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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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Dr.Deshpande Chairman of Akshaya Patra USA appointed for Obama’s Advisory Council

by The Akshaya Patra Foundation on May 14, 2012

Dr.Gururaj Deshpande, co-founder and chairman of Sycamore Networks and chairman of Akshaya Patra, USA , has been appointed as one of the Co-Chairman of the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, This is to support President Obama’s innovation strategy by helping to develop policies that foster entrepreneurship, create jobs, and drive economic growth. This

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We Thank You

by The Akshaya Patra Foundation on May 14, 2012

On an early Sunday morning (the morning of 23rd May 2010), when every sensible human being is supposed to be snuggled in bed and fast sleep, many industrious souls of Bangalore gathered with uncontained excitement

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The Blue Bus- the carrier of happiness

by The Akshaya Patra Foundation on May 14, 2012

The Blue Bus …the only one of its kind vehicle with which people identifies The Akshaya Patra Foundation. The Blue bus travels to 7,110 schools and helps us reach out to 11, 98,206 children across India

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Cisco’s association with Akshaya Patra

by The Akshaya Patra Foundation on May 14, 2012

Excerpts from an interview with Mr. V. Gopalratnam, VP IT and CIO Cisco India regarding Cisco’s association with Akshaya Patra. Mr. V. Gopalratnam heads the Civic Council at Cisco India and it is under his

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Kitchen in Vrindavan operating through summer holidays

by The Akshaya Patra Foundation on May 14, 2012

The scorching summer has taken its toll in North India and school vacation is a welcome relief for many students. But for a large number of children, summer vacation means hard work at the local

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