AWWA provides 3,700 free food packets to the needy in Delhi

NE NEWS SERVICE

NEW DELHI, MARCH 31

Army Wives Welfare Organisation (AWWA) on Tuesday handed over 2,500 food packets to the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi for distribution to the needy people during the lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. AWWA had handed over 1,200 food packets on Monday. The food packet distribution free of charge will continue for five days, a Defence release said.

The food packets were prepared under Army’s AWWA Lunch project by families of Officers, Junior Commissioned Officers and Other Ranks at their houses in various colonies of Delhi.

Prepared food being loaded on in a vehicle for transporting to an NCR Government distribution centre. – NE photo

One of the largest voluntary organisations in the country, the AWWA aims for the holistic development and well-being of Army Wives, including their children, rehabilitation of war widows and differently-abled children. It also takes active participation in the activities of Central and State Governments towards improving the living conditions of the poor.