<span style="color: #222222;">Community Kitchens run by women Self-Help Groups are providing food to the most poor and vulnerable in rural areas during the COVID-19 lockdown. Community kitchens have emerged as a solution to feed those in need. The presence of the Self-Help Group network in every Gram Panchayat and the linkage with Local Self Governments were important factors in assigning the operation of community kitchens to them. Ten thousand community kitchens have been set up across five states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha, among others. These kitchens spread across 75 different districts have been providing meals twice a day to nearly 70 thousand individuals who are vulnerable and needy. Other states are also running such initiatives.<br />''<br />''Self-Help Groups across the country have responded with various initiatives to ensure continued access to essential services.  Women collectives are also supporting frontline health workers in the delivery of essential child, adolescent and maternal health and nutrition-related entitlements.</span><br />