[vc_row][vc_column offset=”vc_col-lg-offset-2 vc_col-lg-8 vc_col-md-offset-2 vc_col-md-8″ css=”.vc_custom_1595164684032{margin-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”HISTORY” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css_animation=”zoomIn” css=”.vc_custom_1595065542004{margin-bottom: -10px !important;}”][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-share-alt” color=”black” size=”sm” align=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1606134014471{margin-left: -200px !important;}”][bt_social_media style=”rounded” align=”text-center” css_animation=”fadeInLeft” social_media=”%5B%7B%22icon%22%3A%22fa%20fa-facebook%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22url%3Ahttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.facebook.com%252FKSKPage%252F%7C%7Ctarget%3A%2520_blank%7C%22%7D%2C%7B%22icon%22%3A%22fa%20fa-twitter%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22url%3Ahttps%253A%252F%252Ftwitter.com%252FKecharaSoupK%7C%7Ctarget%3A%2520_blank%7C%22%7D%2C%7B%22icon%22%3A%22fa%20fa-instagram%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22url%3Ahttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.instagram.com%252Fkecharasoupkitchensociety%252F%253Fhl%253Den%7C%7Ctarget%3A%2520_blank%7C%22%7D%2C%7B%22icon%22%3A%22fa%20fa-youtube%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22url%3Ahttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.youtube.com%252Fwatch%253Fv%253D87w-ZM42vWY%7C%7Ctarget%3A%2520_blank%7C%22%7D%5D” css=”.vc_custom_1606133889188{margin-top: -60px !important;margin-left: 25px !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”top”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1595582767724{background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md”][vc_images_carousel images=”1796,1800,1801,1802,1805″ img_size=”400×300″ wrap=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1595583055789{margin-left: -20px !important;}”][vc_column_text]Hunger Knows No Barriers – aptly describes Kechara Soup Kitchen, a not-for-profit and NGO established in 2008, that provides food, basic medical services, eye check, haircut, clothes to the homeless and urban poor regardless of race and creed; there is always someone to listen to their problems and offer advice.
Our non‐discriminatory attitude also extends to our volunteers who come from all walks of life, motivated by the common goal of helping others. We work towards reducing homelessness by reuniting the homeless with their family, getting their lost documents replaced, rehoming, finding them jobs.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″ offset=”vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][vc_images_carousel images=”1796,1802,1805,4001,4002,4003,4004,4005,4007,4008″ img_size=”500×413″ wrap=”yes”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1603372484263{margin-top: 20px !important;margin-right: 35px !important;}”]
Hunger Knows No Barriers – aptly describes Kechara Soup Kitchen, a not-for-profit and NGO established in 2008, that provides food, basic medical services, eye check, haircut, clothes to the homeless and urban poor regardless of race and creed; there is always someone to listen to their problems and offer advice.
Our non‐discriminatory attitude also extends to our volunteers who come from all walks of life, motivated by the common goal of helping others. We work towards reducing homelessness by reuniting the homeless with their family, getting their lost documents replaced, rehoming, finding them jobs.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1607139666948{padding-right: 10px !important;}”]Our direct contact with those who live a ‘street existence’ has been invaluable in gaining their trust and gathering information on their needs. As a result of these observations, we have established a plan to address not just the symptoms (hunger) but also the causes (urban poverty and a disconnection with society). Those stricken by poverty are not in that situation by choice. They do not want charity but they need inspiration.
KSK volunteers have discovered that there are people willing to re‐enter society if given the opportunity – they just need to be shown the way. The state of being poor is not limited to just the physical aspects in life. It is not just about having no money, no food to eat, no shelter to call home and being denied of the opportunities that allow them to live decently. It goes beyond the physical and tangible context.
However, it is not the poverty or even the hunger that destroys their will to survive. It is the loss of hope, that sinking feeling that they have been forgotten, rejected and left behind by the community they belong to. When they lose hope, they also lose the fight to live on. When their lives reach this point, they allow themselves to descend into sub‐human living conditions. These are the ones who have lost all hope and have resigned from life altogether.
From distributing food to the homeless, we have grown to collect surplus food from hypermarkets, wet markets, hotels, bakeries. These are given to the urban poor and to other charitable organizations instead of landing in the dumps. Donated dry foods are stored in our food bank premises and distributed to the poor before the product expiry date. Also in our premises, single mothers and at risk mothers are taught skill sets, enabling them to earn money and provide for their families.
Kechara Soup Kitchen strives to reduce homelessness, food wastage and poverty thus leading to a nation of cleaner environment and a better quality of life for the less privileged community.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner]
