How many mid-day meals can Akshaya Patra afford in Rs. 750?

How many mid-day meals can Rs. 750 afford? The Akshaya Patra Foundation recently released a video that captured the opinion of people across all sections to know what Rs. 750 can buy. Interestingly, it was discovered that a lot of things can be bought with Rs. 750. But at the same time Akshaya Patra’s latest video also brought to fore that this amount in today’s time has become quite trivial. Growing inflation and rising income levels has made this amount more disposable than ever.

But there is a different story altogether when it comes to Akshaya Patra. This mid-day meal implementing NGO provides free school lunch for one child for one whole year with this Rs. 750. Yes, this is what Akshaya Patra does. So when you contribute Rs. 750 either as an offline or online donation to NGO, you are actually providing one nutritious meal per day for one child for one whole academic year. Rs. 750 is a step towards countering classroom hunger, malnutrition and illiteracy thereby paving way for a healthy, literate and hopeful nation.

Watch Akshaya Patra’s latest video at Rs. 750 story. Watch it, share it and spread awareness about Akshaya Patra’s cause. It will just take a few seconds of yours and nothing more!

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Akshaya Patra - NGO in India

The Akshaya Patra Foundation is one of the most well-known NGOs in India. It started as a NGO in Bangalore in 2000 and gradually expanded its operations in other parts of the country. The Foundation's vision statement clearly spells out its purpose, "No child in India shall be deprived of education because of hunger." It indicates that this NGO in India not only wants to provide free school meal rather it wants to harness the potential of food in strengthening education. It is seen that India is a young country in terms of average age of its population yet it is one of the poorest when it comes to literacy rate and malnutrition. Thus it is an attempt by this NGO in India to counter classroom hunger, malnutrition and illiteracy through providing healthy, nutritious and hygienic meal to the children in Government schools.

Akshaya Patra, a NGO in Visakhapatnam

 The Akshaya Patra Foundation operates as a NGO in Visakhapatnam that implements the mid-day meal programme. Every day it feeds more than five thousand children across seven Government schools. Akshaya Patra started its operations as a NGO in Visakhapatnam since October 2008 with a centralised kitchen facility.

Recently the State Government of Andhra Pradesh organised a week long awareness programme titled Badi Pilustondi. This programme spread awareness about the importance of education. It motivated the parents to enrol and send their children to school. It also assured the gathering of implementing the Child Labour Prohibition and Regulation Act and ensured 100% enrolment of children to school countering any dropout. 

The programme was well attended by several Government schools in Visakhapatnam along with their teaching faculty and local dignitaries. All the participants were served Akshaya Patra meal at the end of the programme. The high level of quality, hygiene and taste maintained by this NGO in Visakhapatnam during the implementation of the mid-day meal programme was appreciated by one and all.

As a mark of appreciation to the efforts of this NGO in Visakhapatnam the students of the Gajuwaka High School dedicated a song based on the Foundation.  Click here to listen to the song.

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NGO in Orissa feeds hungry bellies with the mid day meal

As a non profit organization in India, The Akshaya Patra Foundation is running the mid day meal programme in 23 locations across 10 states of India. One of the states is Orissa. This non profit organization in India started its operations as an NGO in Orissa in June 2006 by setting up a kitchen in Puri. As an implementing partner of the mid day meal programme, there is a steady support from the Government of India, the various State Governments and associated organisations. Which helps this NGO in Orissa immensely in expanding its reach to other locations of the state in order to feed more children with mid day meal. As an NGO in Orissa the organisation runs the mid day meal programme at four locations in the state.

Striding towards the mission with each Akshaya Patra kitchen

 

The Akshaya Patra Foundation with its each new kitchen is strategically moving towards its mission of feeding 5 million children by 2020. Recently, the Foundation saw two new Akshaya Patra kitchens one each in Odisha and Gujarat. The NGO in Odisha has been functioning since June 2006 and with the Cuttack kitchen there are now four Akshaya Patra kitchens in Odisha. Akshaya Patra also started its kitchen in Ahmedabad.

Mid-day meal programme in Karnataka

 

 The Akshaya Patra Foundation began as an NGO in Karnataka running the mid-day meal programme when it set up its first kitchen at H.K. Hill, Bangalore, in 2000. The growing necessity to feed more children in need led Akshaya Patra to start kitchens in the districts of Hubli, Bellary, Mangalore and Mysore, including a second unit at Vasanthapura, Bangalore, expanding the mid-day meal in karnataka states. Currently the NGO is also operating in nine other states feeding 1.4 million children every day. It sustains its operation with Government grants and donations to charity.

Akshaya Patra inaugurates its latest kitchen in Ahmedabad

 

The Akshaya Patra Foundation recently inaugurated its latest kitchen Ahmedabad, Gujarat. It was inaugurated by Anandiben Patel - Chief Minister of Gujarat and Vasuben Trivedi - Minister of State Women and Child Development, Government of Gujarat accompanied by other dignitaries. At the event, Anandiben Patel expressed her support towards the Akshaya Patra mid-day meal programme and said that she believes that Akshaya Patra will fulfil the goal of making Gujarat a malnutrition free state. She also said that the Akshaya Patra’s mid-day meal programme is providing nutrition for a healthy mind and body for numerous children and that Gujarat Government will all the needed support for this endeavour.

Boston Globe covers Akshaya Patra story

In a recent development, Former US President Bill Clinton along with Gururaj “Desh” Deshpande and other noted dignitaries visited the Akshaya Patra kitchen in Jaipur. During the visit they also visited one of the beneficiary schools and interacted with the beneficiaries of the mid-day meal programme. Click here to know more about the Commitment to Clinton Global Initiative made by Government of India, Deshpande, and Ravindra Chamaria. Akshaya Patra provides mid-day meals to 1.4 million children across more than 10,600 Government schools in 10 states.

Feed the hungry through Akshaya Patra - a children charity

 The Akshaya Patra Foundation is an Indian children charity that implements the mid-day meal programme to feed the hungry children across the nation. With its vision of, ‘No child in India shall be deprived of education because of hunger', it attempts to address the two crucial challenges of hunger and education. Donate online to support the cause.

Protinex supports Akshaya Patra

 

 In a strategic partnership through Corporate Social Responsibility, Protinex has partnered with The Akshaya Patra Foundation to support the cause of mid-day meal. This partnership showcases how Corporate Social partnerships with non-profit organisations can be potential step towards bringing positive changes in the society. Protinex is one of India's leading protein supplement brand. It has initiated the 'Nutrition at Re. 1' campaign to support Akshaya Patra. Through this campaign, Protinex contributed Re. 1 to Akshaya Patra’s mid-day meal programme on sale of every tin of Protinex Original. Protinex has adopted 3,500 students across 28 Akshaya Patra beneficiary schools to provide mid-day meals.

Mid-Day Meal Scheme in Hyderabad

The Mid-Day Meal Scheme is a free school lunch programme initiated by the Government of India. This school lunch programme is to be implemented in all Government schools across India. The Mid-Day Meal Scheme acts a supporting pillar for education schemes like Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan. In the socio-economic scenario of India, food plays an important role. Indeed education schemes have brought about awareness and positive changes in the society but it needs the extra backing of food. Financially backward families prefer their children to work rather than study because that will add an extra hand to earn. But the provision of a free meal at school influences the minds of the parents to send their children to school with the hope that their children will at least get one wholesome meal per day. This in turn also leads them to get educated.

 

A Morsel Of Love

Do you know why do over 1.4 million children love the sight of the Akshaya Patra little bus? Wonder what is in Akshaya Patra food that has made it so liked by the children that they want to attend school every day?

Watch A Morsel Of Love  that answers your questions as it unveils the secret ingredient that goes into the cooking.  We all relish the food that is prepared by our mothers as it is rich with her love and care. A Morsel Of Love is Akshaya Patra’ way of saying that every child needs food that is as good.

The process of cooking is so diligently designed such that at no point there is haste made in either cleaning, transporting from one section to another or cooking. Care is taken to ensure that all the ingredients are appropriately cleaned and cooked at right temperature such that richness of food or flavours of the ingredients is not lost. All the kitchen employees strictly adhere to the hygiene standards and wear head gears and gloves to prevent any possible contamination. The kitchen is constantly cleaned and they leave no stone unturned when it comes to hygiene.

The organization believes that it is very important for children to eat healthy for growth and to accomplish their childhood milestones.  Hence utmost care is taken while making new recipes and cooking with no compromise on quality or taste. However the secret ingredients that goes into the food is the love and care on part of each of the employees who are dedicated to serve the children. The film reiterates all of this. Watch A Morsel Of Love.

Feeding over 1.4 million children in India across 23 locations in 10 states is only a beginning for this organization as it aims to reach 5 million by 2020 and more beyond. For this the organization need your support. Every donation makes a difference. Donate online now.

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Protinex supports Akshaya Patra

 

In a strategic partnership through Corporate Social Responsibility, Protinex has partnered with The Akshaya Patra Foundation to support the cause of mid-day meal. This partnership showcases how Corporate Social partnerships with non-profit organisations can be potential step towards bringing positive changes in the society. Protinex is one of India's leading protein supplement brand. It has initiated the 'Nutrition at Re. 1' campaign to support Akshaya Patra. Through this campaign, Protinex contributed Re. 1 to Akshaya Patra’s mid-day meal programme on sale of every tin of Protinex Original. Protinex has adopted 3,500 students across 28 Akshaya Patra beneficiary schools to provide mid-day meals.

Snippet from Akshaya Patra Kitchens

The Akshaya Patra Foundation is an Indian NGO that implements the mid-day meal programme in conjunction with the Central Government of India and various State Governments. Akshaya Patra kitchens operate in two formats- centralised kitchens and decentralised kitchens. The format of the Akshaya Patra kitchens is decided based on the geographical terrain and connectivity of a particular location.

Child NGO feeds 1.39 million children across India

Growing from being a NGO in Karnataka, The Akshaya Patra Foundation today implements the mid-day meal programme in 10 other states of India. It started its journey way back in June 2000, by serving mid-day meal to 1,500 children of five Government schools in Bangalore. Soon, it surfaced that the need of the mid-day meal programme is huge among the Government schools. To cater to this need, this NGO in Karnataka gradually started expanding its operations in other parts of the state. After the Supreme Court order in 2003 of providing cooked meal to the Government school children, Akshaya Patra began implementing the programme in conjunction with the Central Government and various State Governments. This child NGO follows the Public-Partnership model of working. It receives Grants and Subsidies from the Government which is further supported by generous donors with their contributions.

Delightful day for Akshaya Patra’s kitchen in Jaipur

 

16th July 2014, was a day of delight for Akshaya Patra kitchen in Jaipur. Bill Clinton, former President of the USA paid a visit to the kitchen facility of Jaipur. The Akshaya Patra Foundation implements the mid-day meal programme in India covering 23 locations including Jaipur. It was a remarkable day for the Foundation as a whole to have been in the itinerary of a noted personality. Clinton was accompanied by Gururaj Deshpande, Abhay Jain along with 25 delegates and Akshaya Patra representatives.

Feed hungry child through Akshaya Patra

 

The main motivation behind Akshaya Patra’s mid-day meals programme is the innumerable stories of its beneficiaries. It is as if Akshaya Patra is nourishing 1.39 million stories each passing day to reach its zenith of reality. Being one of the noted NGO in the mid-day meals sector, Akshaya Patra makes sure that each morsel is clean, safe and hygienic. This Indian NGO aims at countering classroom hunger and illiteracy by bringing more and more children in its fold through the mid-day meals programme. While preparing the mid-day meals for millions of children, Akshaya Patra keeps intact the nutrition requirement of the meal and also satisfies the local palate so that children can relish their meal.