Tsunami Relief: Food Support

April 16, 2005

Allapad Panchayat, Kerala

M. A. Math to this day (112 days since the Tsunami of December 2004) serves 30,000 meals a day to the survivors.

(Approximate figures, daily, unless otherwise noted)

People served		10,000
3 meals x 10,000		30,000 meals
Food counters		18 + One school (48 children's breakfast)
Volunteers at counters		72
Volunteers on meal delivery trucks		30
Cooks		30
Potwashers		10
Vegetable Choppers		50
Hours kitchen in operation		3:30 am
Total daily meals from this kitchen		Between 15,000 and 22,000
Vegetables (per week)		3 truckloads (per week)
Upama (Farina-like mixture)		400 - 500 kg
Rice		1000 kg
Tea		4 kg (5,000 servings)
Milk		50 liters
Cooking Oil		150 liters
Cooking fuel (gas)		20 cylinders
Meals delivery trucks/vans		8
Petrol & maintenance cost for vehicles		Rs. 10,000 (US $235)