A hot meal, every day.

The programme

What our food distribution work looks like

Humrahi Foundation runs a daily food distribution programme across Siliguri, West Bengal — warm, cooked meals served to anyone who needs them, with no eligibility forms and no questions asked. It's the oldest and steadiest part of our work: since 2020 we've served roughly 4,00,000 meals and reached over 700,000 people, and the kitchens haven't stopped since.

Alongside daily meals, volunteers carry food to families waiting outside hospitals across the city — people who often have nowhere to eat and no way to step away from a relative's bedside. When a household is going through a harder stretch, we also provide ration and grocery support so a bad month doesn't become a hungry one. The food programme operates under FSSAI Reg. No. 22825084000764, and our distribution reports are published on the transparency page.

How it started

A van, during the 2020 lockdown

This programme started with one person and one vehicle. When the COVID-19 lockdown of 2020 cut off daily wage workers, migrant families and hospital-bound relatives from food, our founder Lalan Mahato set out with a van, a few pairs of hands, and a refusal to let anyone in Siliguri go hungry. There was no organisation yet, no plan — just presence, and meals that kept going out day after day.

That instinct became Humrahi Foundation. Today we're a government-recognised, registered NGO holding 12A, 80G, CSR-1, NGO Darpan and FSSAI registrations, but the daily habit hasn't changed: cook, pack, carry, serve. You can read the fuller story, our team and our registrations on the about page.

Where we serve

Rooted in Siliguri, working across West Bengal

Our base is Parameshwar Niwas, Gudiya Jote, Matigara — on the edge of Siliguri in Darjeeling district, West Bengal — and that's where most of our food distribution runs happen: roadside relief points, hospital corridors, and neighbourhoods where a warm meal is hardest to come by on a given day. As the programme has grown, so has its reach across Siliguri and the wider West Bengal region, always working alongside partner organisations, local hospitals and community volunteers already on the ground, rather than trying to do it alone.

Get involved

How you can help feed Siliguri

Food distribution runs on two things — hands and funds — and both matter. Here's how to add either:

• Volunteer on a food run. Join a cooking session or a distribution round in Siliguri. Start at get involved on our homepage, or sign up at app.myhumrahi.org to become a Humrahi.
• Give what feeds a family. A one-time or monthly gift keeps the kitchens running — ₹500 covers warm meals for a family, ₹1,000 covers a month of groceries. Donations are eligible for 50% tax exemption under Section 80G.
• Spread the word. Share our work with someone in Siliguri or West Bengal who has time, ingredients or a kitchen to offer — most of our volunteers first heard about Humrahi from a friend.