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With the help of a donation of nearly Rs. 31 lakhs (3.1 million) from the Monsanto Fund, The Akshaya Patra Foundation is planning to grow over 30,000 Kgs of Vegetables in the first season through this nutritional support initiative with plans to improve upon this yield in the second season. With this purpose in mind nearly 15 acres of fertile land has been leased near Govindgarh, Chomu Tehsil, Jaipur Dist.
To enhance nutritional support for the Government's Mid-day Meal Program, Akshaya Patra, Rajasthan recently partnered with Monsanto Fund (the philanthropic arm of Monsanto, a leading agriculture company) that has worked for 40 years to improve the quality of life of people by bridging the gap between their needs and their resources.
British Biologicals a global nutraceutical company, reinforced the company’s commitment to meaningful CSR activity by donating a state-of-the-art food van to The Akshaya Patra Foundation. These custom-designed vehicles will be used to distribute mid-day meals to children in government schools across Bangalore. Akshaya Patra is currently feeding more than one million school children every day in 19 locations across the country.
Shankar Mahadevan- the Goodwill Ambassador of The Akshaya Patra Foundation hosted an evening in Mumbai to raise awareness about the critical challenge of hunger and how Akshaya Patra is working towards countering it. Akshaya Patra is a NGO that implements the mid-day meal programme in more than 9000 Government schools. It feeds 1.3 million children across India every day. This event was hosted in aid of the Foundation and speaking on the occasion Shankar said, ““I hope everybody joins us in support of Akshaya Patra as the programme is so impactful. I feel blessed to be a part of the Akshaya Patra family.”
The Akshaya Patra Foundation in association with the Department of Public Education, Government of Karnataka recently organised a day-long seminar titled ‘Suraksha’. The seminar focused on Food Safety and Standards Act (FSSA), the implications for the MDM Scheme and the challenges in implementation.
Hunger makes dreams thinner. India has close to 8.1 million children (www.worldbank.org.in) who forgo education to earn their daily meal. “Feed the Hunger” is an initiative by Akshaya Patra in an effort to give children a chance to nourish their dreams. For this reason, we gave an opportunity to the children served by our programme to contour and colour their hopes. The result was vibrant, original and delightful artworks that chronicle their ambitions.
"Feed the Hunger" Campaign Teaser
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"Ode to Billion" by Shankar Mahadevan and Javed Akthar
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Mohandas Pai Solving The Hunger Problem
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