I have always been passionate about food. This passion led me to wanting to help the underprivileged, by ensuring that they had 2 meals a day. I collected raw grains, from my neighbourhood and donated those to underprivileged cancer patients. I followed this up with a fundraising campaign for an eight-year-old patient’s acute-lymphoblastic leukemia treatment.

1. GRAIN COLLECTION
PROJECT
BY
SIDDHANT BAPAT

2. PASSION FOR FOOD
Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat
what you like and let the food fight it out
inside….
MARK TWAIN
It is important to experiment and endlessly
seek after creating the best possible flavors
when preparing foods. That means not being
afraid to experiment with various ingredients.”
ROCCO DISPIRITO

3. FOOD COLLECTION PROJECT
Attempt made to collect cooked food from small
restaurants wasn’t feasible !!
Their left over food was just enough for their staff….
They did not have much extra left over.

4. FOOD COLLECTION PROJECT
Attempt made to collect cooked food from
larger hotels wasn’t feasible too!!
They declined as they were concerned about
the food getting spoilt due to improper
storage and transport . They did not want to
be responsible for food poisoning or any such
mishaps

5. FOOD COLLECTION PROJECT
The old age homes and orphanages did not accept the
food for the same reason ….

6. GRAIN COLLECTION PROJECT
 So the way to go was Grain Collection.
 Staple food is rice.
 Its easier to get people to donate a kg of rice
rather than money… so every doorbell I rang
I was not refused

7. GRAIN COLLECTION PROJECT
 Devoted 3 hrs. every Sunday
 Visited on an average 10 homes every Sunday
 Collected 40 kgs. of rice each month
 So far collected 150 kgs.

8. GRAIN COLLECTION PROJECT
Made Handouts

9. GRAIN COLLECTION PROJECT
Went door to door :

10. I DONATED THE GRAIN TO :
FOOD BANK OF THE REHABILITATION
CENTRE OF CPAA (Cancer Patients Aid
Association) Mumbai, India
Established in 1969, to provide support and
assistance to underprivileged cancer patients.

11. CANCER REHABILITATION
PATIENTS

12. MY INTERACTION WITH CPAA
• Rehabilitation center restores confidence to
the lives of cancer patients.
• Helps them find the ability to support
themselves…tailoring, printing, candle
making, box-making, envelope-making,
painting etc. ..
• We purchased some of their products and
helped raise money for them by selling them
amongst family and friends before Diwali.

13. MY INTERACTION WITH CPAA
Initiated a campaign and raised funds for…
Adopt a patient Program to cover the treatment
of 8 yrs. old Krish Patel (anonymized) for 1
year who diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic
Leukemia and is under treatment at Sion
Hospital ,Mumbai

14. MY INTERACTION WITH CPAA

15. LONG TERM PLAN
 Make fund raising a quarterly initiative
 Cooking  Making snack boxes Selling
them and raising funds.
 Involving my juniors in school with passion
for food to help me with the cooking and with
the grain collection

16. It's not how much we give but how
much love we put into giving.”
Mother Teresa