Friday 7 March 2014

Akshaya Patra charity in Andhra Pradesh feeds 60,098 children every day

The Akshaya Patra Foundation established its presence in Andhra Pradesh when it started its kitchens at Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam in October 2008.This charity in Andhra Pradesh reaches out to 60,098 children across 461 government schools in the state every day, out which 54,849 children from 454 schools are from Hyderabad. The NGO for children in Hyderabad runs a centralised kitchen that delivers fresh, nutritious mid-day meals to government school children every day. This is one charity organisation in Hyderabad that also provides mid-day meals to 25,768 Anganwadi children every day.

The charity in Andhra Pradesh has also set up a centralised kitchen at Visakhapatnam that caters to 5,249 government school children and 34,241 Anganwadi children every day. The NGO for children in Hyderabad operates with 23 custom-made meal distribution vehicles that carry the food from the Hyderabad kitchen to schools all over the city. This charity organisation in Hyderabad saw many developments and improvements in the last year. The Hyderabad kitchen increased cooking capacity from 50,000 meals a day to 1,00,000.

The kitchen of this NGO for children in Hyderabad has also gained the distinction of winning, three times in a row, the ‘Best mid-day meal provider’ award presented by EPICURUS. Aside from the mid-day meal programme, this charity in Andhra Pradesh has also started other unique initiatives like The Akshaya Life Skills and Intervention Programme, Ananth Akshaya Scholarship, and feeding children at construction sites. With programmes like this in place, this charity organisation in Hyderabad is the source of many life changing success stories.

This charity in Andhra Pradesh is doing exceptional work through its mid-day meal and well as Anganwadi programme.This NGO for children in Hyderabad also provides meals as part of the Anganwadi programme to infants, lactating mothers and adolescents who drop out of school due to financial constraints. By being there for these various sections of society in needs, this charity organisation in Hyderabad helps ensure that they have sufficient nutrition to lead healthy lives, and secure their future.

The charity in Andhra Pradesh has no intention of relaxing now either.As part of its future plans it intends to increase feeding in Anganwadis by an additional 20,000 beneficiaries. This NGO for children in Hyderabad also intends to implement a GPRS tracking system to keep track of the meal distribution vehicles in the state. This charity organization in Hyderabad also intends to construct a new kitchen in the state, with the capacity to feed around 1.5 lakh children every day.

The Akshaya Patra Foundation today feeds over 1.3 million children across 20 locations in nine states of India. Their vision is that no child shall be denied an education because of hunger. To achieve this dream, their mission is to feed 5 million children by 2020. You can be a part of this incredible journey. Donate or volunteer with The Akshaya Patra Foundation and be a part of shaping a new, literate, healthy India.

Donate  online or volunteer with The Akshaya Patra Foundation and be a part of shaping a new, literate, healthy India.

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