PANJIM: India ranks 105th in the 127 country Global Hunger Index which places it in the “serious categories” along with Pakistan and Afghanistan. Yet to our great irony India wastes about 78 million tonnes of food every year. In Goa, factories itself waste a whopping 90,000 kgs food per month. Street Providence has tapped 9 factories to collect upto 400kgs food and distribute it to people.
If the Goa government taps the 100 factories at Verna Industrial estate, to join the food bank devised by Street Providence, many hungry people can be fed.