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May 08, 2021 20:38 IST
From creating live-tracking apps to platforms for home cooks, meet the people who are stepping up in the midst of the second wave
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From creating live-tracking apps to platforms for home cooks, meet the people who are stepping up in the midst of the second wave
They may not be on the frontline, but meet a few poeple who are making a huge difference rallying volunteers, helping furries, and helping disseminate verified leads and information.
Neysa Mendes, Mumbai
#BakeForIndia
The hashtag opens a gorgeous page full of tarts, cookies, brownies and more. All of that deliciousness, however, has an interesting origin story. “I was channelling the anger, despair and grief [at the disastrous situation we are in] into action,” says Mendes, 37, a food stylist and recipe developer, who decided to use her skills as a baker to raise funds. When she posted about 12 dark chocolate tarts that she was making, though, she also extended an in
On April 25, 2021, when the world woke up to a chilling front page in the
New York Times, blazing with an image of mass funerals in a cremation ground in Delhi, Mumbai-based baker-food stylist-recipe developer Neysa Mendes felt as overwhelmed as most other doomscrollers. “I was feeling a mix of anger and despair at the devastating situation. I knew I needed to do something and this [baking] is what I knew how to do,” says the petite 37-year-old home chef, who decided to use her influence (and skills) to bake for a COVID fundraiser earlier this week.
What started as a personal contribution to help India’s crumbling healthcare transformed into a bake sale campaign that has so far united a cohort of bakers and home chefs from Mumbai, Pune, Chennai and Jaipur. “My idea was to donate 100 per cent of the sales to a verified charity and have transparency by posting a donation slip confirming the same,” says Mendes, popularly known as @goodslice on Instagram, who set up basic gu