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"Here&amp;#039;s a&amp;amp;nbsp;story of this heroic&amp;amp;nbsp;fridge that&amp;amp;nbsp;has taken the onus to bring smiles on the faces of destitute&amp;amp;nbsp;and has a&amp;amp;nbsp;become a source of happiness for hundreds&amp;amp;nbsp;in Kochi. &amp;#039;Nanma Maram&amp;#039; or the &amp;#039;Tree&amp;amp;nbsp;of Goodness&amp;#039;, this refrigerator has been installed outside a restaurant &amp;amp;nbsp;Pappadavada, where anyone can drop off leftover food\u2014and that food, in turn, can be&amp;amp;nbsp;picked up by the hungry and the homeless.  The brainchild of&amp;amp;nbsp;owner&amp;amp;nbsp;Minu Pauline, the idea struck when she heard&amp;amp;nbsp;about the&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;#039;coffee on the wall&amp;#039; concept,&amp;amp;nbsp;common in&amp;amp;nbsp;many countries and inspired her&amp;amp;nbsp;to do her bit to feed the poor. This &amp;#039;public fridge&amp;#039;&amp;amp;nbsp;functions around the clock, and the&amp;amp;nbsp;response from the public so far has been amazing. While many buy&amp;amp;nbsp;food specially&amp;amp;nbsp;to contribute to&amp;amp;nbsp;the fridge, Minu encourages locals to bring the leftover food from their own homes&amp;amp;nbsp;which would otherwise go to&amp;amp;nbsp;waste.  The restaurant not only bears the maintenance cost of the fridge, but also makes sure to put 50 individually wrapped parcels of&amp;amp;nbsp;food&amp;amp;nbsp;in it every single&amp;amp;nbsp;day. The fridge has a marker in it,&amp;amp;nbsp;so every food donor can fill out&amp;amp;nbsp;the date of packing to ensure the food is consumed without it&amp;amp;nbsp;getting&amp;amp;nbsp;stale, or rotting. And how would someone avoid the whole pilfering angle of it all?&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ll just put my faith in the goodness of people,&amp;quot; Minu told the media in an interview.&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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