Food Bank bang eh?

~Khamlianlal

Food Bank chipen eiham in An koi khawmna( An Bank) china ahi. Tam Food Bank ah mihing in nehding Antang chou hilou a bu leh baal( Dal, Havai, Ahlu etc) koi thei ahi. Tam Food Ban


Food Bank khu koiten phatuam piding?
Igam ua meithai( widows), taga( orphans), azawng lah a zawng dieh (poorest of the poor), piangmawh (Disabled), Low income, genthei hasatzia nehding buai ichite leh vangsiatna zia a buaina tuate ten aphatuampi ding uhi. Tua ban a natural disaster Zilling (Earthquake),Memchim( Landslide), Tuilet( Flood), etc ban ah Man made disaster tuate kunga mihing a dia apoimawh pen an leh tui ( food & water) pia ahiding. Tam Food Bank in igam ua long term solution piazou sih lehzong vangsiatna tuate leh nehding neiloute kunga nikhat- ninih( a day or two) pia sawm teitei ding hi.

Food Bank in An ( food) leh fund ahoi a lading eh?
Tam Food Bank ang piang khiatnang leh official a registered nading leh officials a launch tanpen mimal(asaitu) in mani sakhau (pocket) apat tuoh hi. Igam ua hattuam chin, philanthropy organisations tuamtuam, Chirches, NGOs leh veng tuamtuam in relief fund neichiat hi. Ahin lah tam relief fund ineite uh ahun leh mun dungzui a poimawh( situation demands) in zong ahunchet apia theilou ban ah, atang ding lawm tampi in tangkha lou in ahasia tampi um hi. Tam food bank ah athanuam leh like minded individuals, organisation, Churches etc in store bawl thei zing ahi.


Government leh  NGO's te apat:
Igam uah Government scheme leh NGO's tampi um hi. NGO's te pen tupna( focus or aims) tuam chiet ahi. Government lam a tuchiang in Naional Food Security Act tuchiang in implement dehdehta hi, ahin tam government apat Food Security Act pen in grassroots level a na angsep ding adei huia a, ahin deibang a nasep ding bang a semlou a umkha ding azau huai hi.  NGO khenkhat Medical, HIV/AIDS, Livelihood, Entrepreneur, Environmental, Women Empowerment, Sanitation, Orphanage, Widows, Aged, Community Development, Community Organisation, Disabled group umchiatta hi. Ahin lah apoipen an (food) lam um chet lou hi. Tam atunga NGO's tuamtuam in a target group( clients) te apoimawh pen an(food) na gelkhopi khalou ahi. Tuate zia atunga NGO's tuamtuamte leh Government scheme tuamtuamte toh kithuakhom a common purpose adia gilkial(hunger) dou dia Food Bank chi min zang in hing kipan doh hi.

Bang dia Northeast FoodBanking Network kichi eh?
India gam a North East sung a um state giat(8); Assam, Mizoram, Manipur, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Tripura leh Nagaland ah Food Bank kichi min ana um kha kingkeng lou hi. India gam a vang Indian FoodBanking Network, Chennai FoodBank, Gurgoan FoodBank, etc a um giap nalai hi. Tamten India gamsunga nasahtah in gialkial(hunger) adou ua, adieh in street beggars or homeless te an apiazel ua. Hin lah North East India vang angaitua kha sih uhi. North East mite pen mi guntu leh felte ihi ua, itna neite ihi nalai ua isanggamnu- sanggampa nehding neilou a khutdoh(beggars) ding iphal sih ua inei dandan in koima theilou in aguh a kipanpi zel hi, tua khu Unseen Beggars ahi. An leh meh ( Food & Nutrients) niteng a inehte uh ipu ipa khang apat inehte uh hizing nalai ahi. Tuate zong igam ua bu leh bal paingthei hia lah gamdangte bolsa kineh neh a, sum kiseng zing hi. Igam leitang( soil) uh haichi hoitahtoh pousa thei a niteng a isum seng tamna pen uh meh(curry) leina saving bolthei ahi. Tam khu igam ua kitchen garden concept imi isa lah ua pia ding tup liantah zong ahi.


Apeisa 30th April, 2016 in Smt. Mannuamching, IAS in tam "Northeast FoodBanking Network" leh Motto" A region without hunger" chi zang in ana hongdoh ta. Tu-leh-tu in Manipur state sung chou a tam Northeast FoodBanking Network ging phot a, kum 10 sung in North East sunga tam Food Bank concept extend tou ding a amin ging ding chi vision na toh "NORTHEAST FOODBANKING NETWORK " chi mi zang a hingpiang doh ahi. Aphattuampi ding koima hilou, getheite mama ding ahi.

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About the author:
(Khamlianlal @ Khams Zotal is a young social worker & activist. Founder of Northeast FoodBanking Network. Also Ex- Volunteer of International Citizens Service (ICS) under Volunteers Service Overseas (VSO), UK. He is currently based in Churachandpur, Manipur. You may write to him @ khams.zotal@gmail.com or +919089197425)
k a kikoi khom te khu nehding hasa, nehding neiloite kunga manbei( free of charge) a pia ahi. Food Bank khu non-profit leh charitable organisation ahi a. Food Bank chu politics involved lou, chi leh nam kal a khentuamna neilou, biehna- ginna toh kisai a zong koima kentuamna neilou. Nehding neiloute kunga manbei/ athawn a pia ding ahi.