Gujarat Village Thrives Without Home Cooking

In a small village called Chandaki in Gujarat, India, no one cooks at home anymore.

Instead, the whole village eats together in a community kitchen.

This started because many young people moved away for work, leaving mostly elderly people behind.

Cooking and shopping for food became hard for them.

So, the village leader, Poonambhai Patel, started a community kitchen about 14-15 years ago.

For a small monthly fee, everyone gets two meals a day.

The kitchen serves traditional Gujarati food and is a place where people can talk and spend time together.

This has made life better for the elderly and brought the village closer together.

Other nearby villages are now inspired by this idea.