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The Origin
Seva Kitchen was conceived in 2014 by Khushroo Poacha, a railway employee whose mother was admitted in hospital for brain surgery at the time. Standing at a tea stall near the Central India Institute of Medical Science (CIIMS), Khushroo noticed over that period, that there were many people who had come from far-flung rural areas to visit a city hospital for treatment. Apart from the anxiety of waiting for their loved ones’ recovery, they could scarcely afford lodging and had to manage with make-shift shanties on the roadside. Further, with the hospital canteen shut on Sundays, they often had to struggle for food or cook a simple meal on the pavement with their meagre belongings.
The idea for Seva Kitchen was born, when his mother suggested that he should do something to help these people. The idea of calling it Seva Kitchen, came with some deliberation. The name Seva Kitchen, quite literally, draws on the traditional value of selfless giving - a desire to serve or do Seva. Although it started off by making meals accessible to relatives of patients in hospital, the term Seva Kitchen continues to cover a broader ambit of addressing hunger needs. Towards this guiding principle is the belief that every kitchen, in every town, village or city is a Seva Kitchen, the provider of succor to those who are hungry, because every meal counts.
Seva Kitchen does not have a bank account nor do they accept monetary donations. They only accept in kind. Seva Kitchen crowdsources material, food , milk , juice on milaap.org when you donate as per your wish and the food/material is delivered to different hospitals where Seva Kitchen serves.
Celebrating a festival, birthday, anniversary or any other happy occasion? Now, you can share your joy and make someone’s day. If you would like to donate a meal, or other essential items like rice, lentils, milk, eggs at any time, you can do so by donating on www.milaap.org . Our Initiatives:
Neki Ka Pitara
Seva Kitchen does not have a bank account nor do they accept monetary donations. They only accept in kind. Seva Kitchen crowdsources material, food , milk , juice on milaap.org when you donate as per your wish and the food/material is delivered to different hospitals where Seva Kitchen serves.
Celebrating a festival, birthday, anniversary or any other happy occasion? Now, you can share your joy and make someone’s day. If you would like to donate a meal, or other essential items like rice, lentils, milk, eggs at any time, you can do so by donating on www.milaap.org . Our Initiatives:
Neki Ka Pitara
As long as there is pain, suffering, and hunger there is scope for kindness, compassion, and generosity. The Seva Kitchen Neki Ka Pitara is a beacon of hope for patients and their relatives who come to big cities for treatment from all over India. They have little money left to spend for their own food. At such a time, the Seva Kitchen has come up with a novel idea of providing milk, lassi, Soya Milk , to the Cancer patients who cannot eat and are on liquid diet . You can donate as per your budget. These products will be delivered to our 24 Neki Ka Pitaras across the country.
Neki ka Pitara is a fridge of kindness, installed by Seva Kitchen in hospitals, cancer hospices and schools for underprivileged children. These fridges are stocked with nutritious food and drinks that are free for needy patients and their families and co-managed by a social worker from the hospital, who opens the pitara twice a day.
The Neki Ka Pitara is installed at 24 Locations across India.
1. Central India Institute of Medical Sciences . Nagpur3. Rashtra Sant Tukdoji Maharaj Cancer Hospital, Nagpur
4. Sneehanchal Palliative Care Center, Nagpur.
5. Apna Ghar , Nagpur.
6. Mahatma Gandhi Rural Hospital, Dharni
7. Akshar a Learning Center , Nagpur
8. Government Medical College Ward No 85 - Nagpur.9. Karunashraya , Bengaluru.
10. Apna Ghar , Bengaluru.
11. Apna Ghar, Hyderabad.
12. Basavataraka Indo American Cancer Hospital (Pitara 1), Hyderabad
13. Basavataraka Indo American Cancer Hospital (Pitara 2), Hyderabad
14. Sparsh Cancer Hospice (Pitara 1) , Hyderabad
15. Sparsh Cancer Hospice (Pitara 2) , Hyderabad
16. Sri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani Hospital , Palwal17. Signal Shala School for Less Priviledged Children, Thane
18. Sri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani Hospital, Navi Mumbai.
19. Sri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani Hospital, Naya Raipur.
20. Mangalam Charitable Foundation, Navi Mumbai
21. Navneet Cancer Hospital , Mandvi
22. Apna Ghar , Ahmedabad
23. Ishpremalaya , Savantwadi
24. Apna Ghar , New Delhi.
25. Pallium India Trust - Trivandrum.
26. Ruma Abedona Hospice, Chandannagar.
27. Utsah Foundation (Tata Memorial) Mumbai.
27. Utsah Foundation (Tata Memorial) Mumbai.
28. Cachar Cancer Hospital Silchar.
Free Meals for Relatives of Patients.
Seva kitchen also serves free meals in Hospitals and slum schools . The locations we serve as of today are as follows.
1. Tata Memorial Cancer Hospital, Mumbai
2, Vaardaan (4 Slum Schools) , Nagpur
3. Akshar a Learning School , Nagpur
4. Central India Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur.
5. Mangalam Foundation Navi Mumbai7. Cachar Cancer Hospital, Silchar.
8. The B.D.Petit Parsee General Hospital
9. Masina Hospital Trust
10. Sri Satya Sai Sanjeevani Hospital
Living with Cancer is an arduous journey from detection of the disease, through its treatment, recovery, re-occurrence, re-treatment, end-of-life stage and death. If one has a supportive family and a palliative team by one’s side, this journey can be less painful, less arduous.
Imagine another scenario where a bread-winner patient has just passed away. His wife needs a couple of weeks to figure out her next steps. She may need time to garner support from relatives or she may need time to search for a suitable job. In such a situation, how will she feed her children and herself?
Seva Kitchen, through its patrons and donors, provides Food-Kits for such families. These Kits are normally channelized through reliable NGOs who work in the field of providing care and support to such patients and families. The number of patients needing such support is rising day-by-day because Cancer and other life-limiting diseases are becoming rampant. All patients facing such situation undergo huge suffering but poverty becomes a double whammy. Food-Kits mitigate human suffering, at least for some time.
1. Apna Ghar - Nagpur.
THE BLESSING OF A Seva Kitchen FOOD-KIT.
Living with Cancer is an arduous journey from detection of the disease, through its treatment, recovery, re-occurrence, re-treatment, end-of-life stage and death. If one has a supportive family and a palliative team by one’s side, this journey can be less painful, less arduous.
But how can one survive if one is not able to earn? Imagine a daily-wage earner, who loads and unloads lorries for a living, is down with Cancer or with a life-limiting disease. Imagine his children are school-going and his wife uneducated; someone who never ever stepped out to earn. In such cases where the patient earns and lives by the day, putting food on the table becomes a serious challenge.
Imagine another scenario where a bread-winner patient has just passed away. His wife needs a couple of weeks to figure out her next steps. She may need time to garner support from relatives or she may need time to search for a suitable job. In such a situation, how will she feed her children and herself?
Seva Kitchen, through its patrons and donors, provides Food-Kits for such families. These Kits are normally channelized through reliable NGOs who work in the field of providing care and support to such patients and families. The number of patients needing such support is rising day-by-day because Cancer and other life-limiting diseases are becoming rampant. All patients facing such situation undergo huge suffering but poverty becomes a double whammy. Food-Kits mitigate human suffering, at least for some time.
1. Apna Ghar - Nagpur.
2. Sneehanchal - Nagpur.
3. Sparsh Cancer Hospice - Hyderabad.
4. Apna Ghar - Bengaluru.
5. Pallium India Trust - Trivandrum.
6. Abhayashram - Bengaluru.
In the Press
People are talking about Seva Kitchen, and we thought you should hear about it too. There is a certain pleasure in being talked about in the right circles. Especially in the media. And the more we are appreciated, the more challenging it gets for us to perform even better. Thank you all and keep them coming.
COVID-19 Lockdown,Seva Kitchen of This Social Worker Feeding 75000 People in a Month
https://thelivenagpur.com/2020/04/11/covid-19-lockdownseva-kitchen-of-this-social-worker-feeding-75000-people-in-a-month/
Railway employee fills empty stomachs of needy with help of NGOs in Nagpur
https://www.business-standard.com/multimedia/video-gallery/general/railway-employee-fills-empty-stomachs-of-needy-with-help-of-ngos-in-nagpur-102456.htm
In the Press
People are talking about Seva Kitchen, and we thought you should hear about it too. There is a certain pleasure in being talked about in the right circles. Especially in the media. And the more we are appreciated, the more challenging it gets for us to perform even better. Thank you all and keep them coming.
COVID-19 Lockdown,Seva Kitchen of This Social Worker Feeding 75000 People in a Month
https://thelivenagpur.com/2020/04/11/covid-19-lockdownseva-kitchen-of-this-social-worker-feeding-75000-people-in-a-month/
Railway employee fills empty stomachs of needy with help of NGOs in Nagpur
https://www.business-standard.com/multimedia/video-gallery/general/railway-employee-fills-empty-stomachs-of-needy-with-help-of-ngos-in-nagpur-102456.htm
