Abbreviation RHA Focus Hunger Alleviation Founded 26 August 2014 | Established August 26, 2014 Founders Neel Ghose, Anand Sinha | |
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Location Ahmedabad, IndiaAllahabad, IndiaAmbala, IndiaBengaluru, IndiaBhopal, IndiaChandigarh, IndiaChennai, IndiaColombo, Sri LankaDehradun, IndiaDelhi, IndiaDewas, IndiaFaridabad, IndiaGhaziabad, IndiaGoa, IndiaGreater Noida, IndiaGurgaon, IndiaGuwahati, IndiaHyderabad, IndiaIndore, IndiaIslamabad, PakistanJaipur, IndiaJakarta, IndonesiaJodhpur, IndiaKarachi, PakistanKathmandu, NepalKolkata, IndiaKuala Lumpur, MalaysiaLahore, PakistanLucknow, IndiaManila, PhilippinesMelbourne, AustraliaMonterrey, MexicoMumbai, IndiaMysore, IndiaNagpur, IndiaNoida, IndiaPanipat, IndiaPune, IndiaShillong, IndiaSurat, IndiaTampico, MexicoUdaipur, IndiaUjjain, India Slogan "Serve the Hungry Citizen" | ||
Robin hood army short film
The Robin Hood Army is a volunteer based organisation that works to get surplus food from restaurants to the less fortunate sections of society in cities across India and 11 other countries .The organisation consists of over 8,435 volunteers spread across 41 cities, and have served food to over 1,848,210 people so far. The volunteers are largely young working professionals from varied fields. The lesser fortunate sections who the organisation reaches out to include homeless families, orphanages, night shelters, homes for abandoned children, patients from public hospitals, etc.
Contents
- Robin hood army short film
- Robin hood army collects surplus food from restaurants to feed poor
- About
- Approach and mission
- Campaigns
- International expansion
- References
Robin hood army collects surplus food from restaurants to feed poor
About
The Robin Hood Army was founded on August 26, 2014 by Neel Ghose and Anand Sinha and registered as a charitable trust in India. The food distributed to the needy is sourced from restaurants, which regularly provide surplus or freshly cooked food on a goodwill basis.
The Robin Hood Army originated in New Delhi, India, and then eventually spread its operations to other Indian cities such as Kolkata, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Jaipur, Jabalpur, Panipat, Gurgaon , Dehradunand, Faridabad. On February 15, 2015, the Robin Hood Army commenced its activities in Karachi, Pakistan.
The organisation functions on and propagates the basic ideology of self-sustained communities across the city i.e. each locality/community within the city will contribute towards providing food to the needy through its local volunteers and restaurants.
Approach and mission
Currently the organisation has tied up with multiple restaurants across the 41 cities that provide them with food. The organisation does not accept monetary donations and only distributes the food or donations in kind that it receives from its restaurant partners and donors.
The Robin Hood Army, wearing green T-shirts, applies the following principles to further its cause:
- Spread awareness of its activities through social media to promote the idea of self-sustained communities.
- Tie-ups and associations with restaurants to provide food in large numbers to the homeless/less fortunate communities.
- Introduce new volunteers on a regular basis to the system, to create an impact amongst the less fortunate and in the process inspire a community to give time and help to those who need it most.
Campaigns
The Robin Hood actively leverages Facebook and Twitter to generate awareness and inspire new volunteers to join. The organisation routinely launches social media campaigns on special occasions or festivals.
The #Mission100k campaign was widely covered by various digital, print, radio and television media.
International expansion
Robin Hood Army initiated its Karachi, Pakistan operations on February 15, 2015, which coincided with the India-Pakistan cricket match of the ICC Cricket World Cup, 2015.
Between February 2015 and February 2017, the Robin Hood Army has set up chapters in 10 more countries including Australia, Mexico, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Egypt, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Philippines.