Mangaluru: White Doves serves over 70,000 meals to destitute amid lockdown


Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SB)

Mangaluru, Jul 2: The premier NGO in the city, White Doves, has contributed and is still carrying on with providing selfless service for the progress of society at large. The organisation has also been feeding the homeless and destitute since the past 23 years.

Founder and president of White Doves, Corrine Rasquinha, along with her team comprising of secretary and treasurer Jerome Coelho, manager Jerald Fernandes, driver Mani and member of White Doves Sunil Baliga, went out on the streets to provide cooked food to over 1,700 destitute and migrants, ever since lockdown was enforced. When the influx of the migrants surged the team served those accommodated at Rosario Church Hall, Milagres College, and Attavar government school, among other places. Wherever the need arose, Rasquinha and her team distributed breakfast, lunch and dinner, totalling up to over 70,000 meals. Bishop of Mangaluru Dr Peter Paul Saldanha also joined the team in distribution of food kits some of which were sponsored him.

Along with serving food, the NGO also handed out food kits to the migrants and underprivileged people living in the vicinity of Kannur, Jeppinamogaru, Panjimogaru, Kavoor, Kulur, Uleya, Padil and Morgans Gate.

Although the government has provided certain relaxation in the prevailing lockdown, the team at White Doves continues to cook a nutritiously hot meal consisting of rice and curry. On a daily basis, the team feeds over 300 impoverished people found on the streets near Nehru Maidan and city town hall. The food menu comprises of egg curry with rice on Tuesdays and Fridays, and on Sundays, people are served chicken curry with rice. On other days it is vegetable curry with rice. On Saturday, July 4 to celebrate the birthday of his son, one of the donors of White Doves from Dubai has placed an order for a special meal of chicken biryani from Utada Mane. It will be served to 140 inmates of White Doves and other homeless people. "It will be a special meal for all those on the streets as well," Corrine Rasquinha said.

Speaking to Daijiworld, the White Doves team expressed their grief over being unable to serve food to the homeless amid the recent rise in the number of coronavirus cases. Meanwhile, the spike in cases is also posing a serious health risk to the main pillars of the White Doves Psychiatric Nursing and Destitute Home wherein 140 destitute people are being looked after charging without any monetary or material aid.

"It is not just about helping people by providing relief to their hunger, the NGO serves as an ear to the homeless. They express to us their pain and troubles. They ask us for answers to their problems, means to return to their village or ways to get medical help or help in obtaining jobs," Rasquinha stated.

"One such story is of 23-year-old Rajesh who has been suffering from high fever and weakness. He has requested to be admitted at a government hospital for treatment. I hope the district administration takes some action and help him to get admitted into an ESI hospital for temporary relief.

"If we are barred from distributing food distribution to the needy because of the rising cases of COVID-19, I hope the district administration finds ways and means to feed the homeless," she said.

  

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  • Aboobakar Siddik, Mangalore

    Fri, Jul 03 2020

    What a great work by White doves and entire team members and their family's.

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  • Rita, Germany

    Fri, Jul 03 2020

    What a work ,to prepare and deliver,organize all things to the needy.I wonder Corrine and her work,love .May God bless her with good health to carry further to help the needy.who helps to prepares so many meals each day?I wish to say only one thing,kindly make use of your masks during delivering food.We can see one person (bishop?)without mask,and others too stay close .we should also help not to spread the corona ,but avoid.May God bless you all.

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  • smr, Karkala

    Thu, Jul 02 2020

    I appreciate every member of the 'White Doves' organisation for this humanitarian work. Hope this is lessons for those mean politicians celebrating parties, birthday and busy with wedding reception.

    Jai Hind

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  • Stephen Pinto, Kadri / Bendur

    Thu, Jul 02 2020

    Wonderful job and great work of charity that possibily can not be matched by any NGO in Mangalore. White Doves is well focused and doing a great job of helping the poor and unwanted citizens in Mangalore. See the joy on her face in every picture... I think if we look at it positively, we may be blessed with some of her blessing God has reserved for her and her family. Commenting on someone else's efforts is easy but to place ourselves in that place and make sure poor are looked after is not so easy. Being weak on immunity to the present pandemic, taking a challenge on her own life and doing good with full faith on Him.. is something that must be appreciated by all regardless of cast, creed and religion. GOD BLESS CORRINE AND HER TEAM.

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  • Suraj Shetty, Bejai

    Thu, Jul 02 2020

    White Doves have been doing a wonderful job since long many years and truly a source of inspiration to many...God bless Team White Doves and keep inspiring.

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  • Citizen, Mangalore

    Thu, Jul 02 2020

    People disagreeing with the positive comments shows that we cant make everyone happy. We should do all the good work we can and God will bless us accordingly.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Thu, Jul 02 2020

    Our Politicians promised to feed 80 Crore Hungry Indians ...

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  • Al Dsouza, Canada

    Thu, Jul 02 2020

    Feeding and shelter the Hungry is a a noble work for Christians is better than .Wealth accumulate and keep for future generations by many. Happy to see these couple have distributed 70k meals.

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  • Lawrence Lobo, Mangalorey

    Thu, Jul 02 2020

    Promising is going on but no action😆

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  • John, Mangalore

    Thu, Jul 02 2020

    Well done. Love of neighbour is love of God, and the neighbour is one who is in need.

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  • E B Soans, Mangalore

    Thu, Jul 02 2020

    By accepting Jesus Christ as ones personal saviour only we can attain salvation

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  • ANISH CLAUD CASTELINO, Mudarangadi / Udupi

    Thu, Jul 02 2020

    Great Work

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  • Alwin, Mangalore

    Thu, Jul 02 2020

    Modiji supply food 80crore people in addition NGO, TV channel, religious institutions, individual s industrialist trust business man supply food.if Modiji is true others are wrong if others true Modiji is wrong. If both are true 137crore people in hungry. This cannot be

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  • Rakesh, Mangalore

    Thu, Jul 02 2020

    Thank you so much White Doves for your generosity and social work . i request henceforth no one will starve in india and get rice and dal from Modi (Big Joke)

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  • Saldanha, Mangalore

    Thu, Jul 02 2020

    Modiji, Please donate some money from your PM Carer Fund to this NGO who is do more then anyone from Any Political Party is doing.
    Hats Off to White Doves and its Entire Team

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  • francis lobo, Mangalore

    Thu, Jul 02 2020

    This is the only way to spread love in the atmosphere of hatred and fear. Good Job. If they had also thought of Corona and sat inside the house then these migrants would have been hungry

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  • roy pinto, mangalore

    Thu, Jul 02 2020

    great work white doves and team
    Corrine Rasquinha should be our PRIME MINSTER .
    first deliver food then she speaks.......
    hats off madam ..........

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  • Sujir Praveen, Mangalore

    Thu, Jul 02 2020

    ದೇವರ ಕೆಲಸ..

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  • Roshan Rodrigues, Mangalore

    Thu, Jul 02 2020

    God Bless White Doves entire team Members and their family's

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