Mother Kitchen and Take away counter is offering nutritious and healthy food at Kozhikode. Kudumbashree Mission has created its brand in Canteen and restaurants, it has now come out with a diverse concept called Mother Kitchen and Take away counters. The idea behind the concept is that the food would be cooked in a central location kitchen and would be marketed through take away counters or outlets. Mother kitchens menu comprises of nutritious and healthy food. In this busy world, mother kitchen cum take away counter is a helping hand for office personnel’s under Kozhikode corporation.
The NULM (National Urban Livelihoods Mission) team had explained about the innovative projects in an Area Development Society (ADS) meeting and a group with three members from 63rd division of Kozhikode Corporation expressed their willingness to start the Mother Kitchen and Take Away. The group consists of three members from three different Neighborhood groups. Smt. Shyamala from Azhakodi NHG, Smt. Sandhya from Nandanam NHG and Smt. Sunitha from Subhasree NHG are the members of the group. Within limited time, 'Ruchikkoot' Mother Kitchen and Take Away Counter was started on 24 November 2018.
In the initial time the group did’t had a location to set the take away outlet and the same was discussed with Kozhikode District Mission. With the help of Kozhikode District Mission, the unit managed to get the offer to start the Mother Kitchen at Government Veterinary Hospital, Kozhikode. As it is located near to NGO Union office and other different shops, it is really a great opportunity for the Kudumbashree group.
The Mother Kitchen and Take Away Counter was started with a total investment of Rs 2.5 lakhs as loan in the beginning stage and out of that Rs 1.9 lakhs was availed through NULM's Self Employment Programme. The Self Employment Programme focus on financial assistance to individuals or groups of urban poor for setting up gainful self-employment ventures or micro-enterprises, suited to their skills, training, aptitude and local conditions. The under-employed and unemployed urban poor will be encouraged to set up small enterprises relating to manufacturing, servicing and petty business for which there is considerable local demand.
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