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How Akshaya Patra enables children dream about a successful career?

Author: Akshaya Patra
by Akshaya Patra
Posted: Jul 31, 2017

Online fundraising is easy but what kind of cause does it serve? Does it help in fulfilling someone’s dream? There are so many children who aspire to become someone like M.S Dhoni, Neerja, M.F Hussain, C.V Raman, Rani Lakshmi Bai, A.R Rahman, and others. There are children such as 14-year-old Shekhar who wants to be a chef; or Shivu who’s an aspiring astronomer or Manjula who wants to be an actor – who have been given wings to pursue their dreams.

As part of an initiative called Giving Every Dream a Chance, Akshaya Patra is encouraging children to dream about a successful career. While Akshaya Patra is already feeding over 1.6 million children, let’s help the organisation spread its wings. We can do so by engaging in online fundraising and coming up with non-profit fundraising ideas.

This is how Akshaya Patra is a huge motivation to children-

1. The belief that they’ve got a support

With the help and kind support of philanthropic donors, Akshaya Patra has been able to make the children believe that they aren’t helpless, they’ve got a support in their pursuit of learning and living a better life. Knowing that there are people who care about him, 14-year old Shekhar got a chance to do a month-long internship with Chef of Vivanta by Taj, Chef Ramasamy Selvaraju. So let us join hands for children like him. Nurture non-profit fundraising ideas and donate to charity.

2. The feeling of freedom

The beneficiaries realise that it is because of the kindness and love of so many people from all over India that they are free from classroom hunger and are able to make a choice between study and work. A 14-year-old Manjula – a beneficiary of Akshaya Patra – got an opportunity to intern at the Bangalore School of Speech and Drama under the watchful eyes of its Founder-Director Dr. Zulfia Shaikh. She honed her speech and acting skills and came back as a changed and a more confident person. Donating a little amount to charity is the least we can do to support these dreams.

3. Breaking the chain of hierarchal poverty

At a very young age, most of the children from economically and socially backwards families of our society go through hard emotional, physical and mental conditions. They are deprived of even the basic amenities that we often take for granted. But this needs to be changed and education is a great way to do that. It’s good to know that many children from these families understand the importance of education and realise that their conditions can improve if they get educated. With the same hope, Akshaya Patra has reached out to over 1.6 million children in India. In order to benefit more children, we must do our bit either by donating to charity or by implementing one of the non-profit fundraising ideas.

Akshaya Patra has a vision that no child in India shall be deprived of education. The organisation is sincerely committed toward it. There are millions of dreams that are yet to be fulfilled. Sponsor a child now!

About the Author

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

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