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                                                                                                                                                                                              The programme reached out
                                                                                                                                                                                              to communities across 100+
                                                                                                                                                                                              districts, 19 states and four             Response  COVID-19
                                                                                                                                                                                              Union Territories








                                                                                                                                                                                              8.5 crore



                                                                                                                                                                                              Meals delivered through Mission
                                                                                                                                                                                              Anna Seva

            Ration kits being prepared by employees in Reliance Retail Distribution Centre at Bhiwandi, Thane                       Ration kits being distributed during Mission Anna Seva campaign in Punjab

            Mission Anna Seva

            Reliance Foundation launched a massive programme to   Meals were also distributed to truck drivers transporting        Care for animals during the pandemic
            distribute meals to marginalised and under-resourced   essential items. This came as a relief to the truckers who found   The disruption of supply chains and limited veterinary services
            communities during the lockdown. The entire staff of Reliance   it difficult to get food during the lockdown, with restaurants   and fodder supply during the lockdown affected animals and
            Foundation and the larger Reliance family came together to   shut. Reliance petrol stations in West Bengal, Kerala and Odisha   livestock. Stray animals too had a tough time finding food.
            support this mission on a war footing, with Reliance Retail   reached out to distribute meals to truck drivers.        Reliance Foundation helped arrange fodder for livestock in rural
            employees playing a crucial role in packing, preparing and   Mission Anna Seva provided cooked meals, ready-to-eat food   areas and grain feed for birds by partnering with NGOs, which
            supplying provisions for the programme.                                                                                helped Reliance Foundation reach out to distant quarters and
                                                              packets, food coupons, dry ration kits to communities across
            Reliance Foundation also supplied relief kits and bulk rations   100+ districts, 19 states and four Union Territories. Until July 31,   distribute food for stray animals across India.
            to 200+ partner NGOs engaged in similar hunger alleviation   2021, Mission Anna Seva delivered 8.5+ crore meals.       Reliance Foundation also supported the rescue of 1,000+
            programmes in their respective locations.
                                                              This programme reached over 41 lakh people including daily-          animals in distress through Wildlife SOS’s rapid response   Food being provided to stray animals  during Mission Anna Seva
            The rations supplied by Reliance Foundation supported   wage and migrant labourers, slum-dwellers, domestic workers,   hotline. A fleet of 20 animal ambulances provided fodder, feed   campaign in Mumbai
            community kitchens serving meals to daily-wage labourers,   factory workers, and old-age home and orphanage residents.   and critical care for animals during the year.
            the homeless and other marginalised people. They also
            served as a lifeline for migrant workers returning to their native   Mission Anna Seva also provided critical support to frontline
            places from the cities. Volunteers from across Reliance sites   workers, including junior medical staff, police personnel and
            in Mumbai, Silvassa, Vadodara, Patalganga, Hazira, Jhajjar,   security forces who carried out essential COVID-19 services.  Succour for the most vulnerable
            Shahdol, Jamnagar, Dahej, Barabanki, Nagothane, Gadimoga   Pattachitra artist receives help of MAS
            and Hoshiarpur distributed meals in their respective locations.
                                                                                                                                                                                     Reliance Foundation’s support helped me a
                                                                                                                                                                                     lot during these unprecedented times. This
                                                                                                                                                                                     service of Reliance Foundation ensured me
              Providing immediate relief
                                                                                                                                                                                     a week's food supply.

                                                              Reliance Foundation came forward and                                                                                   Rakhal
                                                                                                                                                                                     Purbasthali Village, Bardhaman district,
                                                              provided us dry ration kits. And this helped                             Rakhal Roy, collecting a dry ration kit from Reliance Foundation in   West Bengal
                                                              us run the kitchen for the entire week.                                  Purbasthali village, West Bengal
                                                              I express my sincere gratitude.
                                                                                                                                     The lockdowns necessitated by COVID-19 took a heavy toll   A migrant labourer, Rakhal’s younger son lost his job during
                                                              Nelima
                                                              Visakhapatnam                                                          on livelihoods, threatened food security and particularly   the second COVID-19 wave.
                                                                                                                                     affected those with existing health conditions. Low-income   Meanwhile, Reliance Foundation’s Mission Anna Seva
                Nelima, in Visakhapatnam, receiving dry ration kits from Reliance                                                    groups, many of whom had migrated for work to distant   had put together a list of vulnerable households and
                Foundation                                                                                                           locales, were the worst hit because they were without a   communities in the area where Rakhal worked. Fortunately,
                                                                                                                                     support system in their new environs.          Rakhal’s name figured on the list and he was soon able to
              Nelima’s father, Surya Narayana, used to work as a daily   But within a few days, she too had to stop going to work    Rakhal Roy from Bhatra village of Purbasthali in Bardhaman   receive a dry ration kit that helped him survive at a critical
              wage earner at a hotel while her mother worked as a   because of her illness, leaving the family in dire straits, with   district of West Bengal is a 72-year-old senior citizen. Rakhal   time when he found no one else to turn to.
              sanitation worker at Simhachalam Temple, Visakhapatnam.   no income and no food.                                       Roy’s eldest son suffers from physical ailments and can no
              Nelima lives with her mother and three siblings – two sisters                                                          longer work. So the family of three relies on the income of   Mission Anna Seva is the largest free
              and a brother. When she lost her father to COVID-19, her   Under Mission Anna Seva, Reliance Foundation was able to    the younger son.                               meal programme by any corporate
              mother became the sole breadwinner of the family.  provide dry ration kits to the family, and thus much-needed                                                        foundation globally.
                                                             assistance at a time the family had its back against the wall.
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