The Akshaya Patra Foundation

#Food For Education

“No child in India

shall be deprived

of education

because of hunger”

The Problem

27% of the world's malnourished children live in India - more than anywhere else

India has the largest number of child labourers in the world at 17%

30.7% of children under five in India are underweight

3,000 children die every day from poor diet related diseases

About 8.1 million

children are

out of school

source: www.unicef.org/india/index2

... they are doing

menial jobs, thus

missing out the

benefits of

education

Education is the single most powerful

factor to take an entire family out of

the cycle of poverty

Education can - within one

generation - significantly

improve the quality of life

Our Solution

Our focusTo tackle the issues of classroom hunger and educational access in India by

providing free freshly cooked, nourishing school lunches through our Food For Education Programme in government and government aided schools

ObjectiveTo fight malnutrition and increase the enrolment of children in schools across

India

GoalTo feed 5 million India’s children by 2020

Brief HistoryThe Akshaya Patra Foundation started its school lunch program - an incentive for

underprivileged children to attend schoolPilot project initiated in 2000 - feeding

1500 children in 5 schools of

Bangalore city every day

Scaled up and replicated the program in other parts of the country

Work closely with Central and State Governments to implement the Mid Day

Meal Program Currently feeding 1.6 million children

across 11 states and 27 locations

everyday

Our kitchens

We have state of the art cooking facilities in

27 LOCATIONS ACROSS

11 STATES IN INDIA

Our kitchens are custom built to suite the local palate of a particular region

We make robust use of technology to ensure zero food safety

incidents

13 of our kitchens are accredited with certification of ISO

2000:2005 for excellence in Food Safety Management System (FSMS)

The kitchens are 5S and GMP compliant ensuring optimum food

safety

Menu in North India

RotiDal or Sabji

Vegetable Rice or Kheer

Menu in South India

Milk/YogurtSoup with lentils &

vegetablesRice items:Puliyogre

PulavBisi Bele Bath

Started with 1500 meals

Served 500

million meals

Served 1

billion meals

Served 2

billion meals

Effective Public-Private

Partnership

Partner with us

Host a lunch and learn

Join our restaurant scheme

Volunteer

Adopt a school

Donate

Join us on our mission to feed 5

million children by 2020

Contact usThe Akshaya Patra Foundation UK

www.foodforeducation.org.ukinfo@akshayapatra.co.uk

020 7422 6612

DonateThe Akshaya Patra Foundation UK

Account No: 31741349Sort Code: 40-38-18

For Card Payment call: 020 7422 6612Cheque: 1 Snowden Street, London, EC2A 2DQ

Thank you on behalf of the children and all of us

at The Akshaya Patra Foundation