The Akshaya Patra Foundation has been providing mid-day meals to children in Bangalore since 2000 and has since expanded to 23 other locations across 10 Indian states. It operates in a public-private partnership, receiving government grants and subsidies as well as donations from corporate donors, individuals, trusts and foundations. Akshaya Patra provides freshly cooked, nutritious meals daily to millions of children following strict hygiene and food safety standards. It publishes annual reports with financial details and plans to ensure transparency to stakeholders.

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Donate for Charity Towards Mid-day Meal in Bangalore

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Akshaya Patra Bangalore
The Akshaya Patra Bangalore has been the implementer of the Mid-Day
Meal Programme since 2000. With the vision ‘No child in India shall be
deprived of education because of hunger’, the NGO has been steering the
Mid-Day Meal Programme. The experience and expertise of more than a
decade, has earned the Foundation a prominent place in the mid-day meal
sector. Strategic planning pertaining to expansion and operations has
allowed Akshaya Patra to provide mid-day meal in Bangalore including 23
other locations spread over 10 states of India. Providing good quality
meal consistently, following mandatory hygiene standards, food safety
measures and standardised kitchen processes are some of the
considerations that has enabled Akshaya Patra to continuously serve
wholesome mid-day meal to millions of children every day.

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Akshaya Patra operates in a Public-Private Partnership model and
thus it receives grants and subsidies from government and at the
same time is permitted to accept donations from supporters.
Akshaya Patra has corporate donors and individual donors who
donate for charity towards the Mid-Day Meal Programme. Various
Trusts and Foundations also donate or contribute grants towards the
programme. It has been an association of more than a decade
between Akshaya Patra and philanthropic donors, and this
association has allowed the NGO to provide freshly cooked nutritious
mid-day meal to children every day. This association has also
enabled Akshaya Patra to improve its operations through innovative
technologies and process enhancements. The Get Involved platform
of Akshaya Patra allows people from all walk of life to provide
support millions of beneficiaries not just through monetary
contribution but also through their time and skill.

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As a principle, Akshaya Patra Bangalore believes and follows the rule of
being transparent and accountable to all its stakeholders comprising of
children, parents, teachers, government, donors, volunteers and
employees. To ensure that this principle is practiced the Foundation
regularly publishes its Annual Report providing all the developments,
achievements, and financial report of the previous financial year along
with the plans for the next year. This report is made available to all
stakeholders each year to get a review of the Foundation’s operations
in providing mid-day meal in Bangalore and other locations. It gives a
transparent account of all its income-expenditure statement reporting
the programme cost and donations, grants and subsidies received
during the past fiscal. This policy of Akshaya Patra also builds the
confidence among the donors and supporters to get involved with the
cause.
The organisation also gives an opportunity to supporters to meet the
beneficiaries in the form of school visits. It also provides the
aspirations of millions of deserving children in the form of hope stories
from across all serving locations of the 10 states. Though these
children come from humble background they are determined to rise up
in life to make it a better future. Choose to be a part of this
determination. Who knows may be you meet someone who shares your
childhood aspiration! Donate for charity, it will allow millions of
children to focus on rightful education through a plate full of
nourishing.
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