Sports personalities, film and TV actors support FeedMyCity campaign

On Sunday, a virtual concert was organized as part of the campaign to raise contributions to feed daily wage workers, underprivileged, homeless children and frontline workers, during the lockdown.

NEW DELHI: Prominent sports personalities, film and TV actors have come forward to support the "FeedMyCity" campaign that aims to raise funds for the daily-wage community who have been severely impacted during the nationwide lockdown implemented to control the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.


On Sunday, a virtual concert was organized as part of the campaign to raise contributions to feed daily wage workers, underprivileged, homeless children and frontline workers, during the lockdown.


Sportspersons, including Mary Kom, Saina Nehwal, Vishwanathan Anand, Harsha Bhogle, are among the few who have supported the initiative.

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Some film and TV actors are also supporting the initiative to help the migrant workers.
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Bollywood actor Suniel Shetty also supported the campaign.


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All contributions from initiatives such as FeedMyBangalore, FeedMyHyderabad, FeedMyMumbai, FeedMyNoida, and FeedMyChennai, will be used to help the KVN Foundation deliver fresh-cooked meals to those affected by the lockdown.

FeedMyCity aims to provide 100,000 meals per day through KVN Foundation. Each meal box costs Rs 30, and all the contributions will be directly used for making these meals.

In Bengaluru, #FeedMyBangalore campaign has been proactively working to provide food to daily wage earners across the city. The initiative started by providing 500 meals per day soon swelled to 2,225 meals per day. The group plans to distribute three lakh meals per day over the next two weeks. The group has the support of from BBMP and city police in order to get curfew passes to operate and also distribute meals through Indira Canteens.

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