As a mid-day meal NGO, Akshaya Patra in Bangalore started serving free school lunch in 2000. As a charity Bangalore has been its first serving location.

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15 years of
Akshaya Patra in
Bangalore

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In June 2000, Akshaya Patra in Bangalore began its service of providing free lunch to five government
schools in the city. This initiative was well received by the beneficiary schools and consequently Akshaya
Patra also started receiving inquiries from neighbouring schools. The demand for mid-day meal was a
definite indictor that government schools were in need of the programme. This led the organization to
increase its cooking capacity and provide meals in more schools in and around the city. This was the
beginning of Akshaya Patra’s journey of expansion and feeding millions of children today.
As a charity Bangalore has been The Akshaya Patra Foundation’s first mid-day meal location. From here,
the Foundation gradually made its operational expansion by introducing kitchen units in other parts of
Karnataka and then to other states of India. In the past 15 years, the Foundation is operational in 10
states, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Karnataka, Odisha, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh,
Telangana and Tamil Nadu. From feeding 1,500 children 15 years back, today the same Foundation
feeds more than 1.4 million children. It is impacting the lives of millions of children across the country
every day. This significant increase in beneficiary base is a combined effort of the Government of India
and various State Governments, corporate and individual donors, many strategic and philanthropic
partnerships and the Foundation’s workforce.

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For further expansion of the cause and benefit more children, Akshaya Patra in Bangalore and
other locations need the support of grant and policy makers along with support from thesociety as
a whole. Over 15 years of functioning and witnessing the substantial difference that collective
support can do the Foundation has initiated a platform for volunteers and donors. This platform
provides a range of avenues through which one can partake in the cause based on their skill,
resource and time. One of the many opportunities to contribute fund is donate in honour of your
near and dear ones or someone you really respect. Apart from donate in honour of somebody;
there are various others ways like donating on the occasion of some festival or celebrations like
wedding, birthdays and many more. As a volunteer one can become an online ambassador by
liking and sharing Akshaya Patra’s story in social media and networking platforms, a volunteer can
participate in charity Bangalore events and campaigns and the like. The foundation provides an
opportunity to get involve to see the many ways each one can participate in providing a healthy
and nutritious meal to the underserved children.
The relevant thought of ‘how the mid-day meal is bringing a change in the lives of children may
cross your mind. To answer this, the Foundation brings to you the humble yet inspiring stories of
beneficiaries from Akshaya Patra Bangalore along with stories from its 23 serving locations. Each
beneficiary of Akshaya Patra has their own story but the common thread is all the children are
hopeful of a better future and are determined to achieve their individual aspirations. Help these
children with at least one nutritious meal per day.
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