Help educate children by providing mid-day meal

‘Help educate children’- a phrase which we have heard many a times directly indicates the potential of education in breaking the vicious cycle of hunger-illiteracy-poverty. But, in the socio-economic scenario of India, it has been observed that food becomes an important intervention in bringing and retaining children at school.

Akshaya Patra striving towards excellence in feeding children

The Akshaya Patra Foundation implements the mid-day meal programme in nine states of India. It works in a Public-Private Partnership model thereby receiving support from the Central Government, State Governments and generous donors. It is always in the stride for bettering its process and operations so that it is always geared up to feed more and more children. Akshaya Patra has adopted a continual programme under the umbrella named Akshaya Pragathi Program.

Get a hands-on experience of Akshaya Patra Kitchen in Bangalore

The Akshaya Patra Foundation is into feeding the children in Bangalore Government schools along with Government schools of 19 locations across India. By implementing the mid-day meal programme in nine states of India, Akshaya Patra does not get restricted to being just a Karnataka NGO. To accomplish the full potential of the mid-day meal programme and also to benefit more and more children, Akshaya Patra operates both the Centralised and the Decentralised model of kitchens.

Mid-day meal programme for school children

The mid-day meal programme for school children has proved to be one of the most impactful initiatives of the Government of India in the sector of child education was and health. The mid-day meal programme for school children acted as a supporting pillar for the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) initiative.

ICAI Award Gold for Akshaya Patra Annual Report

The 2012-13 Akshaya Patra Annual Report received the ICAI (Institute of Chartered Accountants of India) Gold Shield Award for the fifth year in a row. With this ICAI award Akshaya Patra also entered the ICAI Hall of Fame. Akshaya Patra is the first NGO to have received this honour and it shares the space with only two organisations namely Infosys Limited and Nucleus Software.

Akshaya Patra- the NGO for children

The Indian NGO for children The Akshaya Patra Foundation has been in service of children since June 2000. With the vision of “No child in India shall be deprived of education because of hunger”, this charity for children implements the mid-day meal programme in nine states of India.

Karnataka NGO helps feed the children in Bangalore

It is with great joy that The Akshaya Patra Foundation helps to feed the children in Bangalore through the mid-day meal scheme. The Karnataka NGO headquartered in Bangalore, has kitchens in 20 locations across 9 states providing food to 10,050 government schools in India.

Support Child Education- Join hands with Akshaya Patra

“No child in India shall be deprived of education because of hunger” clearly brings out the significance of supporting child education. This is the vision of The Akshaya Patra Foundation. Akshaya Patra is an Indian charity started in June 2000 in Bangalore, Karnataka. Though the principle cause of this charity is to implement the mid-day meal programme in Government schools it lays equal importance to education.

Akshaya Patra Photo Exhibition: Wall of Hope and Joy

As an awareness initiative The Akshaya Patra Foundation-a Bangalore Children Charity recently organised a photography exhibition. The exhibition titled "A Wall of Hope and Joy" was held at 'Vismaya' Rangoli Art Gallery, Metro Station at M.G Road, Bangalore. The exhibition was inaugurated by representatives of Akshaya Patra, Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) and professionals from both photography and film fraternity.