Rural West Bengal
Hunger is a crisis that leaves millions of West Bengal families behind every single day.
We are a small team in West Bengal — friends and neighbours from Kolkata and nearby districts — who pool our own money, buy ration items in bulk, and deliver food kits directly to poor families in villages across South 24 Parganas, Nadia, and Murshidabad.
The Problem
The challenge is not a lack of food — it is making ration reach the poorest families in West Bengal's villages, consistently and with dignity.
19.4 Crore
People in West Bengal go to bed hungry every night — many in the villages we serve firsthand.
Every 10 sec
A child dies from hunger-related causes somewhere in the world — many in our own villages.
68%
Of rural families in West Bengal cannot afford a nutritious meal every day, despite food being available.
1 in 4
Rural households in West Bengal report skipping at least one meal a day.
40%
Of food produced in West Bengal is wasted while families in the same district go without.
₹3000/mo
Is what a basic monthly ration kit costs — out of reach for landless labour families earning ₹4,000–6,000.
The Idea
Who we are
Village Food Support is not a charity or NGO. We are a volunteer team of friends, colleagues, and neighbours — mostly young working professionals from Kolkata, Howrah, and nearby districts of West Bengal.
Every month, each team member contributes what they can. We collect the money together, buy ration items at wholesale rates — rice, atta, dal, oil, sugar, salt, and more — pack them into kits, and personally deliver them to poor families in rural West Bengal.
The families we serve include landless labourers, widows with children, elderly couples with no income, and daily-wage workers who lost work during lean seasons.
Our vision
Simple — no family in our villages should sleep hungry. We want to grow our team, cover more villages, and inspire others in every district to do the same thing: pool money, buy ration, and distribute directly.
100% of what we collect goes into food. There is no office, no salaries, no middlemen. One team member maintains a simple expense sheet that everyone in the group can see.
12,500+
Families Reached
35+
Villages Covered
48
Team Members
0%
Admin Overhead
What We Provide
Every kit is the same — carefully packed with items a poor family in rural West Bengal actually needs and uses daily.
Real food, handed directly — with dignity.
Monthly Ration Kit
- Rice — 5 kg
- Wheat Flour — 5 kg
- Potatoes — 2 kg
- Pulses — 1 kg
- Mustard Oil — 1 L
- Sugar — 1 kg
- Salt — 500 g
- Biscuits — 200 g
- Baby food — 400 g
- Milk powder — 500 g
- Soap & hygiene items
Approx. cost per kit: ₹3000 · Funded entirely by our team
How a drive works
Team contributes
Each member sends their share via UPI before the 5th of every month.
We buy in bulk
Two volunteers purchase ration from wholesale mandi at best rates.
Pack the kits
We pack identical kits — one kit feeds a family of 4–5 for a month.
Deliver personally
Team members drive to villages and hand kits directly to families.
Share the report
Photos, receipts, and family list shared in our team WhatsApp group.
Our Journey
On our first night of distribution in West Bengal, we realised that feeding 40 families once was not enough. Hunger in our villages needed a consistent answer — so we came back every month.
2022 — Beginning
First drive in one village
Eight friends in Kolkata pooled ₹500 each and delivered ration kits to 40 families in a village near Baruipur, South 24 Parganas. We saw the need firsthand and decided to keep going every month.
2023 — Growing
More villages, more hands
Word spread through WhatsApp and office groups. Colleagues joined, contributions grew, and we started covering villages in Nadia, Murshidabad, and Hooghly districts of West Bengal.
2024–25 — Today
A self-sustaining team
We now run monthly drives across West Bengal. Every rupee is tracked. Every family is known by name. We are not an organisation — we are neighbours who chose to act.
Recent Drives
Monthly ration distributions across West Bengal — by our team, for our people.
South 24 Parganas
West Bengal, India
Baruipur Gram
Nadia
West Bengal, India
Krishnanagar Para
Murshidabad
West Bengal, India
Berhampore Tola
South 24 Parganas
West Bengal, India
Sonarpur Basti
South 24 Parganas
West Bengal, India
Canning Village
South 24 Parganas
West Bengal, India
Diamond Harbour Block
Contribute to the Next Drive
Your monthly support helps us plan better and reach more families. Small contributions bring a big change.
Join a Distribution Drive
Come with us to a village in West Bengal. Help pack kits, load the tempo, and distribute ration bags to families in need.
Join Our Next Monthly Drive on WhatsApp
Be the reason a family gets to eat today.
Our Culture
Team First → Families Next → Zero Overhead
zero overhead
100% to food
team first
families next
full transparency
no middlemen
direct delivery
monthly consistency
apolitical
all faiths
neighbours helping
do more, talk less
Any questions about how we work? Talk to us