In a compassionate and eco-conscious effort, Café Delhi Heights’ Red Fort outlet, in collaboration with Neighbourhood Woofs, has transformed 5,500 kg of leftover food into safe, nutritious meals for stray and community dogs across Delhi. Led by Shirin Batra (of the café's founding family) and Ayesha Christina Benn (founder of Neighbourhood Woofs), the initiative began in November 2024 with a vision to reduce food wastage while addressing urban animal welfare.

Every evening, café staff segregate edible leftovers rice, curries, breads, vegetables, salads ensuring nothing spoiled or harmful is included. These are collected and taken to a “dog kitchen” in Timarpur, where they’re diluted with rice and water, and enriched with eggs and curd to make wholesome, soupy meals. Feeding happens twice daily around 9 am and 4:30 pm benefiting over 100 dogs, including those at Neighbourhood Woofs centers and many roaming the streets.

Beyond nourishment, the programme fosters trust well-fed dogs are calmer, making sterilisation and vaccination drives smoother. For the organizers, it's not charity it’s a sustainable system turning waste into wellness. The pair now plans to refine logistics and scale up the model across more outlets, and hopes to inspire other restaurants to adopt similar waste-to-welfare approaches.