Two warm initiatives started last month to feed the needy and the elderly who are stuck alone at their homes during the lockdown have got a massive boost. The owner of Earth Cafe at Waterfield Road, who distributes meals to the elderly who are incapacitated, or bed-ridden, or living alone in the suburbs, got support of Bollywood bigwigs, including actors Sunny Leone, Genelia Deshmukh and businessman Raj Kundra. A group of seven young friends, who used their own income to provide free meals to beggars and footpath dwellers in Bandra, are now getting help from Mumbaikars.

Sunny Leone distributes food to the needy in the slum pockets of Bandra, on Sunday. Pic/Shadab Khan