Hunger Strike! Inc.
Hunger Strike! Inc. is a charitable organization 501(3)(c) that provides medical, health, education, and financial services. It commenced operations in 1988 as a group that fed and clothed the homeless in the Washington, D.C. area. In the 1990s it was incorporated.
The operations later expanded in the U.S. to Maryland, Virginia, and Florida. In 1993 the company began offering free physical assessments and free seminars on "Health, Nutrition, and Natural Remedies"©. These seminars were conducted in the U.S., India, Sri Lanka, and Denmark. Invitations were extended from Romania and Pakistan. In India and Sri Lanka Hunger Strike! Inc. operates as Genesis Health Foundation.
Hunger Strike! Inc. also offers physical assessments for the underprivileged, a natural remedy clinic, provides financial help by filling in temporary gaps for those needing rent, education, funeral expenses, grocery help, and other desperate needs of persons during slumps in their lives. It operates completely through generous contributions.
The original Board members were Jacob Demetrius Gnanakkan, Angela Ferrari Gnanakkan, and Evanir Garcia. The Board Members in 2010-2012 are Jacob Demetrius Gnanakkan, President/Treasurer, Elizabeth Abel, Vice President, Aaron Black, Secretary.
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Commendations
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- Featured in 3ABN Satellite Interview Segment, 1994, "Hunger Strike! Inc."
- Hunger Strike! Inc. was interviewed by 26 journalists and published in South India, 1994
- Kandana, Sri Lanka - Appreciation Award, 1994
- Vadapalani, India - Appreciation Award, 1994
- Coonor, India - Appreciation Award, 1994
- Yercaud, India - Appreciation Award, 1994
- Vijayawada, India, - Appreciation Award, 1994