As one of the prominent mid-day meal NGO in India, The Akshaya
Patra Foundation takes the responsibility and initiative to spread
awareness about the situation of classroom
hunger in India. Taking this attempt forward, Shridhar Venkat, CEO along
with T.V. Mohandas Pai, a Trustee of The The foundation recently addressed a gathering
of Rotary Club members with Dr. João Cravinho, the Ambassador of the European
Union to India; Shailesh Vishnubhai Haribhakti, Advisor at Gaja Capital
Partners, Director of IDBI Capital Market Services Ltd; Sumantra Sen, CEO
JSW Foundation and Madhav Das, Chief Communication Officer of Deutche Bank
being some of the dignitaries. The representatives of this NGO in India gave an elaborate picture of India being home to 40%
of the world’s total 165 million malnourished children. They presented the
various efforts being undertaken by the Foundation towards countering classroom hunger in India which will
eventually also answer the problem of hunger and poverty. But, there is a long
way to go.
The
Akshaya
Patra Foundation steers its
activities towards the clear vision that no child in India shall be deprived of
education because of hunger. This NGO has
the practical conviction that education has the power to rid a family from the
clutches of poverty, illiteracy and hunger; and eventually the society too.
Being a mid-day meal NGO, The Akshaya
Patra Foundation has always kept food safety and quality as its top
priorities. Harnessing the power of technology, this NGO in India operates
state-of-the-art automated kitchen facilities that can cook hygienic,
nutritious and healthy meals for 1,000 children in a matter of just 15 minutes.
In order to tackle classroom hunger in
India effectively, the meal provided should be consumable by every child,
hence the NGO provides a universal meal that can be consumed by all children
irrespective of caste, creed and religion. This factor fosters further
socialisation among children as they share the same meal. The discussion also
highlighted the organisation’s role in other feeding programmes including disaster
relief like the recent Nepal earthquake.
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