{"id":7134,"date":"2015-11-09T15:32:47","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T14:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=7134"},"modified":"2016-03-02T13:15:18","modified_gmt":"2016-03-02T12:15:18","slug":"operation-sulaimani-ensures-everyone-in-kozhikode-has-something-to-eat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2015\/11\/operation-sulaimani-ensures-everyone-in-kozhikode-has-something-to-eat\/","title":{"rendered":"Operation Sulaimani ensures everyone in Kozhikode has something to eat"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"FKWeU0okt4A\"><iframe title=\"Operation Sulaimani\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FKWeU0okt4A?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The innovative Indian destination and community management programme <a href=\"http:\/\/compassionatekozhikode.in\/\" target=\"_blank\">Compassionate Kozhikode<\/a> has identified\u00a0Nov 13\u00a0as a World Food with Dignity Day to celebrate the success of a scheme it launched earlier this year to ensure all its citizens could get a free and nourishing meal, regardless of their ability to pay.<\/p>\n<p>Called\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/compassionatekozhikode.in\/initiatives-details\/27\" target=\"_blank\">Operation Sulaimani<\/a>, the scheme has brought the administration into partnership with local restaurants, hotel associations and civil society to ensure that anyone who\u00a0doesn&#8217;t have the money to buy a meal can get\u00a0an approved coupon and\u00a0walk into any one of a hundred restaurants in the district and\u00a0enjoy healthy food.<\/p>\n<p>There are now more than 25 &#8216;Sulaimani&#8217; Distribution centres spread across the 14 zones of Kozhikode district that one can access in times of need. The coupons can be exchanged for a good meal in more than 100 restaurants in the district.<\/p>\n<p>A donation box is kept at each of these restaurants for the public to contribute. Tourists, for example, can donate money in these boxes rather than giving to beggars, knowing that people in need will receive a good meal, and with far greater dignity. As such the scheme epitomises Compassionate Kozhikode&#8217;s focus on building a place that is better for its citizens, which in turn makes it better for anyone coming to visit.<\/p>\n<p>Money from these collection points is consistently collected by volunteers and deposited in a bank account managed by the Hotels &amp; Restaurants Association. Any loss of revenue incurred by participating restaurants is thus\u00a0absorbed through the system where they match the coupons collected by each restaurants and distribution centres.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hotels and restaurants in the Keralan town of Kozhikode are supporting a scheme that ensures everyone in the district can access a free meal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7135,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[131,16,263,138,287,534,14,573],"tags":[215],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ensuring everyone in Kozhikode has something to eat<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hotels and restaurants in the Keralan town of Kozhikode are supporting a scheme that ensures everyone in the district can access a free meal\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2015\/11\/operation-sulaimani-ensures-everyone-in-kozhikode-has-something-to-eat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ensuring everyone in Kozhikode has something to eat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hotels and restaurants in the Keralan town of Kozhikode are supporting a scheme that ensures everyone in the district can access a free meal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2015\/11\/operation-sulaimani-ensures-everyone-in-kozhikode-has-something-to-eat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Travindy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/travindy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"jeremymcsmith\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-11-09T14:32:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-03-02T12:15:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Operation-Sulaimani-inauguration.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"636\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"412\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jeremy Smith\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@jmcsmith\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Travindy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jeremy Smith\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2015\/11\/operation-sulaimani-ensures-everyone-in-kozhikode-has-something-to-eat\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2015\/11\/operation-sulaimani-ensures-everyone-in-kozhikode-has-something-to-eat\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jeremy Smith\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/65cacdf3d7388f87bd41e07423b7fbc4\"},\"headline\":\"Operation Sulaimani ensures everyone in Kozhikode has something to eat\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-11-09T14:32:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-03-02T12:15:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2015\/11\/operation-sulaimani-ensures-everyone-in-kozhikode-has-something-to-eat\/\"},\"wordCount\":283,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"India\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Community\",\"Destinations\",\"Food &amp; 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