In Sanskrit, Raksha Bandhan means ‘knot of protection’. It is an age old festival that was started to
symbolise the protection provided by a brother towards his sister. Gradually
this festival evolved to become a celebration of harmony and love bringing
people from across all religions, castes and varied ethnic groups. Beyond
regular security, protection also means providing aid for a better tomorrow.
Keeping this in view The Akshaya Patra Foundation provides an opportunity for
all to participate in the celebration of Raksha
Bandhan by providing food to millions of under-served children. It is a way
through which people can provide nutritious meals thereby facilitating in
countering classroom hunger and promoting education.
The Akshaya Patra Foundation is a NGO in India implementing the
Mid-Day Meal Programme since more than a decade. It provides freshly cooked
nutritious meal to children across government schools. Currently, it serves
over 1.4 million children covering 24 locations of 10 states. The Foundation
operates centralised kitchen format and decentralised kitchen format to
implement the Mid-Day Meal Programme. The centralised kitchen format of this Foundation
has been cited as a model infrastructure for large scale production of mid-day
meals in the guidelines of NP-NSPE. Akshaya Patra follows the Public-Private
Partnership model of working and it has received appreciation widely. The years
of consistent dedicated service has earned the Foundation a place in the
National Steering-cum-Monitoring Committee for Mid-Day Meal Scheme.
For the
benefit of children, Akshaya Patra takes various initiatives to spread
awareness, call for volunteers and raise participation and funds. Alike
previous campaigns, it is anticipated that this Raksha Bandhan initiative will also enhance the bond of love and
affection towards children who deserve all the rights to food and education. It
is possible to provide children with #BhojanSurakshaBandhan on this
auspicious occasion. This bond will eventually prove to become a strong and
potential knot between supporters and beneficiaries in stepping towards a
healthy and educated future. This bond will also ensure a secure future for
these children. Imagine the extent of aid that Akshaya Patra beneficiaries will
receive if each person acts upon providing food security to millions of
children as a part of the Raksha Bandhan
celebration. The essence of the celebration itself will take a whole new tangible
dimension with such an act of collective charity.
Your consideration of donating food to children
as a gift on Raksha Bandhan will
certainly be an act of compassion. Though these beneficiaries come from humble
backgrounds and have their individual struggles yet they are filled with
determination to change the future for the better. All they need is a little
support from you. And as is said we all have the potential of providing little
or more support at all times, thus, let your skill, time, knowledge or resource
become a medium to provide support for the beneficiaries. Let’s take the
festivity of Raksha Bandhan beyond
our homes. Celebrate this Raksha Bandhan differently by participating in
#BhojanSurakshaBandhan. Your contribution
will gift the protection of food and education to millions of children in need.
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