Akshaya Patra Foundation
Akshaya Patra Foundation USA, is the worlds largest NGO-run midday meal program in India. Akshaya Patra cooks, transports, and serves nutritious freshly prepared meals to over 1.4 million school children daily. For many children, this is their only complete meal of the day. These meals increase enrollment in schools in India, as well as improve attendance and academic performance throughout the country.
Below is some more information about Akshaya Patra Foundation USA:
-It only takes $15 US dollars to support the meals of one child for an entire school year.
-The largest of Akshaya Patra's 22 kitchens is in Hubli. This kitchen prepares 185,000 meals within 5 hours.
-The benefits of providing meals in schools include:
Increased enrollment & attendance (especially for girls)
Improved nutritional status with fewer underweight children
Improved academic performance
-Akshaya Patra's next milestone is to feed 5 million children each day by the year 2020
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