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THE MID-DAY MEAL PROGRAM
IN RURAL SCHOOLS: A Strategic Program to address two of the most pressing problems of India:Hunger & Education |
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Akshaya Patra currently feeds about
90,000 hygenic and nutritious meals to underprivileged children everyday. |
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Akshaya Patra has brought smiles back into the life of ten year old Lakshmi Devi, a fifth grade student of a rural school in Bangalore.
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| Global Hunger: Chronic, persistent hunger is a constant and not-so-easily-noticeable ... |
| Problem in the Indian Context: An estimated 63% of... |
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| Please watch this 9-minute film. We hope it inspires you to become involved in your own way. |
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Akshaya Patra operations |
| Bangalore: |
59,500 children |
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Mangalore: |
2,345 children |
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| Mysore: |
1,582 children |
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Vrindavan: |
10,611 children |
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| Hassan: |
1,000 children |
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Jaipur: |
7,437 children |
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| Hubli-Dharwad-Bellary : |
26,872 children |
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| HUNGER AND EDUCATION |
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In the long run, education is the key to solving the problem of hunger. It empowers an individual to work with society to fulfill one's needs and aspirations. Hence few educated people go hungry. Yet, hunger is a stumbling block for education ... |
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| MID-DAY MEAL PROGRAM |
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Mid-day Meal Program - a Proven and Powerful incentive to education: Documented evidence in different states of India shows cooked mid-day meal programs have been most effective in promoting and fostering primary and secondary ... |
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| AKSHAYA PATRA INAUGURATION |
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The Akshaya Patra program was formally inaugurated by Dr. Murali Manohar Joshi, Union Minister for Human Resource Development on November 11th, 2000 at ... |
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| MESSAGE FROM THE FORMER PRIME MINISTER |
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"I am confident that the Akshaya Patra program will serve both as an inspiration and a practical logistical guide to other institutions interested in taking up such ..." |
A. B. Vajpayee
Former Minister of India |
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