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on 4th feb. 2007

MCKS Food for Hungry Foundation and Youth for justice join hands against farmers’ suicides and for zero hunger bill

MCKS Food for Hungry Foundation and Youth for Justice staged a solidarity march for the recent farmer’s suicides as part of their campaign against farmer’s suicides and for zero hunger bill in New Delhi on 4th Febuary 2007.
People from all walks of life were present at the occasion. The event had a very profound discussion on the issue of hunger, farmer’s suicide and zero hunger bill. The people present sang songs in solidarity of the farmers who committed suicide and also lit candles. The groups discussed the agenda of the future and planned to do a massive rally on the 25th of February. The Managing Trustee, Shakun Goyal, said “Through this Campaign, we hope to make a visible dent in the huge attempt to eliminate hunger and starvation. We seek to enable and empower those helpless and vulnerable men, women and children to lead a quality life with pride, dignity and self-respect.” Mr. Kapil Mishra, representative, Youth for Justice said, “Reports of India’s abysmal performance in ensuring food security is filtering in. It’s been almost 60 years since India became independent and started to tread along the path of development and modernization. Yet, millions of Indians still go to bed hungry every night. We have pledged today to fight against farmer’s suicides and to bring out zero hunger bill in the country.” Established in 2004 and inspired by Master Choa Kok Sui’s vision of a hunger-and-poverty free world, the MCKS Food for Foundation has committed itself to feeding people and assisting people to secure sustaining solutions to food and livelihood security. As part of its commitment to fight hunger, MCKSFFH is seeking to generate awareness about the issue of hunger through public campaigns and taking positive action against hunger. The Foundation attempts to bring about an effective legislation to be called “zero hunger bill” that would provide a security-net for the disadvantaged sections Youth for justice is a Delhi-based youth action group, which works on spontaneous issues that need cognizance. As a youth it rose against the unfair judicial announcement favouring the rich and powerful by mobilizing concern citizens and making the invisible disquiet a visible one (the Jessica Lall verdict). The group was started in Feb. 2005.
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