Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Akshaya Patra in Andhra Pradesh: 10 Kitchens, One Mission to Nourish Every Child

What does it take to serve thousands of children a nutritious school meal every day?

A whole lot of planning. A whole lot of cooking. And, in Andhra Pradesh, 10 kitchens working together with one mission: to help ensure children get the nourishment they need to learn, grow and dream.

Behind every school meal is a network of kitchens, people and processes working together.


From Visakhapatnam to Kalyandurg, Akshaya Patra’s kitchens are busy long before the school bell rings. Pots are filled, ingredients are prepared and meals are cooked with care before making their way to schools.

And the best part? This isn’t just about food.

It’s about putting a nutritious meal on a child’s plate so they can put more energy into the things that matter: learning, playing, asking questions and imagining a bigger future.

So, shall we take a little food-powered tour of Andhra Pradesh?

10 kitchens. 10 locations. One deliciously important mission.

Think of Akshaya Patra’s kitchens as a giant backstage crew.

Children see the final act: a freshly prepared school meal.

Behind that meal is a carefully coordinated kitchen operation where food is prepared at scale and sent to schools so children can enjoy their meals during the school day.

Here’s where the 10 kitchens across Andhra Pradesh come in:


Together, these kitchens have a combined stated capacity of 193,000 meals a day.

That is a lot of rice. A lot of dal. A lot of vegetables.

And, most importantly, a lot of children who can benefit from a nutritious meal at school.

First stop: Visakhapatnam

Our Andhra Pradesh kitchen story begins in Visakhapatnam, where Akshaya Patra’s centralised kitchen was established in 2008.

With a capacity of 25,000 meals a day, it became an important part of the effort to serve nutritious school meals to children.

Imagine 25,000 school meals being prepared for young minds getting ready for another day of lessons, laughter and learning.

That’s not just a busy kitchen.

That’s a kitchen with a very busy purpose.

Then came Kakinada

In 2015, the journey expanded to Kakinada.

The centralised kitchen here has a capacity of 15,000 meals a day, adding another important link to Akshaya Patra’s school meal network in the state.

One kitchen became two.

And the mission? Still exactly the same.

Mangalagiri turns up the scale

Next stop: Mangalagiri.

Established in 2016, this centralised kitchen has a stated capacity of 50,000 meals a day.

The Mangalagiri kitchen is also ISO 22000:2018 certified, reflecting a structured approach to food safety management.

If kitchens had superpowers, this one would definitely have the ability to turn mountains of ingredients into thousands of school meals.

Nellore joins the journey

In 2017 Nellore, became home to another centralised kitchen.

With a capacity of 15,000 meals a day, it further strengthened Akshaya Patra’s ability to serve children through school meals.

At this point, the map was beginning to look rather delicious.

But Akshaya Patra wasn’t done yet.

More kitchens. More reach.

Over the next few years, the network continued to grow.

Gudivada, established in 2018, has a capacity of 10,000 meals a day.

Kuppam, established in 2019, can prepare 25,000 meals a day and is ISO 22000:2018 certified.

Srikakulam, also established in 2019, has a capacity of 25,000 meals a day and carries ISO 22000:2018 certification.

Gambhiram, established in 2019, has a capacity of 20,000 meals a day and is also ISO 22000:2018 certified.

And then there’s Ongole, with a capacity of 3,000 meals a day.

Each location adds another point on the map.

But the real impact isn't on a map.

It’s on a school plate.

And then came Kalyandurg

The newest kitchen on this list is Kalyandurg in Anantapur, established in 2022.

With a capacity of 5,000 meals a day, it represents another step in expanding the reach of school meal support in Andhra Pradesh.

Ten kitchens now form a network across the state.

Different locations.

Different capacities.

Different years.

One mission.

So, what happens after the cooking?

Here’s the part where the kitchen gets moving.

A centralised kitchen is not simply a place where food is cooked. It is part of a larger system designed to prepare meals at scale and facilitate their delivery to schools.

The aim is simple: help children receive a nutritious meal during the school day without having to worry about where their next meal is coming from.

Because when a child has a nourishing meal in front of them, they can focus on what’s happening in front of the classroom.

A maths problem.

A science experiment.

A story.

A football match at recess.

Or perhaps that one very important question every child eventually asks:

“Can I have some more?”

More than a meal

A school meal can do more than fill a plate.

For many children, it can support their ability to stay engaged in school and participate in the school day with greater focus.

It can also help make school a more supportive environment for children from communities where access to nutritious food may be a challenge.

This is why Akshaya Patra’s work goes beyond the kitchen.

The larger goal is to support children so that food does not become a barrier to education.

A quick quiz before you go

Let’s see if you’ve been paying attention.

Which Akshaya Patra kitchen in Andhra Pradesh has the highest stated daily capacity?

A. Visakhapatnam
B. Mangalagiri
C. Nellore
D. Kuppam

If you picked Mangalagiri, give yourself a pat.

With a capacity of 50,000 meals a day, it leads this particular kitchen list.

Now, one more:

How many centralised kitchens does Akshaya Patra have in Andhra Pradesh in this list?

You guessed it.

10.

From kitchens to classrooms

The easiest way to think about Akshaya Patra’s work is this:

The kitchen prepares the meal.
The school becomes the setting.
The child is at the centre of it all.

Every meal served is an opportunity to support a child's school day with nourishment.

And behind every meal is a chain of people, processes and purpose working together to make it happen.

That is what makes these 10 kitchens special.

They aren’t simply buildings filled with giant vessels and busy kitchens.

They are part of a larger effort to help children arrive at the classroom ready to learn, participate and dream.

10 kitchens, thousands of plates, countless possibilities

From the coastal stretch of Visakhapatnam to Kalyandurg in Anantapur, Akshaya Patra’s kitchens have grown into an important network serving school children across Andhra Pradesh.

10 kitchens.
193,000 meals of combined stated daily capacity.
One mission.

To help ensure that children have access to nutritious school meals and the opportunity to make the most of their education.

Because sometimes, supporting a child’s biggest dreams starts with something wonderfully simple:

A nourishing meal on their plate.

Monday, September 7, 2026

They once sat in the classroom. Today, they teach in one

What if your teacher once sat where you sit?

Here's a question you've probably never asked yourself: where did your favourite teacher come from?

Not their college, or their subject but as a child. Before they stood at the blackboard, they carried a schoolbag instead of a lesson plan, waited for the lunch bell same as everyone else and had no idea what they'd become.

Every year, Teacher's Day gives us a reason to thank the people at the front of the classroom. But this year, we want to ask a slightly different question: what if this occasion was also about looking backward at the small, unglamorous things that helped them get there?

Some of India's educators began their journey as children in government schools, eating a mid-day meal that someone else had cooked. This is a story about five of them and the quiet, ordinary things that can turn a beneficiary into a teacher.

The journey does not begin at the blackboard


Nobody becomes a teacher by simply deciding to. The road starts long before the degree with something as unremarkable as attending school regularly, or a plate of food waiting there when there wasn't much waiting at home. It can start with a teacher noticing a child was quicker at fractions, a scholarship that made the next year possible, or someone simply saying, "you can do this," at the moment a child needed to hear it.

Nutrition plays a quieter role here than people expect. When children eat a proper meal at school, they're in a better position to sit through a full day of lessons and actually participate instead of watching the clock till lunch the basic, practical link between a full stomach and a focused mind.

As an NGO delivering meals under the PM POSHAN programme, The Akshaya PatraFoundation prepares and serves nutritious mid-day meals to children in government schools every day, not the hero of anyone's story, but one steady, background piece of a longer journey.

Meet the children who became educators


So what happens when a child who once needed a little support grows up to become the person offering it to someone else? That's the thread running through the five Beneficiary Stories ahead: different states, different subjects, but the same quiet arc: a child near the back of the room who eventually found their way to the front of it.

Bharat: Discover what is already inside you

Bharat Solanki remembers school lunch periods before Akshaya Patra's meals became part of the routine: some children had a tiffin, some didn't, and it showed. Once the meals arrived, children who used to spend the afternoon distracted by hunger could actually sit through class and pay attention.

Today, Bharat works as a counsellor and visiting lecturer, helping students figure out what they're actually good at rather than what's expected of them.

"Don't just follow what someone else is doing. Discover what is inside you."

His message to students is simple: success isn't one formula. It's discovering your own strengths, having the courage to follow them, and building the discipline to stick with it. Sometimes the child looking for direction grows up to be the adult who hands it to someone else.

Saraswati: The teacher who started with a maths problem

Saraswati studied entirely in government institutions from Class 1 to her M.Com including a school so small it had only 13 students. Her family faced real financial difficulty, and mid-day meals were a steady presence through those years.

She'd wanted to be a teacher since Class 2, but the moment that sealed it was smaller than that: solving a Maths problem on the blackboard and realising she loved explaining it more than solving it. That instinct followed her to a lecturer's position at Vidyavana First Grade College. A scholarship after her 2nd PUC kept her education going when it might otherwise have stalled.

"When we teach something, children learn. And that is what I love about teaching."

It's a simple sentence, but it explains an entire career sometimes a lifelong calling reveals itself in a single ordinary classroom moment.

Bhola: From waiting for the meal to teaching the next generation

Bhola Baghel grew up in a small village in Mathura, studying at a primary government school with a family that had limited resources but an unshakeable belief in education. For him and his classmates, the meal was often the reason they showed up at all and some days, he'd carry a portion home to share with his family.

"Sometimes, that one plate of food was the only reason we showed up to school and the reason we kept believing in a better future."

Today, Bhola is pursuing his B.Ed. He tutors children up to Classes 10 and 12, and teaches underprivileged children in his village for free. His goal is to become a government teacher: a full-circle moment: a child once supported by a meal now making sure other children in his village don't fall behind.

Bhanu: When one meal helps make room for a dream

Bhanu Pratap Singh grew up in Vrindavan and studied in a government school from Class 1 to 8, later studying Physics. Today, he works as a lab instructor, guiding engineering students through experiments.

He still remembers waiting for the mid-day meal with his classmates not as a dramatic memory, just a dependable one that meant one less thing to think about, and more room to actually focus on lessons. The distance between a school lunchroom and a university lab can be measured in years, but for Bhanu, the journey between them started with something as ordinary as a nourishing meal served on time.

Pinky: The teacher who learned the value of time

Pinky Khateek grew up in Kotharia village, Rajasthan, and describes herself as an average student who wasn't sure what she wanted from life. What she does remember clearly is Thursday jeera rice: a small, specific joy that made the school week a little brighter.

The real turning point came from a Class 10 teacher who encouraged her to think beyond the expectations everyone else had already set for her, that everyone gets the same 24 hours in a day, and what changes the outcome is how you choose to use them.

"Everyone has 24 hours. What matters is how you think, how you work and how you choose to use that time."

She went on to complete a B.Sc. in Home Science, then an M.Sc. despite struggling with the shift between English and Hindi medium instruction, with steady support from her parents, especially her father. She's now a lecturer herself, likely repeating that same 24-hours lesson to students who need to hear it.

The ripple effect: One child, many classrooms

Put these five Beneficiary Stories side by side and a pattern shows up: what happens when the child who once received support becomes the person offering it?

It tends to follow a rough path: meal → attendance → learning → education → opportunity → profession → mentorship for someone else's child. That's really what a mid-day meal is one link in a chain stretching further than anyone serving it will ever see. The child receiving it today might become a teacher, a lecturer, a counsellor or a community leader tomorrow and each of them goes on to influence far more children than they were once one of.

What teachers teach us beyond textbooks

A few lessons worth carrying, courtesy of five people who lived them:

Potential doesn't always look like top marks. Bharat's story proves that discovering your strengths matters more than fitting a template.

A small moment can become a lifelong dream. For Saraswati, it was one Maths problem on a blackboard.

Support can travel forward. Bhola received help as a student; now he gives it, for free, in his own village.

Nourishment creates room for learning. Bhanu's experience shows how a reliable meal can quietly support a much bigger journey.

One teacher can change the question a child asks about their future. Pinky went from uncertain to purposeful because someone told her she had time on her side.

Why school meals matter

None of this is about counting meals served. It's about what a meal makes possible — a child who can attend school without worrying about an empty stomach, sit through a full day of lessons, and keep coming back long enough for something to click.

The Akshaya Patra Foundation works alongside government schools to make that happen every school day, as one piece of a much larger system built around education for children. It isn't trying to be the main character in these five stories — just dependable enough that the main characters get to write their own. That's the quiet, unglamorous job of an NGO in this line of work.

Teacher's Day: Look beyond the teacher in front of you

Teacher's Day usually points forward to the person standing at the blackboard right now. This year, it's worth pointing the lens the other way, at the children who once sat further back in the room.

No teacher is made in a single day. Their journey runs through parents, teachers, meals, scholarships, mentors, friends, communities, and a fair amount of their own stubbornness. It's a good moment to remember that the person teaching your child today was, at some point, a child who needed someone too.

Think back

Who was the teacher who made you believe you could do more? The one who stayed back after class, or noticed you were good at something before you did?

Now ask yourself: what if every child had someone like that and the basic, unglamorous support of a meal and a reason to stay in school that makes it possible to be noticed in the first place?

From one generation to the next

Bharat guides students through decisions bigger than their marksheets. Saraswati teaches degree students the subject she fell in love with at a blackboard. Bhola teaches children in his village for free while chasing his own B.Ed. Bhanu helps engineering students learn by doing. Pinky is a lecturer, quietly repeating the lesson about time that changed her own life.

Each started as a child receiving something small: a meal, a scholarship, a teacher's attention. Each is now the one giving something forward. That's the real shape of education: it rarely stops with one child. As an NGO, that long, invisible chain is the real measure of the work not any single meal, but everything a meal makes room for.

This teacher's day, pass it forward

This Teacher's Day, the best way to thank the teachers who shaped you might be to help another child get the same chance: to be noticed, nourished, and given room to discover what they're capable of.

You can Support Akshaya Patra and help provide nutritious school meals to children who are, quite possibly, this generation's future teachers and mentors.

Today's schoolchild could be tomorrow's teacher. Sometimes, helping them take that first step begins with something as simple as a meal.

 

Thursday, August 20, 2026

Raksha Bandhan: The Promise to Protect Every Child's Future

Every year, Raksha Bandhan arrives with colourful threads, heartfelt promises, strong bonds and cherished family traditions. A simple rakhi tied around the wrist represents something more than a ritual, it is a promise of protection and standing by one another through every stage of life.

But what if we looked beyond the thread?

Protection isn't only about shielding someone from danger. Sometimes, it means ensuring health and the opportunity to dream without worrying about their next meal. For millions of children, true protection begins with something as fundamental as nutritious food and access to education.

This Raksha Bandhan, what if the promise of protection can extend beyond our own families to every child who deserves a brighter future?

Protection Begins with the Basics

When we think of protecting children, we often imagine keeping them safe from harm. While that is important, protection also includes nurturing their physical and intellectual growth.

A child who receives proper nutrition is better equipped to learn, participate in class, stay active and develop life skills. Good nutrition supports concentration, strengthens immunity, and lays the foundation for healthy development.

When children have access to wholesome meals, schools become more than classrooms; they become places where futures are built every single day.

This is why school meal programmes play such an important role in creating lasting impact.

The strongest rakhi is a promise that lasts beyond the wrist

 

A Meal Does More Than Satisfy Hunger

The PM POSHAN initiative (Mid-Day Meal Scheme) has transformed the educational journey of millions of children across India. By ensuring that students receive a nutritious meal during the school day, the programme encourages school attendance, supports learning, and contributes to better health outcomes.

For many families, the assurance that their child will receive a nourishing meal at school also eases financial pressures, allowing parents to prioritise education instead of difficult daily choices.

In many ways, every meal served, becomes an act of protection - protecting a child's health and their opportunity to continue learning.

A Bond That Goes Beyond Rakhi


 Rajya Zilla Parishad School, Panvel, Maharashtra

Ayush studies in the 2nd grade and has dreams of joining the Indian Army, while Arushi is a 4th grader. Her brother keeps hinting at her and reminding what she wants to become (a teacher) and what she wants to do (open a beauty parlour). 

Their story beautifully reflects the true meaning of protection not just through a rakhi, but through care and the opportunity to learn and dream together.

 The Meaning of Raksha in Today's World

The spirit of Raksha Bandhan reminds us that protection evolves with the needs of the people we care about.

For children, protection means:

  • Access to nutritious meals
  • The opportunity to attend school every day
  • The confidence to learn without distraction
  • The chance to dream of a brighter future

Every one of these creates a stronger foundation for adulthood.

Communities become stronger when children grow up healthy, educated and empowered. A simple promise of care can show positive effects on generations.

Extending Care Beyond Relationships

The values celebrated during Raksha Bandhan inspire compassion that reaches beyond our own homes. While we celebrate the bonds we share with our siblings, the occasion also reminds us that every child deserves someone who believes in their future.

Supporting initiatives that provide nutritious school meals is one meaningful way to turn that promise into action. A meal today can help a child stay in school, focus in class and continue pursuing opportunities tomorrow.

The PM POSHAN initiative (Mid-Day Meal Scheme) has demonstrated how consistent nutrition can improve both educational participation and overall well-being, creating lasting impact for children and their families.

 A Promise That Lasts Beyond a Festival

For over two decades, The Akshaya Patra Foundation has worked towards ensuring that children receive nutritious school meals that encourage learning and regular school attendance. By partnering with governments and communities, the organisation supports children through the implementation of the government’s school feeding programme across India.

This Raksha Bandhan, the promise of protection can become more than a symbolic thread. It can become a commitment to helping children stay healthy, continue their education and build a better future.

If you would like to extend this spirit of care beyond your own family, you can donate to Akshaya Patra and become part of a movement that protects childhood through nourishment.

Together, the Foundation believes that every nutritious meal served is a promise to protect a child's future.

 

Thursday, August 6, 2026

Beyond Mid-Day Meals: Exploring the Services Offered by The Akshaya Patra Foundation

When a child receives proper nutrition, they are better equipped to learn. But what happens after that? What support do they need to continue their education, discover their talents and eventually become confident adults? These are the questions that shaped The Akshaya Patra Foundation's journey over the past 25 years.

A Meal to a Lifetime of Opportunities

Today, the Foundation serves over 2.35 million children every school day across 25,000+ government schools in 16 states and 3 Union Territories through the PM POSHAN initiative (earlier known as the Mid-Day Meal Scheme). However, years of working closely with children, parents and teachers made one thing clear that a nutritious meal is the beginning, not the destination.

Building Healthy Foundations

A child's nutritional needs begin long before they enter a classroom. During the early years, adequate nutrition is essential for physical growth, brain development and immunity. Recognising this, The Akshaya Patra Foundation extends its support to preschool children through the Anganwadi Feeding Programme, providing wholesome meals during one of the most crucial stages of life.

Good nutrition during early childhood contributes to reducing concerns such as anaemia, malnutrition, stunting, wasting and developmental delays. Simply put, healthier children are more likely to become healthier learners and healthier learners grow into healthier adults.

Ensuring Every School Day Counts

As children enter school, the Foundation continues to support them through the PM POSHAN initiative. Freshly cooked meals prepared in technology-enabled kitchens not only provide nourishment but also encourage regular school attendance, improve classroom concentration and help children make the most of every learning opportunity.

Yet, nutrition is only one part of a child's learning experience. The environment in which they eat and learn matters just as much.

Creating Better Spaces to Learn

To enhance the overall school experience, the Foundation introduced MEAL (Meal Experience Enhancement for Active Learning). The initiative goes beyond providing meals by improving dining areas, hygiene facilities and learning spaces within schools.

A clean place to wash hands, a dignified space to eat and an environment that encourages learning together create a more positive school experience. When children feel comfortable and cared for, they are more likely to participate, engage and enjoy coming to school every day.

Supporting Dreams Beyond School

For many students, completing school is only the first milestone. The next challenge is accessing higher education, where financial constraints often become a barrier.

Through its Scholarship Programme, The Akshaya Patra Foundation supports deserving students with financial assistance, enabling them to pursue undergraduate and professional education. By investing in their aspirations, the Foundation helps ensure that talent determines a student's future and not their circumstance.

But even financial support is only part of the journey.

From Beneficiaries to Mentors

As scholarship recipients and beneficiaries establish their careers, many choose to give back through the Akshaya Patra Alumni Network (AAN). The network brings together former beneficiaries who mentor students, share career guidance and inspire the next generation with their own stories of perseverance and success.

This creates a meaningful cycle of impact, where those who once received support become role models for children walking the same path.

Standing by Communities During Emergencies

While most initiatives focus on long-term development, the Foundation also responds when communities face unexpected crises. Through its Humanitarian Relief Feeding Programme, Akshaya Patra leverages its large-scale kitchen infrastructure and logistics network to prepare and distribute freshly cooked meals during natural disasters, public health emergencies and humanitarian crises.

The same operational excellence that serves millions of schoolchildren every day enables the Foundation to respond quickly when uninterrupted access to nutritious food becomes critical.

Beyond Meals, Towards Brighter Futures

What began as an effort to support the government's Mid-Day Meal Scheme has grown into a comprehensive system of care. Today, The Akshaya Patra Foundation supports children from their formative years through schooling, higher education and even into their professional lives. Whether it is nourishing preschoolers, creating better learning environments, enabling higher education, fostering alumni mentorship or responding during emergencies, every initiative is connected by a single purpose, to help children realise their full potential.

If you would like to be part of this journey, you can donate online and help create opportunities that extend far beyond a single meal.

 

Tuesday, August 4, 2026

Akshaya Patra’s New Gorakhpur Kitchen: A Bigger Step Towards Ending Classroom Hunger

What is the best way to protect the future of a country? There is only one answer to this: by ensuring its children’s right to nutrition and education. This is why every step towards addressing classroom hunger creates a bigger impact not just for children today, but for the future they will build.

Committed to this belief, Akshaya Patra has taken another step forward with the inauguration of its centralised kitchen in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. Built to bring nutritious meals to more children in the region, the new kitchen will help the organisation serve thousands more children under PM POSHAN (The Mid-Day Meal Programme).

A bigger kitchen. A bigger impact.

Why Gorakhpur Needed a Larger Kitchen?

The story of the Akshaya Patra kitchen in Gorakhpur began in August 2019, as the Foundation’s 50th kitchen in India. Started by serving meals to approximately 5,000 children, the programme had such a huge impact that the organisation built a temporary facility to increase its reach to 17,000 children.

The growing need made one thing clear – a larger, permanent kitchen is essential.

On 25 June 2026, this became a reality. The Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath, inaugurated the expanded kitchen, which has the capacity to serve one lakh meals. Initially, it serves meals to 55,000 children across 546 schools and will further expand to children across 1,570 schools.

The Menu follows the government’s nutrition guidelines.

Monday

Roti,  Mixed vegetable curry and soya chunks

Tuesday

Plain rice, lauki chana daal or mixed dal

Wednesday

Mixed vegetable curry, tehari and kheer

Thursday

Roti, aloo and kabuli chana sabji

Friday

Mixed vegetable curry, tehari and kheer

Saturday

Plain rice, vegetable Jalfrezi/ Mysoor Sambaar

Around 190 employees work together to ensure every meal is cooked safely, packed hygienically and delivered on time.

A Stronger Step Towards Supporting Children Across Uttar Pradesh
The new Gorakhpur kitchen is more than an expansion in capacity it strengthens Akshaya Patra's efforts to support children across one of India's most populous states. As the kitchen gradually expands its reach to more schools, it will play an important role in ensuring that thousands more children receive nutritious mid-day meals every school day.
Its significance becomes even clearer in the context of Uttar Pradesh, which is home to approximately 19% of India's child population. A state with a larger population than many countries like Brazil, Bangladesh and Russia, it has children below the age of 18 who make up nearly 45% of its population (based on the 2011 Census). In a state where children constitute nearly half the population, ensuring access to nutritious meals is both an urgent need and a long-term investment in its social and economic development.

Reaching Children Sustainably
Preparing meals is only half the effort. Delivering them fresh and on time is equally important. To make this possible while reducing the environmental impact, the Gorakhpur kitchen operates a fleet of 23 electric vehicles. Supported by route optimisiation and GPRS tracking, these vehicles ensure meals reach schools efficiently every day while lowering the carbon footprint.

Strengthening the Mid-Day Meal Programme Across Uttar Pradesh
Apart from Gorakhpur, Akshaya Patra implements the Mid-Day Meal Programme in seven locations.

Locations

Kitchen Capacity

Lucknow

1,00,000

Vrindavan

1,00,000

Gorakhpur

1,00,000

Mant

20,000

Varanasi

65,000

Barsana

5,000

Gautam Buddh Nagar

20,000

Kanpur

2,000

One Meal Can Change More than a Day
Does the promise of one nutritious meal really create lasting change? The answer can be seen in classrooms across the country.
For many families facing economic challenges, mid-day meals become an important reason to send children to school every day.  By serving nutritious meals, we can create an opportunity for children to stay in school, continue learning and build a better future.

So, how far these children from limited socio-economic backgrounds go is the progress report of what we do today.

The opportunity we create for them is the litmus test of our commitment to the next generation. Every charity donation helps serve mid-day meals and move India closer to a vision where no child is deprived of education because of hunger.