Stories of Volunteers : Raghu Nandan Pyapili

I am coordinating the Giving Campaign for the second year and when I started working for this programme, I was confident that I do not need to search for volunteers. I was right! We had them in abundance because serving food to children was so appealing. We received all the required support from the Giving Core team, and on November 24, 2011 we undertook our journey to the kitchen where we witnessed the most hygienic way of preparing and packing food.

We also visited three nearby schools which had a combined strength of about 400 kids. They are among the 37,500 children who benefit from this programme every day. Very often we do not understand the importance of food and how it is interlinked with education. After spending a day with the children I am able to understand that no child can study if s/he is hungry.

We ensured that all volunteers spent some quality time after serving food either through interactions with the kids or by engaging them in some sports activity. Most of the volunteers said that this event was the most memorable event they had in a long time. I hope they will continue and strive to make a difference to society.”

Raghu Nandan Pyapili, Application Engineer, MSIT-India