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Akhilesh Yadav, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh recently conducted the shilanyas’ ceremony (foundation stone laying ceremony) at his residence, 5 Kalidas Marg, for the new Centralized kitchen of Akshaya Patra in Lucknow.
The Summit International Awards (SIA) has honoured The Akshaya Patra Foundation with the Summit Creative Award (SCA) in Silver in recognition for its creative representation of 2011-12 Annual Report. The 2013 Summit Creative Awards received more than 5,000 submissions from across 25 countries.
“A hungry man is not a free man”- Adlai E Stevenson. This quote has a very strong thought-evoking connotation. The criticality of world hunger can be witnessed in its inclusion as one of the most crucial UN Millennium Development Goals. Research reveals that Asia and the Pacific alone comprises of 578 million of the world’s hungry. It also means to say that it is the world’s largest hunger population.
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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Akshaya Patra Feature In Bharat Bhagya Vidhata
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Audience feedback on Making A Man of an Ass
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