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THE AKSHAYA PATRA FOUNDATION<br />
(A (A NON-PROFIT NON-PROFIT ORGANIZA<br />
ORGANIZATION)<br />
ORGANIZA TION)<br />
FEEDING FEEDING 1.3 1.3 MILLION MILLION CHILDREN<br />
CHILDREN<br />
CHILDREN<br />
DAIL DAILY DAIL Y IN IN INDIA<br />
INDIA<br />
Madhu Madhu Sridhar Sridhar, Sridhar , President President and and CEO, CEO,<br />
CEO,<br />
The The Akshaya Akshaya Patra Patra Foundation Foundation Foundation USA<br />
USA<br />
The Akshaya Patra Foundation is a leading<br />
<strong>org</strong>anization that simultaneously addresses two<br />
of the most immediate challenges facing <strong>India</strong>,<br />
hunger/malnutrition and access to education, through its<br />
school lunch program. Started modestly in Bangalore<br />
feeding 1500 children in 5 schools, Akshaya Patra<br />
currently provides freshly prepared nutritious meals to<br />
1.3 million underprivileged children daily in eight states<br />
from 19 kitchens in over 8000 schools in <strong>India</strong>. For many<br />
children this is their only complete meal for the day. This<br />
meal gives the children an incentive to come to school,<br />
stay in school and provides them with the necessary<br />
nutrients they need to develop their cognitive abilities<br />
and focus on learning.<br />
Akshaya Patra is the world’s largest NGO-run midday<br />
meal program. It is a public, private, non-profit<br />
partnership that combines good management, innovative<br />
technology and smart engineering to deliver school lunch<br />
at a fraction of the cost of similar programs in other parts<br />
of the world. It costs Akshaya Patra $15 to feed a a child for<br />
an entire school year. Our largest kitchen in Hubli<br />
prepares 181,000 meals DAILY in less than five hours.<br />
The vision of the <strong>org</strong>anization is that no child shall be<br />
deprived of education because of hunger. Akshaya Patra<br />
plans to serve 5 million children by 2020.<br />
or more information visit www.foodforeducation.<strong>org</strong><br />
Important Facts:<br />
• 57 million children in <strong>India</strong> are malnourished…1/<br />
3 of the world’s malnourished children.<br />
• The 2010 Global Hunger Index places <strong>India</strong> at 67<br />
out of 84 developing countries<br />
• A study by the World Bank in 2010 reported more<br />
undernourished children in <strong>India</strong> than in Sub-<br />
Saharan Africa.<br />
• 26.8 million primary school-age children in <strong>India</strong><br />
are not in school.<br />
• 40 percent of children drop out before reaching<br />
grade 5.<br />
• Literacy, especially among women, remains low.<br />
Akshaya Patra program is a strategic intervention in<br />
education aimed at breaking the vicious cycle of poverty.<br />
Akshaya Patra meals are a LIFELINE<br />
LIFELINE LIFELINE to HOPE HOPE: HOPE HOPE<br />
Health<br />
Opportunity<br />
Progress<br />
Education<br />
Give the deserving children HOPE for their future and<br />
support Akshaya Patra today.<br />
Make your tax deductible donation:<br />
On-line at www.foodforeducation.<strong>org</strong><br />
or Via check mailed to the US headquarters:<br />
The The Akshaya Akshaya Patra Patra Foundation<br />
Foundation<br />
Foundation<br />
92 92 Montvale Montvale Avenue, venue, Suite Suite 2500 2500<br />
2500<br />
Stoneham, Stoneham, MA MA 02180<br />
02180<br />
The Akshaya Patra Foundation USA<br />
92 Montvale Avenue, Suite 2500<br />
Stoneham, MA 02180<br />
(781) 438-3090<br />
tapf.info@akshayapatrausa.<strong>org</strong><br />
Tax ID: 01-0574950<br />
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