BREAKFAST 4 YOU
Breakfast for you is an innovative concept of connecting the urban youth with the issues and problems of marginalised children, mainly with children living in the streets and slums of India. Through the medium of food, youth are motivated to relate themselves with the life of children in slums and streets. Here the significant influence of food habits among the urban youth is effectively used to relate them with the life of marginalised children. Youth brainstorms about the importance of breakfast in the daily life and are oriented on the food habits of the marginalised children living in the construction sites of Bangalore. They are invited for providing breakfast for the children in the weekends. These visits will help them to internalise these issues and will motivate them to form small groups or communities to reach out these children. In the long run vision is to evolve a network of small communities focusing on the development of marginalised children around the globe.
Programme
‘Breakfast 4 you is all about providing breakfast to the children living in the construction sites of Bangalore in the weekends. As we all know breakfast is not simply a food, it is a meal - the most important meal of the day. Thus providing breakfast is not all about giving food; it’s about giving the best meal of the day. To provide breakfast in its fullest meaning to the children, we make sure that all the components associated with breakfast are provided to the children. ie, brushing before breakfast to playing with the children after the meal.
An ordinary breakfast for a south Indian child consist of
o Brushing before breakfast
o Idly, sambar & chuttny
o Egg and banana
o Tea or Coffee
o Drinking water
o Plates & glasses
o Place to sit comfortably and eat
o Dear ones to serve
o water to wash
o simple games after the meal
The programme is carried out in the weekends. The youth group takes up the responsibility of carrying out the programme. It is visualized that in future the programme will grow in to fulfilling the developmental needs of the children and will facilitate the holistic development of children in the particular community.
Why breakfast?
1.As mentioned, the food habits are the most widely discussed part of urban culture. Youth often spend their time in food festivals, hotels and malls. New brands and tastes are experimented. In ‘Breakfast 4 you’ we try to interconnect the norms and culture of modern youth with their value system. In short the youth are suggested to see, observe, learn, understand and plan in their own way and in their own style by remaining in their norms and culture to relate them with the disadvantaged sections of our society. Thus the value system of Breakfast 4 you will go in par with that of the present generation.
2. In the developmental context, studies shows that an urban poor spent about 60 - 80% of the income for food, where as his rural counter part spent only 30-40% income for food. When the expense for the food is so high, the limited income sources will restrict the family to give less priority to the food consumption patterns of the no earning members of the family such as children, pregnant women disabled and aged. Thus providing nutritious food to the less privileged children is an effective way of ensuring the growth of the child.
3. In Human rights perspective, food is the basic element of survival right of an Individual. For a child food is his basic right to grow and development. Since a child is a minor who cannot earn his own, it is the responsibility of the family to fulfill his basic needs. If the family cannot meet the requirements, the state and the society is expected to provide adequate food for the development of the child. Hence providing breakfast to children is not charity, it is only a fulfillment of his right as a human being.
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BREAKFAST 4 YOU
Breakfast for you is an innovative concept of connecting the urban youth with the issues and problems of marginalised children, mainly with children living in the streets and slums of India. Through the medium of food, youth are motivated to relate themselves with the life of children in slums and streets. Here the significant influence of food habits among the urban youth is effectively used to relate them with the life of marginalised children. Youth brainstorms about the importance of breakfast in the daily life and are oriented on the food habits of the marginalised children living in the construction sites of Bangalore. They are invited for providing breakfast for the children in the weekends. These visits will help them to internalise these issues and will motivate them to form small groups or communities to reach out these children. In the long run vision is to evolve a network of small communities focusing on the development of marginalised children around the globe.
Programme
‘Breakfast 4 you is all about providing breakfast to the children living in the construction sites of Bangalore in the weekends. As we all know breakfast is not simply a food, it is a meal - the most important meal of the day. Thus providing breakfast is not all about giving food; it’s about giving the best meal of the day. To provide breakfast in its fullest meaning to the children, we make sure that all the components associated with breakfast are provided to the children. ie, brushing before breakfast to playing with the children after the meal.
An ordinary breakfast for a south Indian child consist of
o Brushing before breakfast
o Idly, sambar & chuttny
o Egg and banana
o Tea or Coffee
o Drinking water
o Plates & glasses
o Place to sit comfortably and eat
o Dear ones to serve
o water to wash
o simple games after the meal
The programme is carried out in the weekends. The youth group takes up the responsibility of carrying out the programme. It is visualized that in future the programme will grow in to fulfilling the developmental needs of the children and will facilitate the holistic development of children in the particular community.
Why breakfast?
1.As mentioned, the food habits are the most widely discussed part of urban culture. Youth often spend their time in food festivals, hotels and malls. New brands and tastes are experimented. In ‘Breakfast 4 you’ we try to interconnect the norms and culture of modern youth with their value system. In short the youth are suggested to see, observe, learn, understand and plan in their own way and in their own style by remaining in their norms and culture to relate them with the disadvantaged sections of our society. Thus the value system of Breakfast 4 you will go in par with that of the present generation.
2. In the developmental context, studies shows that an urban poor spent about 60 - 80% of the income for food, where as his rural counter part spent only 30-40% income for food. When the expense for the food is so high, the limited income sources will restrict the family to give less priority to the food consumption patterns of the no earning members of the family such as children, pregnant women disabled and aged. Thus providing nutritious food to the less privileged children is an effective way of ensuring the growth of the child.
3. In Human rights perspective, food is the basic element of survival right of an Individual. For a child food is his basic right to grow and development. Since a child is a minor who cannot earn his own, it is the responsibility of the family to fulfill his basic needs. If the family cannot meet the requirements, the state and the society is expected to provide adequate food for the development of the child. Hence providing breakfast to children is not charity, it is only a fulfillment of his right as a human being.