Feeding the Needy - Most heart touching photos & a Kind-hearted Person
Narayanan Krishnan was a bright, young, award-winning chef with a five-star hotel group, short-listed for an elite job in Switzerland. But a quick family visit home before heading to Europe changed everything.
"I saw a very old man eating his own human waste for food," Krishnan said. "It really hurt me so much. I was literally shocked for a second. After that, I started feeding that man and decided this is what I should do the rest of my lifetime."
Krishnan was visiting a temple in the south Indian city of Madurai in 2002 when he saw the man under a bridge. Haunted by the image, Krishnan quit his job within the week and returned home for good, convinced of his new destiny.
Krishnan founded his nonprofit Akshaya Trust in 2003. Now 29, he has served more than 1.2 million meals -- breakfast, lunch and dinner -- to India's homeless and destitute, mostly elderly people abandoned by their families and often abused.
His day begins at 4 a.m. He and his team, roam in a donated van, daily 125 miles, in areas where temperature is as high as 38-40C. He finds the homeless poor souls under bridges, crannies between the city’s temple. He delivers, simple and tasty hot vegetarian meal, which he personally prepares,packs and he himself feeds to them.
He also carries a comb, scissors and razor and he himself shaves them. He serves those people who don’t even know their own name or have capacity to to beg, ask for mercy or return thanks.
Narayanan Krishnan and his team members feed nearly 400 people daily.
It costs him around 15000 per day, but the donations only cover 22 days a month. Rest of the money he subsidizes by the money which he receives in a monthly rent from a home his grandpa gave him.
Due to lack of donations, his next project, Akshaya Home, where he can provide shelter for the people.
Due to his vision and huge dedication towards helping the needs, he has been selected for CNN Heroes 2010. And he deserves it.
"I saw a very old man eating his own human waste for food," Krishnan said. "It really hurt me so much. I was literally shocked for a second. After that, I started feeding that man and decided this is what I should do the rest of my lifetime."
"That spark and that inspiration is a driving force still inside me as a flame -- to serve all the mentally ill destitutes and people who cannot take care of themselves," Krishnan said.
Krishnan founded his nonprofit Akshaya Trust in 2003. Now 29, he has served more than 1.2 million meals -- breakfast, lunch and dinner -- to India's homeless and destitute, mostly elderly people abandoned by their families and often abused.
His day begins at 4 a.m. He and his team, roam in a donated van, daily 125 miles, in areas where temperature is as high as 38-40C. He finds the homeless poor souls under bridges, crannies between the city’s temple. He delivers, simple and tasty hot vegetarian meal, which he personally prepares,packs and he himself feeds to them.
"Because of the poverty India faces, so many mentally ill people have been ... left un-cared [for] on the roadside of the city," he said.
He also carries a comb, scissors and razor and he himself shaves them. He serves those people who don’t even know their own name or have capacity to to beg, ask for mercy or return thanks.
Narayanan Krishnan and his team members feed nearly 400 people daily.
"The panic, suffering of the human hunger is the driving force of me and my team members of Akshaya," he said. "I get this energy from the people. The food which I cook ... the enjoyment which they get is the energy. I see the soul. I want to save my people."
It costs him around 15000 per day, but the donations only cover 22 days a month. Rest of the money he subsidizes by the money which he receives in a monthly rent from a home his grandpa gave him.
"They had a lot of pain because they had spent a lot on my education," he said. "I asked my mother, 'Please come with me, see what I am doing.' After coming back home, my mother said, 'You feed all those people, the rest of the lifetime I am there, I will feed you.' I'm living for Akshaya. My parents are taking care of me."
Due to lack of donations, his next project, Akshaya Home, where he can provide shelter for the people.
"Now I am feeling so comfortable and so happy," he says. "I have a passion, I enjoy my work. I want to live with my people."
Due to his vision and huge dedication towards helping the needs, he has been selected for CNN Heroes 2010. And he deserves it.
All he says is, “I want to save my people, that is the purpose of my life”
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