities In India While Staying In US
Proving 'where there is a will, there's a way', celebrity chef Vikas Khanna has been extending help to those in need during the time of crisis and feeding people by organising rations for old age homes and orphanages in India.
Proving 'where there is a will, there's a way', celebrity chef Vikas Khanna has been extending help to those in need during the time of crisis and feeding people by organising rations for old age homes and orphanages in India.
What's inspiring is that he has been doing all this while he is himself in New York.
Sharing how the journey of helping people began, Vikas Khanna told Bombay Times, he was duped at his first attempt.
"I came across a family in Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh), who had no ration. I promised them that before Iftar, I will make food available to them. However, I failed miserably. Later, someone approached me with a picture on my phone saying that a particular old age home was in need of money. After I transferred money to the needy, I came to know that I got duped," he was quoted as saying by TOI.
A correction.
¡ª Vikas Khanna (@TheVikasKhanna) May 4, 2020
2.47 Million Dry Ration Meal are 165 Quintals.
Let¡¯s make it happen.
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This incident made him realise that he needs to help those in need, and so taking the responsibility on his shoulders, he catered to the NGOs and other people who approached him. He made some calls and connected with people in India to procure and send rations to remote villages.
This morning I got a call from New York. An unexpected benefactor. @ChefVikasKhanna heard about us from @ssghosal and organised 100 kilos of rice. Weekly rations for many families in Sonarpur.
¡ª WeCareInitiative (@WeCareinitiativ) April 29, 2020
Thank you much. Many will be blessing you. pic.twitter.com/NdGcEXzFCl
"I am personally buying stuff and with the help of National Disaster Response Force the food is being distributed at various cities and remote areas," he said.
Thankful to @NDRFHQ @satyaprad1 for the Heroes of National Disaster Response Force appreciate the exemplary work & support done by dearest @TheVikasKhanna Kudos! you have stood rock solid for the needy during troubled times pic.twitter.com/1wRahXi7Ol
¡ª Asif Bhamla (@Asifbhamlaa) May 4, 2020
For the unversed, Vikas had previously donated 1000 PPE kits the Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital, built in the memory of Lata Mangeshkar's late father. Mangeshkar had expressed her gratitude to Khanna on Twitter.
Namaskaar,
¡ª Lata Mangeshkar (@mangeshkarlata) April 27, 2020
Michelin Star Chef Shri @TheVikasKhanna ji ne hamare Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital ko 1000 PPE KITS donate kiye hai. Hum sab Mangeshkar aur hamara Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital pariwar unke aabhari hain.
Dear All.
¡ª Vikas Khanna (@TheVikasKhanna) May 4, 2020
We are equipping ourselves with Dry Ration Distributions for BIHAR right now.
I¡¯ve added NGOS who r feeding souls suggested by you ??
Pls chk ur neighbourhood Orphanages and Old-Age Homes if they need any rations. info@vkhanna.com@NDRFHQ @Sanjay97odisha @satyaprad1 pic.twitter.com/cE5nCB8b3d
While the situation in the US is getting worse day by day, Vikas Khanna is aiming to keep himself positive. He says he has lost a lot of people.
¡°I¡¯ve lost about 100 of my friends in New York to the pandemic, including my closest aunt and my first contact in the US."
Please call-check with local old-age homes, orphanages or hospitals in your city if they need dry rations.
¡ª Vikas Khanna (@TheVikasKhanna) April 23, 2020
We are creating a supply chain to help them as much as we can. ?
Forward info to info@vkhanna.com
Its difficult to stay positive in such times but Vikas Khanna has been doing what he thinks he should do.
Garima Satija leads the Entertainment vertical of Indiatimes. A storyteller at heart who enjoys the thrill of writing, she is sometimes found daydreaming about living the lives of movie characters. Also, she hates talking about herself in the third person.
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