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In the Service of Children: The Tale of Two Akshaya Patra Kitchens in Assam

by The Akshaya Patra Foundation on May 17, 2012

In Assam, The Akshaya Patra Foundation has been operational for more than a decade, serving hot, nutritious and tasty mid-day meals to children to support their nutrition and education. In February 2010, it began implementing the Mid-Day Meal (MDM) Scheme—now rechristened the PM POSHAN Abhiyaan—with the feeding of around 8,000 children from a rented place

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Shri Madhu Pandit Dasa receives Tech Museum Award on behalf of The Akshaya Patra Foundation

by The Akshaya Patra Foundation on May 17, 2012

The Akshaya Patra Foundation, world's largest NGO run school meal program bags the Tech Award 2009, a signature program of The Tech Museum, San Jose, California, USA. Akshaya Patra won the Microsoft Education Awards, in

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Success story of Akshaya Patra Foundation

by The Akshaya Patra Foundation on May 17, 2012

On a recent business trip to India, a fellow Silicon Valley business executive was impressed by the management philosophy of the companies we visited. “The founders stay long after the companies become successful… They bring

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Donate

by The Akshaya Patra Foundation on May 17, 2012

'A simple child... That lightly draws its breath And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death?' from ‘We Are Seven’ by William Wordsworth The truth of the matter is that

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Dial 1800-425-8622 for more information

by The Akshaya Patra Foundation on May 16, 2012

When did you last give to charity? More importantly, do you know what happened to the money you sent? And do you know who you can speak to in order to find this out? It's

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Children’s Life Skills

by The Akshaya Patra Foundation on May 16, 2012

“…the pressure has started to get to me and I cannot take it any longer…I hope they will understand,” says a 17 year old boy’s suicide note1. Teenagers today are under so much pressure to perform well in their exams that they take the most extreme and final step of ending their own lives. According

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Akshaya Patra supplies food to flood victims

by The Akshaya Patra Foundation on May 16, 2012

The Akshaya Patra Foundation has come to the rescue of several thousand victims who were affected by floods caused by heavy rains in coastal Andhra Pradesh. Akshaya Patra distributed more than 5,000 food packets (prepared in the

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Akshaya Patra a change agent

by The Akshaya Patra Foundation on May 16, 2012

Six out of 10 children are undernourished in India. Malnutrition accounts for 50% of the child death in this country’. A report on the state of food insecurity in rural India, states that more than

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A few words from a volunteer

by The Akshaya Patra Foundation on May 16, 2012

There were days when poor students would go to Teachers house to have “Varanna” in which the students would be fed once in a week. On a rotation, the student would go to different teacher’s

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“Click a smile” and bring about a change

by The Akshaya Patra Foundation on May 16, 2012

Akshaya Patra Foundation, the largest school meal program industriously completed tenth year of its feeding the underprivileged children in government schools this year. Starting with a meager 1500 children in 5 schools of Bangalore the

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