The award was presented to the Foundation's volunteers for their sacrificial work to improve the lives of people in need and their families in the III district.
Inseparable from the philosophy and lifestyle of Krishna consciousness is charity, helping our fellow human beings, devotion to others. The Food for Life Charitable Foundation is the poverty alleviation program of the Krishna Community of Believers in Hungary, which operates on an international model, the Food For Life Global food programme group.
The Meals for Life initiative was started by His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada in 1972, in collaboration with an Indian businessman, when he was deeply affected by an experience: behind a temple in Calcutta, right at its base, dozens of children were eating the food scraps that had been dumped there. It was shocking, but far from unique, it was commonplace.
Srila Prabhupada founded Food For Life with the wish that no one within a 10-kilometre radius of the Krishna temples should go hungry. His followers have been working for decades to fulfil this request and have begun feeding, often on a daily basis, those in need not only around the temples but around the world. In addition to the fight against poverty, there was also a strong emphasis on responding to disaster situations, where simple conditions were needed to quickly produce cheap and nutritious food, often for thousands of hungry mouths.
After more than a quarter of a century of activity, our food distribution programme received a special recognition on Social Work Day. On 29 October 2010, the Óbuda-Békásmegyer Municipality Council decided that the Óbuda Social Award, named after Ágoston Fischer, will be awarded once a year to the Food for Life Foundation, one of the charitable organisations in the district. The award was presented to the representative of the Board of Trustees for their dedicated work to improve the lives of people in need and their families in the III district. This assistance has not only been manifested in the distribution of hot meals, but also in the occasional distribution of durable food parcels, clothes and toys, but the most well-known is the distribution of hundreds of portions of cooked, fresh ready-made meals every day, 5 days a week, both in Óbuda and on Blaha Lujza Square, with the help of the Óbuda Family Assistance. Although the operators of the programme have undertaken to help at the former location, neither the material nor the personnel conditions are yet satisfactory for their work.
praises the work of their spiritual masters.
The Foundation is still looking for donations to help develop and maintain the food distribution programme and increase the number of meals served.