Making the city proud and marking it on the global map is Padmanaban Gopalan, founder of the Coimbatore-based start-up 'No Food Waste' which is aimed at annihilating hunger by procuring excess food from people and serving it to the needy.
Making the city proud and marking it on the global map is Padmanaban Gopalan, founder of the Coimbatore-based start-up 'No Food Waste' which is aimed at annihilating hunger by procuring excess food from people and serving it to the needy.
He has been awarded with the prestigious Commonwealth Youth Awards 2019 at an event held in London on Wednesday. It is the highest recognition for youth among the Commonwealth countries "I dedicate this to all the youth working for social development, and the volunteers and supporters of 'No Food Waste", said an excited Padmanaban who was clad in a traditional Veshti at the Commonwealth Youth Awards ceremony in London.
About 'No Food Waste’
‘No Food Waste’ is positioned as a surplus food recovery system in India. The program works with volunteers and local authorities to collect excess food from functions and restaurants, and delivers them to ‘hunger spots’ around the country to feed hungry people. The initiative also has a geo-mapping platform which allows users to drop food at located ‘hunger spots.’ The initiative has so far recovered over 650,000 meals across 14 cities, and the platform has been used by 12000 volunteers.
About the Common Wealth Youth Awards
Commonwealth Week is being celebrated between March 11 to 17. Celebrating its 13th year since inception, the Commonwealth Youth Awards recognises and celebrate the achievements of youth in the age group of 15 to 29, whose innovative projects are making a significant contribution to their communities, and driving change in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.