Restaurants and event organisers may get in touch with them to donate leftover excess food. The same is collected and distributed among the marginalised communities.
T-13, 3rd Floor, Friends Tower, Sanjay Place, Agra 282002
89291 00802
They access excess leftover food from restaurants and caterers in order to provide food to the poor kids and adults.
Srishti Jain
98711 78810
If are able to provide food regularly from your restaurant or company canteen or home, connect with RHA. The food is served by RHA's volunteers to the homeless and hungry located in the vicinity of each particular restaurant.
Ahmedabad: 9427303491, Bangalore: 9811609752, Bhubaneshwar: 9439866298, Chandigarh: 8699960557, Chennai: 9984317823 / 8122893471,
Delhi: 8130906411 / 9654748089 / 7015621537, Gurgaon: 9802119292, Hyderabad: 9397196134, Indore: 8109810100, Jaipur: 7877893007
Provide food for the poor and needy people in Aligarh. Surplus food is donated by restaurants or fresh food is also cooked.
Distribution point: Near Jamia Urdu college.
Shamoon Raza Naqvi
95559 02345
This NGO organization runs a children's home, free school, community college etc and foo is served to 320 adults & children. Food is accepted till 2 pm and it is to be delivered to the address below after prior telephonic intimation.
Hella Nagar, Virgonagar Post, Bangalore 560049
Ms Divya
93792 71391, 080-3297 0700
They pick leftover food from various places and deliver them to the needy people.
#27, 2nd Floor, 8th Cross, 7th Main, Jayanagar 2nd Block, Bengaluru 560011
97397 24727
They can accept leftover food donation from outside before 4 pm for 50 of their members, who include children and elderly.
Nirmala Shishu Bhavan, 25 Ashoka Road, St. Thomas Town, Lingarajapuram, Bangalore 560084
080-2547 4993
He is a social worker and leftover food can be delivered to his location in Rajajinagar. The food is provided to the poor in Rajajinagar as well as to old-age homes and orphanages. Only vegetarian food is accepted.
Rajajinagar, Bangalore
98443 58514
As a restaurant owner or as an individual, if you have excess food to donate in Bhopal contact RHA. Quality of the food should be fine.
Amit Trivedi: 96911 90195, Vijay Wadhwani: 74156 20643
Excess food may be donated by individuals, wedding organisers, restaurants, corporate offices etc. The donor needs to make phone call to SAI and bring the excess food to their food bank located at Acharya Vihar. If delivery is not possible, their volunteers will collect the food.
L-3/56, NEAR, Jaydev Vihar Flyover, Acharya Vihar, Bhubaneswar 751013
81180 11100
People in Chennai can sed a whatsapp message when excess or extra food is available. Volunteers pick up the food and then distribute it among the needy.
Mohamed Asif, Nareshwar Sivanesan, Fahd Khaleel
Whatsapp: 98841 33808
They distributed about 4,000 'Don't Waste Food' posters in restaurants and eating houses in several Tamil Nadu towns, through a network of volunteer students. In the towns listed above, their volunteers are now present and food donation collected is distributed among the needy.
R. Mohammed Ali, T. Merwin Wesley, J. Palaniappan
81221 39893, 95004 88803, 74185 17750
Donors with surplus food contact the number below. After checking the food as per safety guidelines, it will be distributed at the nearest “Hunger Spots” in underserved areas.
30/3B, D.No. 5/1, Saravana Thottam Road, Kannampalayam Sulur Taluk, Coimbatore 641402
90877 90877
FeedOn receives leftover food from restaurants and functions, which in turn is served to the underprivileged.
99716 06657
NGO providing education to underprivileged children in Gurgaon. Would collect excess food from Gurgaon area to feed the kids. Excess food from rest of Delhi would have to be transported by the donor to their location in Gurgaon.
# 267 Sector 14 Gurgaon 122001
78385 94404
Please donate leftover food to this project. Under this project, migrant construction workers, pregnant and lactating women and their children are provided with food, clothing, stationary items, sanitary facilities etc.
C-207, Greater Kailash Part-1, New Delhi 110048
Samiya Khan
If you expect to have leftover food, inform them a day in advance so that their volunteers are mobilised to pick up the food from the venue.
E - 37, First Floor, New Ashok Nagar, New Delhi 110096
96433 35086
This is an initiative to ensure that no needy person in Hyderabad stays hungry. Hotels and function organisers may offer them surplus food, which will be collected from the venue.
GS Chambers, 2nd Floor, Sree Nagarjuna CHS, Nagarjuna Hills, Panjagutta, Hyderabad 500082
82977 77550
They collect clean and untouched leftover food from hotels and restaurants, pack the same and distribute it among the needy homeless, shelter homes, orphanages, old-age homes and slum schools.
8-3-168/B/30/A, Laxmi Nagar, SR Nagar, Hyderabad 500038
Mustafa Ali Hashmi
77022 09484, 81212 16677
Distribute hot meals, fruits, rice and groceries to children, women and the elderly living in slums and on the street. Requests donation of food, fruits, groceries etc.
H.No.28/118, Subhas Chandra Bose Nagar, Miyapur, Hyderabad 500049
V.V.Chary
80080 13563
They collect surplus food from parties, marriage functions, restaurants etc. Have been doing this work from the last 5 years in Jaipur.
G-45, Tarun Path, Shyam Nagar, Jaipur 302019
Manoj Jain
88900 11011
This non-profit organisation conducts food donation drives to feed the hungry in Jodhpur. Food can be donated by restaurants, wedding functions and individuals. Contact them on phone or join the Facebook Group.
96600 46215, 76666 27655, 97821 23645
If you have excess food, bring it over to the Taluk Office at Kannur around 1 pm to 2 pm on any day. The food can be vegetarian, non-vegetarian and in any quantity. The food must be fresh. It will be distributed to the needy.
94472 34701
If are able to provide food regularly from your restaurant or company canteen or home, connect with RHA. The food is served by RHA's volunteers to the homeless and hungry located in the vicinity of each particular restaurant.
Kochi: 8592837067, Kolkata: 8420899364, Lucknow: 9415400415,
Mumbai: 9323784853, Nashik: 8668936048, Nagpur: 8237887343,
Navi Mumbai: 9769954143, Patna: 9006244267, Pune: 9823078635,
9422987508, Surat: 8971966164, Thane: 9833134325 / 9920379321
Pathikrit Saha runs a school for street children of Dum Dum Cantonment area. He provides tiffin for the children and welcomes if some kind-hearted people arrange a lunch/dinner for these kids.
Dum Dum Cantonment, Near Netaji Subhash Chandra Int'l Airport, Kolkata 700055
98047 88406
This NGO works with street children and marginalised people. You may donate leftover food and groceries.
F-2, Virat Khand, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow 226010
96285 55550, 80520 03103
If leftover food exists after any wedding or function, contact Nishikam Sewa Ashram, who will collect the food and distribute among the needy people living in slum areas.
Village Daad, Main Pakhowal Road, Ludhiana 142022
98555 32501, 79017 19451
This food bank will accept all kinds of non-perishable food donations from individuals, grocery stores and organizations. The food is distributed through a network of service agencies.
Teddim Road, Hmar Veng, Sumkong Kaimun, Churachandpur, Manipur 795128
90891 97425
They accept leftover cooked food if it is delivered to them by 8 pm. However, do call them in advance to intimate.
Opp. St. Joseph's High School, Wadala, Mumbai 400031
022-2415 0562
This initiative is to prevent wastage of food at social gatherings. Leftover food from birthday parties, weddings etc will be collected by the Dabbawalas and given to the needy. They also take small quantities of excess food from homes.
Subhash Talekar, General Secretary of Mumbai Dabbawala Association
98672 21310, 86527 60542
They strive to alleviate pain and suffering of the poor living in Asia’s second largest slum Chita Camp, Trombay, Mumbai. If you have leftover food in Mumbai's central suburbs, please try to deliver it to Trombay, after speaking on the phone number below.
Gene D'Silva
022-2371 4266, 98334 17274
Collect surplus excess foods from weddings, parties and other events, to deliver it to the hungry & deprived. Once donor contacts them on phone, their Mini Van is sent along with volunteers.
Gulmohar Society, Shop No 1, Near Sankalp School, Opp. Aai Mata Mandir, Patilwadi, Savarkar Nagar, Thane (W) 400606
Sunny Saroj (Secretary): 95940 96655, Manager: 76780 40799
They pick up surplus food and distribute at various places in and around Thane to the homeless and hungry.
303, 3rd Floor, Krishna Plaza, Near Thane Railway Station, Thane West 400602
70211 56564
They collect food from kalyanamandapams, hotels, other charitable centres and well-wishers. Santhi Mandiram is an asylum for abandoned and unwanted human beings, who are picked up from streets, bus stations, government hospitals, etc.
Vettinad Market Junction, Near Lourdes Mount Public School, Kanakode, Vattappara.P.O., Trivandrum
98955 27372, 86061 53192, 98955 25097
Collect leftover excess food from functions and serve it to the needy at Vijayawada Railway station.
Lotus Landmark, Sector 3, Plot 8, Kedhareswaripeta, Vijayawada 520003
Smt Dara Karunasree
92464 72100
Contact them when you have food to donate. They also provide ration to orphanage and old age homes.
Asivanipalem 58-32-13/1, Kancharapalem, Visakhapatnam 530008
97003 69568
Holding a party or function? Donate leftover food to a local organization engaged in this activity.
Wedding in your relatives’ or friends’ circle? Request the caterer to consider excess food donation..
Are you a restaurant? Ask a local group involved in this activity, to pick up the food after closing hours.
No one collects excess food in your city? Consider taking up this task on your own.
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Prevent food waste by leftover food donation…
A study by Food Ministry, Government of India found that about 20% of food at social events such as weddings goes waste. Food waste also occurs at parties, functions and restaurants.
This is a sad state of affairs when one considers that two lakh street children in Mumbai go to sleep hungry every day. Therefore, leftover food donation is the need of the hour to counter both malnutrition and food waste!
You may be hosting a wedding or you may be a caterer. You could be running a restaurant. If you expect that food waste may occur, do not hesitate to get in touch in advance with the NGO organizations or institutions listed in 'Whom Can You Contact?' section below.
However, do note that many orphanages, children’s homes and other NGO organizations do not have facilities to undertake leftover food collection. Such establishments will be happy to accept the food if it is delivered at their location.
Leftover food collection helps to feed the poor…
Food banks and food collection NGOs have geared up to tackle the food waste challenge in India’s major cities. They have set up waste leftover food helplines so that restaurants, caterers, wedding venues and party organizers who intimate availability of food for donation.
Often such intimation is given at a late hour and pick up time is also late i.e. after midnight. Despite these hurdles, these food banks and food collection NGOs arrive at the venue, pack the food in containers and transport it in vehicles arranged by them.
If the outfit has cold storage facilities, food is stored and distributed in a day or two. However most of the time, distribution is done to feed the poor within a few hours after the food is collected, keeping in view the fact that food goes stale soon in India's hot climate.
In some cities, food for the poor is distributed at some fixed point where the homeless, slum-dwellers and needy congregate.