“If we can conquer space, we can conquer childhood hunger”, is a highly motivating quote by American Former Astronaut Buzz Aldrin. Food is a dream for some children, without nutrition we cannot imagine education. And this is the inspiring motto of The Akshaya Patra Foundation. Since the last 20 years the members of this NGO have been working in conquering hunger for a better education and life with their constant inspiring efforts. The winner of The BBC’s ‘Global Food Champion Award 2019’ also the ‘International Achievers Award 2021 for NGO of the Year’ by the Blueberry Intn’l Group and NG Eduwizer Pvt. Ltd and many more, has constantly acknowledged their heartiest efforts for health and education, Mid-Day Meals, continuous relief initiatives for the society.

In this tough times of COVID Pandemic, Education has faced a sudden challenge. Schools are not operating in usual routine. Digital Classes are now new normal. It has paused the Mid-day Meals benefit. But the Akshaya Patra Foundation has conquered COVID through a beautiful boon in the form of “Happiness Kits” that happily serves a child Nutrition, Immunity, Hygiene, and Education.

We are waiting for things to get normal but till then the Akshaya Patra Foundation has promised to serve the mid-day meal beneficiaries : health, happiness, education through the HAPPINESS KITS. The content items in the box are:
. It contains Nutritious Glucose Biscuit Packs, Ragi flour, Double fortified Salt, Bengal Grams, Peanuts, Jaggery .
. For immunity it has Sambar Powder and Turmeric Powder.
. This kit has also taken care of Hygiene by providing soaps, toothpaste, toothbrush, and sanitary napkins for girls.
. To continue the routine of Education in this challenging times this kit has got Notebooks, Pencils, Crayons, Activity Workbooks.

I feel so happy to see this idea of serving Glucose, Iron, Calcium, Iodine, Protein, Immunity products with Study materials all in one box of care and love. The objective is to take care of the well being of children in this tough times of covid crisis. This task is done in a phase –wise manner in various cities. Various news articles, social media posts, are regularly publishing the updates on the distribution of these boxes of Happiness Kits nationwide.

Anyone who wish to take this opportunity can donate online. Many Corporates, Startups, Organizations, Individuals have served this joy of happiness kits with the Akshaya Patra Team. We all can take this opportunity of serving Happiness Kits at just Rs.550 per kit. Please follow this link to serve joy and make a child happy: https://www.akshayapatra.org/donate-happiness-boxes

Let us come together as much as we can, and surely it will indeed be a ray of hope in this crisis for children who are missing the classrooms and mid-day meals. Thanks to the Akshaya Patra NGO Team for their continuous loving efforts towards Nutrition, Education, and a better life !

Article submitted by : Ms. SURABITA ROY
surabitaroy20@gmail.com

The first wave of the COVD-19 pandemic brought with it a disaster that the world had never seen before. The deeply affected people were the ones who depended on their daily wages for their livelihoods. India saw something like a mass exodus of migrants. Daily-wagers went back to their hometown with their family and children. With no job to save for the future and no money to buy groceries or other essentials, the migrant communities were the worst hit.

The Akshaya Patra Foundation joined hands with the Central Government, State Governments and District Authorities of India to begin its COVID relief service. Here are a few stories of people who have benefitted from Akshaya Patra’s feeding initiative.

With the help of people who gave charity in India, Akshaya Patra served a cumulative of 124 million (12.4-crore) meals that included cooked meals, grocery kits and happiness kits. Each kit contained dry ration that could help a family sustain for a month.

Slowly as things started to get back to normal after a few months, people started reopening their business, daily-wage labourers again got their jobs and things started to sail smoothly.

This is when the second wave of the pandemic struck all of us again. And this time, it has come back stronger and is deadlier. It is affecting millions of people and this is why we need to reach out to many more of them this year. Donate online to be a part of Akshaya Patra’s COVID relief service. Remember, we can tackle this pandemic only by uniting with each other.

With the help of people who gave charity in India, Akshaya Patra served a cumulative of 124 million (12.4-crore) meals that included cooked meals, grocery kits and happiness kits. Each kit contained dry ration that could help a family sustain for a month.

Slowly as things started to get back to normal after a few months, people started reopening their business, daily-wage labourers again got their jobs and things started to sail smoothly.

This is when the second wave of the pandemic struck all of us again. And this time, it has come back stronger and is deadlier. It is affecting millions of people and this is why we need to reach out to many more of them this year. Donate online to be a part of Akshaya Patra’s COVID relief service. Remember, we can tackle this pandemic only by uniting with each other.