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| The Akshaya Patra Foundation |
The Akshaya Patra Foundation (TAPF) TAPF addresses the two of the most immediate challenges India is facing: hunger and education. Founded in 2000, TAPF implements a mid-day meal (school lunch) program that currently provides free, nutritious meals to over 450,000 children in 1,000 government schools in India every day. Because the Akshaya Patra meal is the only complete meal many of these children have access to during the day, it is a vital part of their overall health and well-being. These meals create an incentive for children to attend school and stay in school, as well as provide nourishment that increases their awareness and learning skills. The program has produced dramatic results in enrollment, attendance, and attention spans in the classroom. The Akshaya Patra program is unique in magnitude, complexity, method of delivery and approach. It is a pioneering program in India's social and developmental sector, which uses technology extensively for minimizing cost, time and labor. It has leveraged technology in cooking and delivery, built global standards of supply chain efficiency, and secured important linkages to ensure that the meals are delivered to the children in the most cost-efficient manner. Akshaya Patra is the largest NGO feeding program of its kind in the world. Our goal is to serve one million children by 2010, by strengthening, expanding, and replicating our program across India. Our dream is to ensure that no child in India is denied equitable access to nutritious food, education, and health. For more information about the Akshaya Patra Foundation, please visit www.akshayapatra.org.
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