The Akshaya Patra Foundation will celebrate its 15-year anniversary on 11 November 2015. It has been a journey of more than a decade that the NGO has been serving mid-day meal.

1. AkshayaPatra Celebrating 15-year Anniversary of
Serving Mid-day Meal

2. It’stime to celebrate 15-year anniversary of The AkshayaPatra Foundation. It is time to
celebrate sincere and dedicated service towards millions of underserved children. It is time to
celebrate the 15-year impact of ‘unlimited food for education’. The Foundation began its
journey of serving mid-day meal way back in June 2000. The AkshayaPatra Foundation’s birth
springs from a story of compassion, which sowed the seeds for a higher purpose. It is the
moving story of one encounter that left a lasting impact on His Divine Grace A.C.
BhaktivedantaPrabhupada – One day, while looking out of a window at Mayapur, a village
near Kolkata,SrilaPrabhupada saw a group of children fighting with street dogs over scraps of
food. This heart-breaking incident led to the resolve that: No one within a ten mile radius of
our center should go hungry. Taking this inspiration forward the Foundation has been striving
towards the vision of ‘No child in India shall be deprived of education because of hunger’.
The 15-year anniversary of the Foundation is a time to cherish the accomplishments and focus
on the learning of past so many years. It is also a time when the NGO wants to acknowledge
and cherish the support it has received from Government of India, various State Governments
and corporate and individual philanthropists. During the service of more than a decade,
AkshayaPatra has witnessed the potential of the school lunch programme in breaking the
vicious cycle of poverty-hunger-illiteracy. It has also witnessed that this programme has been
constructive in supporting underserved children who have the determination to achieve big in
life, just that they need little support and care from the well-provided for ones.

3. Here is a summary of study conducted by The AkshayaPatra Foundation across its serving states in
association with Sigma Research and Consulting Pvt. Ltd. in 2014 to understand and establish the need,
impact and continuance of implementing the Mid-Day MealProgramme. The outcome of this study
showed that classroom hunger was addressed significantly. It also showed that the free school lunch
positively impacted attendance and enrolment across government schools. The recommended
nutritional requirements of the programme were being fulfilled and the food was healthy and hygienic
too. It was provided evidence that this programme addressed socialisation aspect among children
where both parents and children confirmed consuming the served meal together, irrespective of caste,
religion and economic status. As this trend was observed across all AkshayaPatra serving locations, it
also signified that serving universal meal is indeed important.
As the Foundation gears up to celebrate 15-year anniversary, it also fathoms that continuous
improvisation is a must to reach its mission of feeding five million children by 2020. AkshayaPatra
provides a platform for all to know and get involved in this mission and thereby supporting to fulfil the
ambitions of its beneficiaries. This anniversary lets pledge to provide mid-day meal and nourish the body
and minds of young citizens. You can support the organization by getting involved with us. Know how
you can support by visiting get-involve.
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