The Akshaya Patra Foundation
Unlimited Food for Education
No Child Should Be Deprived Of Education Because of Hunger
ABOUT US
Get in touch // Tel: 80 3014 3400 // infodesk@akshayapatra.org
Who are us
The Akshaya Patra Foundation is a children NGO in India providing food for underprivileged children under the mid day meal programme for government and government aided schools. The organization has its headquarters in Bengaluru. Akshaya Patra started its operation in the year 2000. Now the foundation is expanded its service to 11 states across India and feeding food for 1.6 million children every working days of school.
Why we do this
The main vission of the Akshaya Patra Foundation is "No child in India shall be deprived of education becuase of hunger". To give better future for the underprivileged children the organization is feeding the hungry children to give motivation and nourishment to persue better education.
How we work
Akshaya Patra works on public-private relationship model. As the foundation is non-profit organization, there is a steady support from the government of India, state governments and from various other organizations. The constant support from the government, corporates and from many individuals the organization is able to provide food from 1500 children in 2000 to 1.6 million children in 2016. To fulfil the requirement Akshaya Patra has set up 26 kitchens across various location of India. To give quality and hygiene food the foundation has implemented advanced technologies in the kitchen.