Ek Roti Roz - Brief

Ek Roti RozProgram to feed street animals

with fresh & clean food

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The greatness of a nation, its people & their progress can be judged

by the way its animals are treated.

Mahatma Gandhi

Brief Introduction

Street animals are a sad reality in India. Most private cow-

shelters are full beyond capacity and public shelters are least

spoken about.

Cows, bulls, dogs, pigs, and cats are the most common street

animals we see in India. They can be abandoned or lost, sick

or healthy, old or young, unwanted and "useless" or owned but

not looked after; whatever their reason of existing on the

streets, they are there, trying to survive. The basic needs of a

majority of these animals are not met.

Hunger drives them to look for food everywhere including

garbage generated by humans.

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Painful Death

Our cities do not have garbage segregation as the norm, and

citizens are not conscious of this at the personal level. As a

result, animals end up eating stale and stinking waste from

garbage disposal units.

When plastic (most commonly used to dispose-off waste in

households) along with other non-degradable harmful (toxic)

matter enters the intestines of these animals, they usually

end up dying painfully.


Animals eating stale food, plastic & filthy garbage to survive.These places smell horribly & its difficult for any human being to stand here for 2 minutes. These animals have to eat here daily for hours.

Conditions at Animal Shelters

Ever wonder what happens to street cows that are picked up by public authorities ?

Animals are packed together in very small areas. They can be in this situation for as long as a week to three weeks or more.


Conditions at Shelters operated by Public Authorities

Most of these centers are badly maintained and animals poorly fed. The floors are filthy and the whole place stinks of cow dung

and urine. Animals like to be in the open & therefore the need for open green centers (farmland) for these animals.


"The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he has acquired,

but in his ability to affect other living beings around him”

Bob Marley

Why Ek Roti Roz ?

The Program Ek Roti Roz – which literally means One Roti

(bread) Daily, was started to give an alternative to these

helpless animals. One that will fill their stomachs with food

and not garbage. We believe that just because they are on the

streets, does not mean they have to suffer in this way. Surely

they deserve our compassion and caring.

In Indian culture, there has always been the concept of

making Chappatis or Rotis (made from whole wheat) for the

gaay (cows) and kutta (dogs). Modern Society, however,

seems to have no time nor concern for street animals. Rural

communities still follow this tradition and we will endeavour

to support these initiatives.


Ek Roti Roz : The Main Purpose

Our final goal is to have a farm (open shelter) to

house as many animals as we can. And then more

such shelters across India. We are working towards

securing this dream of a place, where we see cattle

munching grass on rolling green pastures.

But till that happens, and for those still on the roads,

we want to feed them with fresh and clean food. And

for that we need your support.


Animals should be free...

If you cannot feed a hundred animals... then just feed one.

Mother Teressa

all photographs © ekRotiRoz.com

Member Rotis, Chokar, Bread & Biscuits being fed to street animals.

Ek Roti Roz : Distributions (feeding)

Animals eating garbage is very common in cities of India. Inspite of

our sincere efforts we are at present able to feed only a few and

that too once a day.

Though our volunteers search for such stray animals on main roads,

by lanes, and at various garbage disposal places, finding and

feeding is a very time consuming process. These animals are not at

one place. We have to look for them. At some locations we find just

1 cow or a bull, couple of dogs and other places maybe 3 or 4 of

them. Just searching and feeding takes about 2-3 hours daily.

Currently every month we are feeding Chokar (wheat bran), Milk,

Bread and Biscuits in addition to Rotis.

You will be surprised to know that Cows & Bulls have a big appetite

and there are hundreds of hungry stray dogs searching for food daily

in garbage. With the current available resources we are able to feed

only a small percentage of the total stray animals in the country.

The magnitude of the problem is quite huge.

Therefore, we are looking for outside contributions

in kind And Or money.


Cows, Bulls & a handicap dog being fed with Member Rotis at a local garbage dumping ground.

Ek Roti Roz is an social initiative by SHINGISEVAFoundation

www.ekRotiRoz.org

www.facebook.com/ekRotiRoz

+91-0771-4050505 l [email protected]

H.I.G.-C-65, First Floor, Nr Navkar Hospital, Shailendranagar, Raipur - 492001, Chhattisgarh. India.

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We thank you for your patience and look forward for your good wishes. Please forward to friends & relatives.

a Cow, a Bull & Dogs eating together member rotis.

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Ek Roti Roz - Brief