A homeless child eats a free meal provided by the 100’s group during the lockdown in Kathmandu, on Tuesday, September 8, 2020. Photo: Nishant S.Gurung/Nepalese Voice
100s Group, a voluntary social service group of youngsters, has been providing one meal every day for free to daily wage workers stranded in Kathmandu.
For the past six months, 100s Group has been providing free hot meals to 500-650 needy people every day at various road sections of Kathmandu. The Group took the project to Khulla Manch, Kathmandu a few days ago to make it more organized.
Now, needy people gather in Khulla Manch at around 4:00 pm every day for the free hot meal.
People wait following social distancing measures for the free meal provided by the 100s group during the lockdown, in Kathmandu, on Tuesday, September 8, 2020. Photo: Nishant S. Gurung/Nepalese VoiceA view of the cooked meals placed at the carrier of a vehicle before being distributed among the daily wage earners and homeless people, in Kathmandu, on Tuesday, September 8, 2020. Photo: Nishant S.Gurung/Nepalese VoicePeople wait following the social distancing measures for the free meal provided by the 100s group during the lockdown, in Kathmandu, on Tuesday, September 8, 2020. Photo: Nishant S.Gurung/Nepalese VoiceVolunteers from the 100’s group wearing (Personal Protective Equipment) PPE’s place the cooked meals in a bowl before distributing it among the people, in Kathmandu, on Tuesday, September 8, 2020. Photo: Nishant S.Gurung/Nepalese VoiceVolunteers from the 100’s group wearing (Personal Protective Equipment) PPE’s place the cooked meals in a bowl before distributing it among the people, in Kathmandu, on Tuesday, September 8, 2020. Photo: Nishant S.Gurung/Nepalese VoiceA homeless child eats a free meal provided by the 100’s group during the lockdown in Kathmandu, on Tuesday, September 8, 2020. Photo: Nishant S.Gurung/Nepalese VoiceDaily wage earners and homeless people eat free meals during the lockdown, in Kathmandu, on Tuesday, September 8, 2020. Photo: Nishant S.Gurung/Nepalese VoiceVolunteers dressed in PPE wearing facial mask distribute free meals following social distancing measures in Kathmandu, on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 Photo: Nishant S.Gurung/Nepalese VoiceA father and daughter washtheir face and hands at a makeshift hand washing station after their free meal, in Kathmandu, on Tuesday, September 8, 2020. Photo: Nishant S.Gurung/Nepalese Voice
100s Group first surfaced to limelight in July last year when the news about the cloth banks that they set up across various districts were reported by the media. A team of like-minded student volunteers formed the Group some four years ago.
The Group started providing free meals a week after the government suddenly imposed a national lockdown on March 24, forcing thousands of migrant labour workers to either travel 100s of KMs on foot to their home towns or stay jobless and foodless in the capital.
