Humming bird Corporate Travel and Stay Solution was started in 2005 to partner with corporate to help them reduce their travel & stay costs by offering a superior alternative to expensive hotels. For their pioneering work and growth they were awarded CNBC Emerging India Award 09.Despite being a startup they have also set a good example as to how corporate entities can be part of societal development. Humming bird has consistently taken part in Akshaya Patra’s efforts to curb hunger among school children by sponsoring food for 38 children every month. Akshaya Patra has grown into a mammoth organization feeding more than 1.2 million children through such gestures of kindness from various corporate.

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We hope many more organizations follow suit and help in taking Akshaya Patra’s efforts forward. We believe in the power of collaborative effort in reaching out to thousands of children across India who is in dire need of help. We harness the potential of companies for the benefit of children by leveraging the unique skills of a company in favour of the ‘food for education’ initiative.

AAP KI RASOI, a noble initiative of the Akshaya Patra Foundation, has come to the rescue of thousands of people affected by floods in the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi. AAP KI RASOI program under ‘Bhagidari scheme’ has come forward for providing free meals to the flood affected victims.

On Wednesday more than 200 people were evacuated from the banks of the Yamuna in the capital as the water level in the river touched an alarming level of 205.70 metres. With this, a total of over 1,500 people have been shifted to around 160 relief camps set up by the government. The river had crossed the danger level of 204.83 metres last week following heavy and continuous rains.

On 25th August, the foundation provided 350 meals to victims at the Yamuna bazaar and Jagatpura Village. The administration, being pleased by the quantity and quality of food supplied, requested Akshaya Patra Foundation to thereby continue to provide 1000 free meals to the affected. The foundation has promptly responded and has started supplying 1050 hot cooked meals to the affected areas including Burari Pump House and Vijay Ghat.

Heavy rains continued in the capital till noon on Tuesday, making it the fifth consecutive day of heavy rainfall. Several low-lying residential areas along the Yamuna riverbank were flooded.

The Akshaya Patra Foundation is the largest NGO serving school meals (mid-day meals) in government run schools of India. The behemoth program is a strategic intervention in education which today serves nutritious mid-day meals to about 12,28,580 school children in 18 locations in 8 states in the country.
The Akshaya Patra Foundation also provides free mid-day meals to the destitute population in NCTof Delhi.