New Delhi: On Children’s Day, Vedanta launched its feeding drive to serve two million meals to children across Nand Ghars, a flagship social impact project under Anil Agarwal Foundation. This drive is a part of the company’s mission #RunForZeroHunger to combat malnutrition and ensure that no child goes to bed hungry.

Vedanta had pledged a nutritious meal for every kilometre covered by the runners at the Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon held on October 16, 2022. Over 40,000 people from across the world participated in the various runs, colouring the streets of Delhi in the spirit of humanity as they all ran for a larger purpose of zero hunger, clocking over two million kilometres.

Vedanta’s 15,000 employees along with 25,000 runners participated in the prestigious half marathon thus helping the movement of #RunForZeroHunger surpass the initial goal of one million meals and Vedanta pledging 2 million healthy and nutritious meals to children at Nand Ghars.

Expressing her thoughts on the success of the campaign, Priya Agarwal Hebbar, Non-Executive Director, Vedanta Limited, said: “Giving back to the society is in the DNA of Vedanta. Aimed at combating malnutrition in the country, Vedanta’s #RunForZeroHunger brought people together for the cause where every participant ran to ensure that children in need get access to nutritious meals.”

“I am pleased to see the overwhelming participation from people joining us for the cause and surpassing our initial goal of one million meals to now serving two million meals. Our commitment towards serving nutritious meals to children at Nand Ghar is the culmination of the shared vision for a healthy India,” she added.

In the last financial year, the company had spent Rs 399 crore on various CSR activities with a prime focus on pandemic relief works, children’s well-being and education, women empowerment, health care, sustainable agriculture and animal welfare, market-linked skilling of youth, environment protection and restoration, development of community infrastructure among others.

Nand Ghars are equipped with solar panels to ensure 24X7 electricity, water purifiers, clean toilets and smart television sets, and have become a model resource centre for the local communities. Pre-school education is provided to children in the age group of 3-6 years. Nutritious meals and take-home rations are being provided for children, pregnant and lactating women. Primary healthcare services are rendered through mobile health vans and telemedicine services; women are empowered through skilling and enterprise development. /BI/