The sight of a young boy and a few young men looking for food in a rubbish bin as she was sitting in a restaurant eating her dinner moved Uma Pushpanathan to establish a programme to feed the hungry in Kuala Lumpur.

“I was having my dinner in a restaurant in town when I noticed this young boy and a few other young men scavenging for food in a garbage bin. It really troubled me. Malaysia is so rich with food and here were these young people who were so hungry. How could that be?” recalls Uma.