Archive · 29 Aug 2026
PETA India distributes vegan meals in Delhi honoring founder’s mother
PETA India gave vegan rajma-chawal meals to 3,000 people in Delhi.
The food was provided to children and people in need.
The meal distribution remembered Mary Patricia Ward.
Ward was the mother of PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk.
She lived in Delhi during the 1950s and 1960s.
She helped children, mothers, orphaned children, and people affected by leprosy.
She also rescued injured dogs from the streets.
Her daughter said Ward taught her to help anyone who was suffering.
PETA India said the meals honored Ward’s caring values.
PETA India distributed nutritious vegan meals to 3,000 children and needy people in Delhi.
The meals were served at community education centres and Jai Hind Camp in Vasant Kunj.
The initiative honored Mary Patricia Ward, the late mother of PETA India founder Ingrid Newkirk.
Ward lived in Delhi during the 1950s and 1960s and supported children, mothers, orphaned children, and people affected by leprosy.
Ward died in 2013 in Springfield, Oregon; she was remembered for helping people and rescuing injured dogs.
- Who
- PETA India, with support from the Little India Foundation, distributed meals in memory of Mary Patricia Ward, mother of Ingrid Newkirk.
- What
- The organization distributed nutritious vegan rajma-chawal meals to 3,000 children and needy people.
- When
- The distribution was reported on August 29; Ward lived in Delhi during the 1950s and 1960s and died in 2013.
- Where
- Community education centres and Jai Hind Camp in Vasant Kunj, Delhi.
- Why
- The meals honored Ward’s legacy of helping people and animals.
- Organizer
- PETA India
- Beneficiaries
- 3,000 children and needy people
- Meal
- Protein-rich vegan rajma-chawal
- Locations
- Community education centres and Jai Hind Camp in Vasant Kunj
- Honored person
- Mary Patricia Ward
- Delhi connection
- Ward lived in New Delhi for eight years while her husband worked as an adviser to the Government of India
- Supporter
- Little India Foundation
- Date of death
- 2013, in Springfield, Oregon