Mayapura
Vrindavana Trust
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Food for Life as the name suggests is a unique project for bringing food and life to the needy of the world through the liberal distribution of karma-free vegetarian meals. The project started in 1974 when Srila Prabhupada, asked his followers to not allow anyone within a ten mile radius of the temple to go hungry. The program grew quickly and now operates in over 60 countries worldwide. |
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Vrindavana Food For Life Aims
1. To help children, the aged, widows, the blind, and the handicapped, with basic necessities for a wholesome life.
2. To enable people to conserve and develop their natural environment, such as trees, water and soil, in order to empower them to build lives of self-reliance.
3. To advance the education of the public, particularly children, by encouraging them to undertake practical environmental projects, such as planting, preserving and protecting trees.
Vrindavana Food For Life - Achievements for 2001
 | 280, 000 plates of kitchri (rice, lentils & vegetables) |
| 90,000 mid-day meals to school children |
| 40,000 meals to the elderly and widows |
| 50,000 villagers have received free medical treatment |
| 1,500 trees planted |
| 3 villages’ water wells & tanks built |
| 6 women self-help group started |
| 7 villages adopted for social development programs |
| 1,200 children received sweaters, wooley hats, note books, pens & snacks |
| 5,000 items of second-hand clothing distributed |
Temple Distribution
We daily distribute more than 800 plates of hot kitchri (a tasty, nutritionally balanced preparation of mixed rice, vegetables, and lentils). This traditional Indian dish is freely served to appreciative children, villagers, and pilgrims at our Vrindavan center, morning and evening. We invite you to sponsor this programm on the day/days of your choice—perhaps in memory of a loved one, a wedding, a birthday, or any other special day.
School Programs
FFLV distribute prasad to very poor children at schools in Vrindavana and nearby villages. Serving subji, puri, and sweets. 51 schools are served, with an average of 350 children per day.
Sadhu Seva
In Raman Reti, Vrindavana, everyday, 40 elderly sadhus are served a full prasad meal, and hot milk in the evening.In Nandagram, 25 elderly sadhus are served a full meal daily.
Widow Seva
Food For Life serves a prasad feast to poor widows regularly, (according to donation received.)
Food for the Blind
Food For Life serves a prasad feast every Sunday to blind people at their ashram in
Vrindavana.
Click here to visit the
Vrindavan Food For Life website
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