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Stories of Children

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Akshaya Patra Aiding Children to Brave Changing Times 

SBI donates mid day meal distribution vehicle to Akshaya PatraEvery meal that is served to the children has its own share of story. This story of Neha and her siblings shows how the mid-day meal is helping them continue their education. Neha Singh enjoys assisting her teachers while serving the mid-day meal at school. The grade 5 student says, “I enjoy serving food because everybody looks forward to you. Everybody calls out my name and asks for a roti. 

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Akshaya Patra- A Support System during the Testing Time of Children

Akshaya Patra mid day meal beneficiaries Golu and Mohsin

“Golu and Mohsin are studying in 3rd Grade in Government Primary School, Kacchi Basti in Jaipur. Both the siblings stay with their aging grandmother. Only a year ago they came to know that they have an elder brother who has been sent to Gujarat to earn for a living due to extreme poverty.” Even though Golu and Mohsin face many difficulties at home, they continue to come to school.

 

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Akshaya Patra Supports the Invincible Will 

SBI donates mid day meal distribution vehicle to Akshaya PatraHer teachers says that she is very bold and favourite student to be given any task which require little extra responsibility and audacity. She is Sunita, a grade 8th student of Guttanhalli Higher Primary Government School Bangalore. When asked about her dream she quickly came out saying “I want to be an IPS officer to help the uneducated people who are hesitant to go to the police” She has an elder brother and her parents are construction labourers.

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Akshaya Patra Brings Children One Step Closer to Their Dream

Akshaya Patra Indian ngo beneficiary Lemuel Rego

Billions of children join school every year. All these children have the zeal to achieve high in their lives. But, due to lack of basic facilities many children drop-out of school. In order to encourage education, The Akshaya Patra Foundation came up with a solution in the form of mid-day meal programme. Akshaya Patra provides mid-day meal to 1.3 million school children every single day. Freshly cooked food is distributed to more than 9000 Government schools in India.

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An inspiring story of a little explorer from Nayagarh, Orissa 

akshaya patra mid day meal inspires gulluGullu hails from a tribal area based in the interiors of a dense jungle in Orissa. His parents leave for work early in the morning and he is left all alone in the house all day. One fine morning he started walking through the jungle aimlessly lost in his thoughts and found himself outside a small building called “school” where many kids were having lunch in the afternoon.He saw the kids going for many helpings with their empty plate which was filled every time with  piping hot food by the teachers. He went back home and told all the neighbouring kids about the free food distribution. 

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Akshaya Patra- A Support System during the Testing Time of Children

Akshaya Patra nutritious meal beneficiary Narayan Chetan

Narayan, a defense officer, works at the Agni Missile Testing centre on the Wheeler Island. Despite having a choice to educate his only son in a private school with all the facilities, he chose to keep him in Padmabati Nodal UP School, Bhapur block’s government school at Nayagarh. “The Government school environment makes you a better person. Take Akshaya Patra meals for instance.

 

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