World Hunger Day was organised by Sanskruti Centre for Cultural Excellence at the House of Commons recently. Hosted by Mrs Sharon Hodgson, MP for Sunderland West and co-hosted by Emma Lewell-Buck MP, Vice-Chair for All Party Parliamentary Group on Hunger, the event was organised in association with the Akshaya Patra Foundation, in cooperation with the Hunger Project, the Felix Project, Feeding Britain, Sustain and Child Poverty Action Group.
Sophie Noonan, Country Director of the Hunger Project, Hilary Croft, CEO of the Felix Project, Rosie Oglesby, National Director of Feeding Britain, Bhawani Singh, CEO-Europe of Akshaya Patra Foundation, Barbara Crowther, Campaign Manager of Children’s Food Campaign at Sustain, Louisa McGeehan, Director of Policy, Rights and Advocacy at Child Poverty Action Group have shared their vital inputs with regard to the issue of Hunger in Britain, highlighting the facts and figures of child hunger and what they are doing to address the same. A quick panel discussion was conducted by Kanika Gupta Mohan of Akshaya Patra Foundation seeking inputs on the direction of the work ahead, quality of school meals and what UK should do to eradicate child hunger.
Ragasudha Vinjamuri, Founder of Sanskruti Centre has made an interesting dance presentation on the story of Akshaya Patra from the epic Mahabharat explaining how Surya the Sun God bestowed the miracle vessel Akshaya Patra that would provide a daily inexhaustible supply of food. “It took about two months to put this event together, coordinating with the speakers and their offices to make sure we have perspectives from those hugely involved in addressing the issue of Hunger in the UK and beyond and to have everything in place for the event to go as smooth as possible” she said.
Sharing inputs on marking the World Hunger Day and facilitating important discussions, Host MP Sharon Hodgson, also Chair of the APPG on School Food said “It is great to bring together so many experts to discuss how we can ensure no one goes hungry in the UK, or around the world. I hope that we can continue to work together, and with the Government, to reach that goal.”
The event concluded with a vote of thanks.
