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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 the children of India need our help. The country is home to nearly 44% of the world’s malnourished children and

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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

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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 house and other rich people in the locality. Now, many of them have grown and have a respectable position in

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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

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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