Wedding anniversary, festival, house warming, promotion day, first salary day, birthday, and so many reasons we have where we celebrate personally. National and International Days like Mother’s Day, Women’s Day, Children’s Day, Father’s Day, Men’s Day, Independence Day, Republic Day, Joy of Giving, Christmas Day, etc.; we have so many different occasions to celebrate.

We choose to celebrate these days with our loved and special ones. You can double your joys by adding compassion on these special days. Contribute towards the betterment of children studying in Government and Government-aided schools by providing them with the much-required wholesome meals.

TRANSFORM LIVES OF CHILDREN

If I train myself from a very young age, I will grow up to become a responsible person. And today, I know how many people need protection in the world. After my mother spoke to me, I thought to myself, ‘Why shouldn’t that protector be me

Chand, Thane Mahanagara Palika Shikshanalaya
Thane, Maharashtra

I still have many years to become a School Head Boy. I hope I can become one so that I get to know the difficulties one faces in top positions. See the Prime Minister for example. He is so busy, but I am sure he faces a lot of difficulties too. I am very young, so I have to learn to tackle problems right now.

Prajesh, CPS Gujarati Medium School
Kalol, Gujarat

I didn’t know I was missing out so much in life! I isolated myself from all the fun and friends because of my own insecurity. Today, after knowing that it may not spread or get worsened further, I want to become a Cosmetic Surgeon and be the best that Odisha has.

Roshni, Hanspal Higher Primary School
Cuttack, Odisha

These are just a few stories. There are millions of children who can benefit from our support on special occasions.

About Us

The Akshaya Patra Foundation is one of the pioneer mid-day meal NGOs in India that started feeding school children in 2000. It is headquartered in Bengaluru and works with the vision that “No child in India shall be deprived of education because of hunger.” The organization provides school meals to children studying in 22,367 Government and Government-aided schools. It has the distinction of being the world's largest NGO run school lunch programme, serving freshly cooked nutritious mid-day meals to over 2 million children in 22,367 schools of 15 states & 2 union territories spread across 66 locations.

Children are the world’s most valuable resource and its best hope for the future

- John F Kennedy