In the modern world, the idea is very important. We can safely say that we are living in an era where war of ideas is on, and as someone said the war of ideas can only be won with ideas.
اب سے کچھ دیر پہلے مصنف کے رزق کے دفتر کے دورہ کے دوران لی گئی چند یادگار تصاویر.
رزق ایک نہایت ہی شاندار کاوش ہے. ایک تصور کیسے تبدیلی لا سکتا ہے یہ وہ سفر ہے. کسی نے کیا خوب کہا ہے کہ آئیڈیاز کی جنگ آئیڈیاز سے ہی جیتی جا سکتی ہے!#SamsungMillionMealChallenge #Ramazan pic.twitter.com/mxGU9pYm3n— Rai M. Azlan (@Mussanaf) May 23, 2018
In Pakistan, we are facing many problems and one major problem is food insecurity and wastage of food, there is a huge gap of a lot of food being wasted in Pakistan but at the same time, there are a lot of individuals in our country who do not have enough food to consume. This gap demands an idea to deal with it, hence three youngsters and graduates from LUMS, Huzaifa Ahmed, Musa Aamir and Qasim Javaid came up with a Facebook page Rizq while they were students and now after four years this team is doing wonders, coming up with Pakistan’s first food bank and the set up South Asia’s first food recovery system are the achievements to their credit already.
It is ironic that in a country where 3-5 billion dollars of food philanthropy is done every year still has a massive food insecurity. That indicates that the channelization is not proper. Rizq has come up with campaigns, ideas, team, and technology to coap up with that challenge.
This is the fourth year of Rizq’s operation and they have stepped up this time with their target as they have taken up the million meal challenge. Samsung Rizq Million Meal Challenge is the pledge to feed A Million Meals This Ramazan, Samsung has joined hands with Rizq for this noble cause.
Indeed it is a huge task to feed a million meals in one month, here is how team of Rizq is doing it.
Rizq It!
Rizq has partnered with supermarkets and restaurants to help the customers donate ration or a meal directly while paying their bills
Super Market
Restaurant
Add a 100 rupees Rizq meal voucher to your bill to donate a meal through Rizq network at selected restaurants.
Online Portal
Share ration and Sehri or Iftari meal online at www.sharerizq.com . This has really make the sharing convenient. One can easily donate and share the Rizq anywhere anytime from computer of from mobile phones.
Iftar Dastarkhans
Rashan Distribution
Rizqshaw
Rizqshaw is first ever food recovery system of South Asia. It is a customized rickshaw that goes around the city and collects the excess food from all the buffet restaurants catering. This was the first ever project of Rizq team which they started right after graduating this Rizqshaw enabled them to create the first food bank of Pakistan.
Rizq Food Bank
Rizq food bank is a shop, just like a restaurant of a poor person. Food collected from the Rizqshaw is checked , sorted and stored at the food bank and then distributed among the verified households. One food bank registers 2000 households and gives a membership card – the card holder can avail food or rashan support program against the card.
Rizq Bhooq Brigade
A team is being setting up in the academic organisations. A network of students to extend the operations and services of Rizq.
LUMS is academic partner of Rizq and it is facilitating in terms of on ground data collection and analysis.
Rizq Khana
Public kiaosc located at 3 locations in Lahore, a food drop off point at Firdaus Market, Allah Hu Chowk, and Khokhar Chowk. The food collected thd Rizq Khana goes to the food bank for the storing and distribution.
Where I see, Rizq is the story of compassion and youth mobilisation, it is a platform for us express our compassion while addressing a real life program. Initiatives like Rizq must not only appreciated but also be fully supported. Ideas like these can really bring a change and solve a real life problem.
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