Akshaya Patra

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UNESCO’s International Literacy Day is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year and the banner says "Reading the Past, Writing the Future". Clearly, the motto is to ensure that we learn from our...

The specially abled children have a sensitivity like no one else. They are often more tolerant, accommodating and friendly, if you just give them a chance. While there are special schools for the...

Reportedly, over the next 10 years, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar will be home to 31% of the youngest Indian population between five and 14 years. Specifically, Uttar Pradesh already tops the list of child...

When it is about large-scale cooking, hygiene and cleanliness is a major concern. The Akshaya Patra Foundation, a mid-day meal NGO in India is a pioneer in using technology for ensuring healthy and...

"You can’t build a peaceful world on empty stomachs and human misery." -- Dr. Norman Ernest Borlaug Did you know that every 10 seconds we lose a child to hunger? Many NGOs are moving in this direction...

The Akshaya Patra Foundation is an 18-year old mid-day meal NGO in India. This NGO began its journey with the vision that ‘No child in India shall be deprived of education because of hunger.’ And, so...

Honourable Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi commemorated The Akshaya Patra Foundation’s serving of cumulative 3 Billion meals at an event held at the organisation’s campus in Vrindavan...

As a commemoration to 125th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, the Government of India instituted the Gandhi Peace Prize. This prestigious award is presented annually to individuals and institutions...

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Children are storehouse of energy and imagination. Their presence fills up the living space with joy and vitality. Their unending questions and innocent curiosity leave us in awe. Children are the...

Quality education and nutritious food to every child Like it or not, India is still a country of two classes: the privileged and the not-so-privileged. And, many attempts have been continuously made...

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Education is the only panacea to end the vicious cycle of poverty-hunger-illiteracy – it wouldn’t be wrong to say this! World leaders and thinkers have time and again stressed upon the need of...