An initiative to feed the local community by a restaurant owner has taken off in the regional town of Milicent, South Australia.

Sukhi Dhaliwal, started the initiative four weeks ago in partnership with the local IGA, after seeing people rummaging through local bins. 

The demand from the community has established itself quickly, with Mr Dhaliwal preparing 36 meals in the first week to 60 meals a week. 

Mr Dhaliwal said the community gave his family support and love when they moved there 80 years ago saying, “[we] felt so welcomed into the community – being the only Indians in the town, [and] without this community, we would not be where we are today”.