The AkshayaPatra Foundation
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>AkshayaPatra</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
PH: 1800 425 8622 (India)<br />
NGO in Karnataka serves nutritious mid day meals<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>AkshayaPatra</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong> originally began as an NGO in Karnataka feeding the nutritious<br />
mid-day meals to only 1,500 children across 5 schools in Bangalore. Today the mid-day meal in<br />
Karnataka is served to 463,682 children across 2,629 Government and Government aided<br />
schools in the state. Besides this <strong>AkshayaPatra</strong> provides food for hungry children through its 24<br />
kitchen units spread over 10 states of India. Today the <strong>Foundation</strong> feeds over 1.4 million<br />
children across 10,770 schools every day. <strong>The</strong>se nutritious meals ensure that the children have<br />
access to at least one meal with healthy, filling food which is vital during their formative years.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se meals also ensure that the children have a reason to attend school, so they get educated<br />
as well. Very often children have to forgo their education in order to earn money to eat,<br />
however due to the school lunch programme parents are happy to send their children to class<br />
and reduce their burden of an extra mouth to feed as well.
<strong>The</strong> NGO in Karnataka functions through six centralized kitchens in the state. <strong>The</strong> first kitchen<br />
was the HK Hill kitchen opened in Bengaluru in the year 2000, followed by the Hubli kitchen in<br />
July 2004, the Mysuru kitchen in August 2004, the Mangalore kitchen in December 2004, the<br />
Bellary kitchen in July 2006 and finally the Vasanthapura kitchen in Bengaluru in July 2007. Of<br />
these both the Bengaluru kitchens, the Bellary and Hubli kitchens are ISO 22000:2005 certified.<br />
To cook tasty food for hungry children in the state, the menu is modified to suit the local<br />
palate. <strong>The</strong>refore the mid-day meal in Karnataka includes dishes like rice, rasam (a South<br />
Indian soup), sambar (a lentil based curry), dal (lentil curry), and healthy vegetable dishes.<br />
<strong>The</strong> mid day meal in Karnataka is cooked every day from the six centralized kitchens. <strong>The</strong>se<br />
centralized kitchens are extremely mechanized units that have the latest in cooking equipment<br />
that allows the <strong>Foundation</strong> to produce huge amounts of food in a very short time. Due to the<br />
fact that most of the cooking process is machine run, there is very little human contact with the<br />
food ensuring that it is hygienic, and adheres to safety and quality standards too. Through these<br />
kitchens this NGO in Karnataka ensures that food for hungry children in the state is cooked in a<br />
span of just a few hours.<br />
Help <strong>AkshayaPatra</strong> continue to provide food for education to underserved children in<br />
Karnataka. Make a donation now and help children.<br />
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