TOGETHER we combat HUNGER

The Story

Hola! I'm Praveena Murugan, currently in my freshman year studying Science in Genetics at Universiti Malaya. I am always passionate about helping needy people with my full willpower. Since young, I was well educated to not waste food but what I was not aware of was the amount of food waste.

This campaign made me realize how much food is being wasted every year in our country. Can you imagine how tall 16 Twin Towers would be? Now you got the image and that was exactly how tall the pile of food waste in our country has reached by 2020. We are gifted with two hands. One is to help ourselves and the second to help others. 

Once I read a quote saying, 'Throwing away food is like stealing from the table of those who are poor and hungry. Whenever I see the food waste around me the image of poor and hungry people strikes my mind. Once my friend shared with me a post of a skinny boy wearing a pair of slippers made up from a plastic bottle eating food while sitting in a squat position. At the time I thought I had to wait till I earn my own money to help out poor people suffering from hunger. Guess I was wrong. I realized I can even help now by being a fundraiser in this campaign to reach out to more helpers. After all, we can't help everyone but everyone can help someone. 

You can be the reason behind someone's smile, someone's silence thank you for getting a meal, and someone's deep sleep after having a good meal. We stand a chance to make a difference in this society. So why not we grab it. TOGETHER we combat HUNGER.