Make a long-lasting impact with your contribution

While you involve in various social service activities, individually or as a part of a company, how about making a long-lasting impact? Any cause that involves children is also joyful. There are millions of children in India that need your help in getting wholesome meal at least once a day. A not-for-profit organisation Akshaya Patra is on a mission to feed the children a stomach-full meal and keep them healthy to ensure they attend school regularly in government and government-aided schools in India. The NGO is working across the country and has centers in major cities such as Bengaluru, Lucknow, Ahmedabad and Nashik.

Here are some coolest ways you can be part of our glorious mission.

1. Online donation

Imagine feeding one full-stomach meal to a child with just Rs 950 for an entire academic year. Akshaya Patra makes it possible for you online donation is the easiest way to be part of the cause by just spending a little amount.

2. Sponsor kitchen equipment

Through our state-of-the-art kitchens, equipped with large cauldron Akshaya Patra constantly strives to reach out to more number of schools with a wholesome lunch each day. The centralised kitchens currently serve food to over 1.6 million children at 13,636 schools across the country. The largest kitchen can cook 100,000 meals a day. As we aim at serving 5 million children by 2020, you can sponsor kitchen equipment.

3. Donate a vehicle

The meals that feed the children are carried in a customized blue vans. If you are an organization looking to donate a vehicle, the name of your company along with the logo shall be printed over it. After unveiling the vehicle you would be allowed to visit the school where the food will be delivered. The joy of meeting the children whom the vehicle will be serving food to is exhilarating. You may also inspire other companies to donate a vehicle for this cause.

4. Fundraise online

You can create your own fundraising campaign too through our website and spread the word about feeding the children and getting them to schools. It can be a fun exercise as you are allowed to create your own posters and message and post it on various social media channels. This allows you to involve your peers for the cause of feeding the children and motivating them to attend school every day. Online fundraising has gained much momentum over the years and has steadily involved people in vital causes around the world.

5. Sponsor a school for a year

Children in about 13,636 government and government-aided schools are benefitting from our mid-day meal programme. You can be responsible for the nourishment of children in one of these schools by sponsoring meals for that particular school for a year.

Your small act of charity would make a huge difference. Act today.

The Akshaya Patra Foundation is an Ngo in India providing food for 1.6 million school children across 12 States and 28 locations.