Christmas is here and all of us are busy decorating our houses, buying gifts, and prepping up for the celebration. This Christmas, add joy in the lives of needy children too and give a whole new meaning to your celebrations. This Christmas, celebrate with Akshaya Patra by gifting school meals to little children.

Christmas is the season of giving and spreading joy. Homes are filled with excited family members and relatives. Houses are adorned with Christmas tree laden with colourful decorative and lights. The colours – green, red, and white engulfs us all in the festive mood. We gift our near and dear ones and many of us also play games like Secret Santa.

The joy of giving need not necessarily mean materialistic gifts. Joy can be experienced by indulging in charitable activities too. Charity in itself gives a whole new meaning to celebrations. This Christmas, let there be no bounds to your joy of giving. Celebrate with Akshaya Patra by gifting school meals to children for whom receiving a plate full of hot, nutritious, and tasty meal on school days is the biggest joy.

The Akshaya Patra Foundation is an NGO in India providing daily mid-day meals to school children. Currently, it serves wholesome and nutritious meals to 18,02,517 children across 51 locations in 12 States and 2 Union Territories of India, on all school days. The Foundation has been in the service of children for the past 19 years and aims to feed 50 lakh school children by 2025. When you donate to this mid-day meal NGO, you become a ray of hope for lakhs of determined children who wants to attend school regularly and are ready to overcome any hurdle to reach their goals.

Your contribution will gift these children the goodness of nutrition and support their education. Sound health and regular schooling will prepare them to be resourceful citizens in the near future. Your contribution will aid this NGO in India to expand its operations and services to more locations thereby benefiting more children with the goodness of wholesome meals. Nutrition and education are two of the everlasting gifts that have the potential to improve the lives of children. It empowers them to dream big; it empowers them to be skillful, resourceful, and achievers in their own fields.

Make this Christmas memorable by gifting ‘unlimited food for education’ to children. Donate now and experience the joy of giving!

This Diwali, share the goodness of wholesome meals
and the light of education with 1.8 million children
across India.

Diwali, the festival of lights is one of the most awaited festivals in India. It is celebrated with much enthusiasm by people across all age groups and regions. While we engage in making this festive season joyful and memorable, let’s take a moment to spread the joy among children who needs our support. All we need to do is, gift them school meals! Celebrate Diwali 2019 with Akshaya Patra.

Diwali is one of the most-awaited festivals of India. People across the country and ages celebrate it with much enthusiasm and vigour. They decorate their homes and offices with diyas, flowers, and rangolis, offer prayers, distribute gifts and sweets to near and dear ones, organise get-togethers, and enjoy fireworks. This festival of lights brightens up our homes and hearts with love, joy, and warmth. Diwali celebration has its significance across various belief systems, but the symbolic cord that runs common across all of them is the victory of good over evil, light over darkness, and knowledge over ignorance.

Diwali 2019 – Let’s make it brighter!
Diwali comes just once a year and celebrating with and gifting our loved ones is an expression of our love, goodwill, respect, and gratefulness. While most of us have made our shopping and gifting lists ready, how about adding one more thing to make this year’s Diwali celebration better and brighter. Well, all you have to do is add ‘Gift a Meal’ to your list.

This Diwali, take a moment to gift children the goodness of nutrition and education. These children hail from challenging socio-economic backgrounds, yet their willpower and zeal to attend school and achieve their dreams defeats all the odds and hurdles. Your choice of contributing a donation on Diwali to The Akshaya Patra Foundation will make sure 1,802,517 children receive nutritious lunch on each school day. Akshaya Patra delivers freshly cooked, wholesome meals to 16,856 Government and Government-aided schools from its kitchens located in 51 locations of 12 States and 2 Union Territories of India.

When you ‘Gift a Meal’, you:
• Nourish children with the goodness of wholesome meals;
• Brighten up their lives with good health;
• Empower them with education; and
• Prepare them to be resourceful individuals in the near future.

How you can ‘Gift a Meal’
Let’s make Diwali 2019 a memorable one for ourselves and the children. Here are the many ways you can brighten up a child’s life with food and education:
• Add joy to a child’s life instantly by contributing Rs. 1,100 as donation on Diwali.
• Multiply the joy by conducting a fundraising campaign to benefit more children.
• Make your Diwali celebration bigger by sponsoring a school.

Share the joys of Diwali celebration with children for whom regular school meals are a ray of hope for a happier and prosperous future!