BHOOKH Standing Against Hunger and Serving Hope to Every Empty Plate

Hello, I am Anil Pal, founder of BHOOKH – Food for Hunger. Every day I walk through the streets (a city with over 34 lakh residents as of 2025) and the slum pockets of Delhi: places where dreams meet hardship and hunger still knocks at countless doors.

These are among the fastest-growing urban areas in the Delhi–NCR region, but beneath the infrastructure and progress lies a serious problem many don’t see every day: food insecurity and deep economic vulnerability.

In India, food insecurity isn’t just a rural issue; in urban settings like Delhi, a significant portion of the poorest households struggle to secure enough food each day. Their diets lack quality nutrition, and many families skip meals simply to survive.

In Noida, despite rapid development, many daily wage workers and informal sector labourers don’t know if they’ll earn enough for two meals tomorrow. In Ghaziabad, where millions live side-by-side with industrial growth, families tell us they feed their children first and go hungry themselves. And across Delhi, millions of residents in slum clusters, construction sites, and crowded neighbourhoods grapple with feeding their families even as the city’s economy grows around them.

This is the gap BHOOKH fights every day.

Our mission is simple but urgent: to provide meals to those who go to bed hungry not because food isn’t made, but because they cannot afford it. We work directly in Noida, Ghaziabad, and the urban sectors of Delhi–NCR, reaching slum communities, daily wage workers, homeless neighbours, and families who struggle for even one meal. Our volunteers distribute food with dignity and care – fresh meals prepared daily for those who need them most.

You might see headlines about schemes like subsidised canteens that help tens of thousands with low-cost meals, but even these only touch a small part of the need. In Delhi alone, government initiatives provide subsidised meals, yet over 70,000 people daily access these facilities to just meet their basic food needs.

This tells us one thing clearly: even in the capital city’s growth story, hunger still exists, quietly and painfully.

When a father can’t eat, he cannot work effectively. When a mother skips meals, her children lack the nutrition needed to grow and learn. When a child goes without breakfast, school becomes a battle of fatigue and distraction. Hunger not only affects health; it crushes potential, dignity, and hope.

That is why your support matters now more than ever.

When you donate to BHOOKH, you are not giving charity. You are answering a human responsibility.

Your contribution goes directly into preparing and distributing meals in Noida, Ghaziabad, and Delhi’s underserved areas. Even a small amount can become someone’s full meal for the day and a step toward restoring hope.

I see hunger every day. I see the faces that tell the true story of our cities.

Today, I humbly request you to stand with us. Join this mission. Help us reach more families, more communities, and more plates.

Let us ensure that no person in the heart of India’s capital region sleeps hungry, not in Noida, not in Ghaziabad, and not in Delhi.

Together, we can transform survival into sustenance, struggle into strength, and hunger into hope.