School Admission Time for the Beneficiaries of Akshaya Patra (Part-2)

In the first part, we have seen how Akshaya Patra improvises the quality and excellence of its kitchens for welcoming its beneficiary children after the vacations. This non-profit organisation in India is striving hard to provide nutritious mid-day meals to children in Government schools.

The burning problem in India is hunger and illiteracy among school children.  Most of the children studying in Government schools hail from low income families, who do not have provision for a proper meal a day. A hungry child becomes unhealthy, less attentive and hence a poor learner.  The child might be a drop-out and start searching for his own food ending up as a child labourer.

Alarmingly, National Census 2011 reveals that in India there are 10.12 million child labourers aged 5 to 14.  In the backdrop of food insecurity, a child can never concentrate in class. Realizing the issue, Akshaya Patra serves unlimited food for education to school children, so that hunger won’t be a restraint in their path to education. If the problem of hunger and malnourishment are solved, children can concentrate in studies.

In the recent years, it has been witnessed that mid-day meals attracts children in coming to school. Its benefits extend beyond class rooms, making children healthy by boosting their energy, breaking poverty in households, serving as an investment for the future of a child making him/her educated and literate. For most of the children it would be the only nutritious meal in a day. Thus, micronutrient deficiencies that cause severe health problems are solved. It can also be considered as a bonus that will help children to stay at school so that the enrolment and attendance are increased in schools and hence paving the paths of progress, development and success of the nation.

 

Education plays an important role in the life of a child.  It is education that moulds an illiterate child into an enlightened individual. So, this non-profit organisation in India, feeds the children with mid-day meals to keep hunger at bay and help them to lead a progressive future. Thus, solving the problems related to health, education and child labour. 

Akshaya Patra reaches out to 1.5 million children in 24 locations across 10 states of India. Here is a brief survey of the states Akshaya Patra is serving mid-day meals in

• Andhra Pradesh, 28051 children are served across 109 schools
• Assam, 53649 children are served across 592 schools. 
• Chhattisgarh, 23647 children are served across 160 schools.
• Gujarat, 400158 children are served across 1653 schools. 
• Karnataka, 463682 children are served across 26289 schools. 
• Odisha, 125242 children are served across 1461 schools.
• Rajasthan 135910 students are served across 1830 schools. 
• Tamil Nadu 718 students are served. 
• Telangana, 54849 students across 454 schools and
• Uttar Pradesh, 150663 students across 1983 schools. 

The organisation is striving tirelessly to spread its roots across to other states in India.  As responsible citizens of society, let us join hands to solve the problem of hunger which is an obstacle in a child’s progressive life. It is our social responsibility to see that no child becomes a labourer for the want of food and be malnourished for dearth of food. It is our duty to ensure that students will not be drop-outs for food. 

Let us be part of Akshaya Patra in serving unlimited food for education by giving donation for the NGO. Every donation of Rs 500 or above is eligible for 100% tax exemption benefits. Within ten days of making the donation, tax receipts can be expected. It takes only Rs.750 to feed a child for a year!

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School Admission Time for the Beneficiaries of Akshaya Patra

The schools are reopening after the summer vacation. The children are filled with hopes for a new beginning and a new start and they dream to remain in the class rooms if circumstances are favourable. The parents of children from low economic backgrounds in Government schools find it a challenge in sending their children to schools. Most of them cannot afford to give their children a proper meal a day and as a result educating their children remains a distant dream. For them, feeding their children is of utmost importance than educating them.  As a result, education tends to be secondary. So, NGOs in India, like Akshaya Patra takes up the responsibility of feeding children in Government schools in partnership with the Government of India. The organisation works to make sure hunger won’t remain a constraint for children to come to schools.

As the children are getting ready for schools after the summer vacation, the organisation is also ready to welcome the children with nutritious and wholesome meal so that the children have the energy to focus in class rooms. Akshaya Patra is serving mid-day meals to 1.5 million children in 24 locations across 10 states of India, providing them with freshly cooked meal on all school days. To provide children with fresh, warm, nutritious food at the right place and at the right time is not as easy as we think it to be. To retain the quality and excellence tireless efforts are required. The entire kitchens of Akshaya Patra have to prepare tonnes of dal, sambar, rice, rotis, khichadi, different types of pulao, sweet rice, kheer and kadhi   maintaining proper hygiene and quality.

The kitchens are equipped with rice cauldrons, sambhar cauldrons, roti-making machines, kneading machines and equipment’s of the latest technology. The organisation keeps adopting new technology for maximum results.

The vacation time for Akshaya Patra is a time for making necessary renovations and changes, buying machines to enhance the kitchens. The processes in the kitchen are never-ending which always require proper maintenance to bring out the best results.  This NGO in India has earned a name for its quality and excellence and for being among the largest provider of midday meals to government schools in the country.

Just as the children are making preparations to come to school with new books, pencils and other school accessories, Akshaya Patra also sees to it that kitchen is under proper condition for welcoming the students to the new period of hopes and dreams by feeding the children. The organisation is striving hard to welcome them and retain them in class rooms so that they remain healthy, strong and intelligent with full attendance for the entire year.

To make sure that the organisation keeps up with its good work for a noble cause, let us donate to Akshaya Patra and help it to keep serving nutritious mid-day meals to the children.  Let us be a reason of smile to the children and their parents and be a part with the NGO to give children a progressive future.

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Celebrating Akshaya Tritiya with Akshaya Patra

Seeing a smile on a child’s face after gratifying his hunger is the greatest blessing one can earn in his lifetime. There are many children in Government schools who crave to study and be educated but, are forced dropouts for a square meal. If they are fed at least a day, they can have a proper education. So there are NGOs in India, like Akshaya Patra that provides mid-day meals to children with the sole purpose of seeing hunger free classrooms. The organisation implements mid-day meals to children in Government schools in partnership with the Central Government and various State Governments.

If you really thinking of a day which would be very auspicious to do charity. Then, the right day is 9^th of May, the day of Akshaya Tritiya. The day is considered very auspicious to do charity as well as start new ventures to ensure infinite returns. The merits done on this day brings prosperity, fortune, good luck and success. So, on this auspicious day let us start a new venture by sponsoring a child and provide unlimited food for education.

"Akshaya means eternal or that which never ends. Tradition says any donation or dana given on the day of Akshaya Tritiya is said to give 100 times more results."

The aim of Akshaya Patra as a renowned NGO in India is to end hunger by being an inexhaustible pot that could feed endlessly the students and there by promote education. The organisation aims to feed 5 million children by 2020 to wipe away two social evils, hunger and illiteracy.

Let us donate for charity and be blessed a 100 times more from the smile of children. Take away the darkness of hunger and illiteracy from children on Akshaya Tritiya.

The organisation can keep running the programme only when there are support from all responsible citizens who find it their social responsibility to end hunger in schools. Let us take it our responsibility to free India from class room hunger by donating or sponsoring a child. Let us make a child lucky, let our deeds make him smile on this Akshaya Tritiya.

It’s very easy to donate to Akshaya Patra with an easy online donation for any amount of money. Even a small amount of Rs. 750 can feed one child the mid-day meal for an entire year. Moreover 100% Tax deduction benefit can be availed. To know more about the tax benefits just login to http://www.akshayapatra.org/tax-exemptions-donation-benefits