As a baby, you’d cry for
food and as a school child, you would run home right after the school bell rang
because your stomach groaned for food. Your mother would then serve you a
little snack to help you along with your homework. After a good wholesome
dinner, you would call it a day! However, this isn’t the case for many children
in our country simply because their situation does not allow them to expect a meal.
If you’ve been cared for, how about you donate in honour of someone who looked
after you? Read on to know why your contribution can make a difference in a child’s
life.
India is home to one-third
of the world’s poor and millions of children in the country are away from
school to earn a single meal a day. Although hunger is a prevailing condition, we
believe there are sufficient resources to provide food for children in the country.
The role of NGOs have expanded drastically over the
years and at The Akshaya Patra Foundation, it is a promise kept to feed a
wholesome meal to the underserved children across many states. With an ever-growing
dedication, The Foundation has been feeding nutritious meals to more than 1.5
million children in India and aims to reach 5 million children by 2020.
Since its inception, The
Foundation’s cause has been receiving generous support from many individuals,
organisations and the Government. With the growing support, we believe we can
help children escape classroom hunger. Most of our beneficiaries do not miss
school only because they are served nutritious mid-day meals every day. For
Ashwini, who is benefitting from Akshaya Patra’s mid-day meal programme, it is
important that her studies are not interrupted due to a devastating situation
in the family. In Ashwini’s life, each mid-day meal plays an important role by
encouraging her to attend school on a regular basis. To know more of Ashwini’s
hopes and that of other children’s whose education is assured through mid-day
meals, you can visit hope stories.
Children benefiting from
Akshaya Patra’s mid-day meals are more than encouraged to continue their
studies with a hope of achieving something big—for it is hunger that steals
their right to learn. When a child has to strive for food or sleep on an empty
stomach, it creates an injustice to the humanity itself. By bringing nutritious
food closer to children, Akshaya Patra helps them concentrate on education because
when the school bell rings, they can run to the playground instead.
You can care for our cause too!
Our focus continues
to be hunger relief among school goers through nutritious mid-day meals every
day! To ensure that a child is not deprived of education due to hunger, you can
contribute Rs. 750 which feeds a child for an entire year! You can also make
your contribution by donating
in honour of someone you
admire. By this, you not only
honour an individual but you also honour the cause of ensuring that children
are fed.
