Akshaya Patra enables children to dream of successful careers by providing school meals and supporting internship opportunities. The organization feeds over 1.6 million children daily, giving children belief in themselves and freedom from hunger to focus on learning. Akshaya Patra helps break the cycle of poverty through education, supporting underprivileged children so they can improve their conditions. The organization is committed to its vision that no child shall be deprived of an education, but there are still millions of dreams left to fulfill, so support is needed through donations or fundraising.

1. How Akshaya Patra
Enables Children
Dream About A
Successful Career
Doing online fundraising for Akshaya Patra can support the organization in their
pursuit of giving every child’s dream a chance

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Online fundraising is easy but what kind of cause does it serve? Does it help in fulfilling
someone’s dream? There are so many children who aspire to become someone like M.S Dhoni,
Neerja, M.F Hussain, C.V Raman, Rani Lakshmi Bai, A.R Rahman, and others. There are children
such as 14-year-old Shekhar who wants to be a chef; or Shivu who’s an aspiring astronomer or
Manjula who wants to be an actor – who have been given wings to pursue their dreams.
As part of an initiative called Giving Every Dream a Chance, Akshaya Patra is encouraging
children to dream about a successful career. While Akshaya Patra is already feeding over 1.6
million children, let’s help the organisation spread its wings. We can do so by engaging in online
fundraising and coming up with non-profit fundraising ideas.
This is how Akshaya Patra is a huge motivation to children-
1. The belief that they’ve got a support
With the help and kind support of philanthropic donors, Akshaya Patra has been able to
make the children believe that they aren’t helpless, they’ve got a support in their
pursuit of learning and living a better life. Knowing that there are people who care
about him, 14-year old Shekhar got a chance to do a month-long internship with Chef of
Vivanta by Taj, Chef Ramasamy Selvaraju. So let us join hands for children like him.
Nurture non-profit fundraising ideas and donate to charity.

3. The Akshaya Patra Foundation © 2017
2. The feeling of freedom
The beneficiaries realise that it is because of the kindness and love of so many people
from all over India that they are free from classroom hunger and are able to make a
choice between study and work. A 14-year-old Manjula – a beneficiary of Akshaya Patra
– got an opportunity to intern at the Bangalore School of Speech and Drama under the
watchful eyes of its Founder-Director Dr. Zulfia Shaikh. She honed her speech and acting
skills and came back as a changed and a more confident person. Donating a little
amount to charity is the least we can do to support these dreams.
3. Breaking the chain of hierarchal poverty
At a very young age, most of the children from economically and socially backwards
families of our society go through hard emotional, physical and mental conditions. They
are deprived of even the basic amenities that we often take for granted. But this needs
to be changed and education is a great way to do that. It’s good to know that many
children from these families understand the importance of education and realise that
their conditions can improve if they get educated. With the same hope, Akshaya Patra
has reached out to over 1.6 million children in India. In order to benefit more children,
we must do our bit either by donating to charity or by implementing one of the non-
profit fundraising ideas.
Akshaya Patra has a vision that no child in India shall be deprived of education. The organisation
is sincerely committed toward it. There are millions of dreams that are yet to be fulfilled.
Sponsor a child now!
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