NGO Report: The Akshaya Patra Foundation Annual Report 2018-19

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
FUTURE PLANS
The Gandhi Peace Prize 2016 was conferred upon Akshaya Patra by the Hon’ble President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind,
for providing mid-day meals to children across India. The jury members comprised of the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India,
Shri Narendra Modi and other eminent personalities
Honoured with the ICAI Gold Shield Award for ‘Excellence in Financial Reporting’ for the year 2017-18 in the Not-for-Profit
Sector for the 7th time in a row, to become the only NGO in the 70-year history of ICAI that has won this distinction
Shri Madhu Pandit Dasa was honoured with the first National Living Legend Award 2018 presented by the Odisha Diary
Foundation
Won the CSR TIMES Award 2018 under the category ‘Eradicating Extreme Hunger, Poverty and Malnutrition’
Akshaya Patra’s Central Office received ‘Great Place to Work’ certification for the third consecutive year
Won the 1st runner up prize in 12th CII Six Sigma National Competition
Akshaya Patra’s Annual Report 2017-18 ‘Aspire’ won the Platinum Award in the LACP 2017/18 Vision Awards.
It ranked 17th amongst the top 100 Annual Reports in the world
Awarded Platinum for Annual Report 2017-18 and Calendar 2019, and Gold for ‘Essence of Akshaya Patra’ brochure at the
Hermes Creative Awards 2019
Won the ‘Award of Excellence’ for ‘Aspire’ at the 25th Annual Communicator Award 2019
Awarded Bronze for Health Impact NGO at the CSR Health Impact Awards
In FY 2019-20, Akshaya Patra will begin
operations of 16 new kitchens, reaching out to
more children with nutritious mid-day meals
and contributing to the nation’s pursuit of two
critical Sustainable Development Goals – Zero
Hunger and Quality Education
Akshaya Patra will conduct capacity-building
programmes for Mid-Day Meal (MDM) helpers,
training them in food safety, food handling, and
sanitation and hygiene best practices, to enhance
the programme. Through this endeavour, the
Foundation will also strive to empower women,
thus contributing to the nation’s pursuit of SDG
5 – Gender Equality
The organisation aims to scale the breakfast
initiative to 20,000 children in the next
academic year. This will address shortterm
hunger among children and improve
their concentration level, thus making the
morning sessions in schools significantly more
productive
The Foundation will continue to establish
strategic partnerships with various institutions,
organisations, and agencies to find sustainable
solutions for the long-standing challenges faced
by society
The Foundation plans to set up at least two
community-based kitchens to boost the
school and community ownership of the
MDM Programme. The community will be
the key advisor and stakeholder to design and
monitor the Programme
The Foundation will scale its school rejuvenation
programme in partnership with the State
Governments to improve the long-term
comprehensive impact on schools; ergo, the
impact of the meals served. Over the next
year, 35 schools across four locations will be
transformed as a part of this initiative
Akshaya Patra will advocate for the convergence
of the Mid-Day Meal Programme with other
Government programmes, such as the
Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS)
and Jal Shakti Abhiyan, to address malnutrition
more effectively
AIKYA, the volunteer-based youth wing of
Akshaya Patra, will work with 15,000 more
volunteers to sustain and scale the community
mobilisation efforts
Akshaya Patra will encourage and develop 100
leaders from within the organisation to keep
pace with the rapidly changing environment in
the social sector and enhance its programmes
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