• Many NGO’s have been actively involved in sending meals for the COVID positive patients as well as their families since the first week of May. “As we have been sending packed food for patients and their attenders at Cancer Institute for the past five years, we decided to extend our services to COVID19 patients' families under quarantine during the lockdown period.
  • All they have to do is just give us a call and let us know the address and number of days they require meals,” says Shilpam Kapur Rathore, founder of Aranya Foundation, an NGO. They are currently supplying free meals in Kilpauk, Anna Nagar, Nungambakkam, Mylapore and Adyar. Phone: 42997501.
  • Sri Sathya Sai Amudham, an initiative by Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisations, has been sending home-cooked meals for home quarantine families across Tamil Nadu. “Each district has volunteers who cook meals at their home and with the help of other volunteers, we door to deliver the meals. In Chennai, we have been supplying over 2500 lunches per day. We have set up three kitchens at different locations in the city and hired cooks to prepare meals on a large scale. In other areas our volunteers have been preparing and packing meals for families in need of such service,” says A. Anand, district president of the organisation. Call their helpline: 7358562055.
  • The Chennai-based, RYA Cosmo Elite has launched Elite Care, an initiative to provide free lunch to COVID patients and their families. They have been supplying over 1000 vegetarian lunches for the past two weeks. While the meals are free, they charge ₹ 51 per for packaging and delivery. They supply meals across the city. For booking, call: 9940563528