Miss a Meal
Miss a meal? The idea might raise a lot of questions on what it might mean and what
it is all about. In the latter half of 2010, a few like-minded texmoites got together
and decided to make a difference to the lives of many underprivileged children.
The idea was to miss one meal once a month and pool the money that would have gone
into making that meal. Initially, there were only a handful of members that were
taken with the idea. Slowly, the movement grew into a significant number.
Every month, the members of Miss a Meal would come together, personally cook or organise meals for underprivileged children. New Ideas came up from the teams and members wanted to do something that would make the children look forward to the food, each of members who volunteered, took with them a story, some value lessons or interesting bits of information. This way, they found were imparting essential soft skills to the children as well.
If you share the same passion as these people do, join the Texmo Miss a Meal programme. One meal a month will not cost us much; but it could open up a whole new meaning for underprivileged children.
In urban India, there is so much that we, privileged citizens take for granted. Food, for instance. It often does not strike us that there is a lot that we can do to contribute to ease the hunger pangs of lesser fortunate people.
The Miss a Meal project was launched as the result of that thought. In the latter half of 2010, a few like-minded Texmoites got together and decided to make a difference to the lives of many underprivileged children. The idea was to miss one meal once a month and pool the money that would have gone into making that meal. Initially, there were only a handful of members that were taken with the idea. Slowly, the movement grew into a significant number.
On the 2nd Monday of every month, members of Miss a Meal would come together, miss a meal, contribute that amount and personally organise meals for underprivileged children. It is not the money that counts; it is the idea of going hungry once a month and investing the cost of that one meal in the health of children.
New ideas came up from the teams and members wanted to do something that would make the children look forward to the food; each of the members who volunteered, took with them a story, some value lessons or interesting bits of information. This way, they found they were imparting essential soft skills to the children as well.
If you share the same passion as these people do, join the Texmo Miss a Meal programme. One meal a month will not cost us much; but it could open up a whole new meaning for underprivileged children.
Every month, the members of Miss a Meal would come together, personally cook or organise meals for underprivileged children. New Ideas came up from the teams and members wanted to do something that would make the children look forward to the food, each of members who volunteered, took with them a story, some value lessons or interesting bits of information. This way, they found were imparting essential soft skills to the children as well.
If you share the same passion as these people do, join the Texmo Miss a Meal programme. One meal a month will not cost us much; but it could open up a whole new meaning for underprivileged children.
In urban India, there is so much that we, privileged citizens take for granted. Food, for instance. It often does not strike us that there is a lot that we can do to contribute to ease the hunger pangs of lesser fortunate people.
The Miss a Meal project was launched as the result of that thought. In the latter half of 2010, a few like-minded Texmoites got together and decided to make a difference to the lives of many underprivileged children. The idea was to miss one meal once a month and pool the money that would have gone into making that meal. Initially, there were only a handful of members that were taken with the idea. Slowly, the movement grew into a significant number.
On the 2nd Monday of every month, members of Miss a Meal would come together, miss a meal, contribute that amount and personally organise meals for underprivileged children. It is not the money that counts; it is the idea of going hungry once a month and investing the cost of that one meal in the health of children.
New ideas came up from the teams and members wanted to do something that would make the children look forward to the food; each of the members who volunteered, took with them a story, some value lessons or interesting bits of information. This way, they found they were imparting essential soft skills to the children as well.
If you share the same passion as these people do, join the Texmo Miss a Meal programme. One meal a month will not cost us much; but it could open up a whole new meaning for underprivileged children.