Friday, April 9, 2010

Help Akshaya Patra feed schoolchildren and increase education in India

Help Akshaya Patra feed schoolchildren and increase education in India

Help Akshaya Patra feed schoolchildren and increase education in India

World Currency
http://www.foodforeducation.org/index.php?content=9

Indian Rupees
http://www.akshayapatra.org/individual-donors

Their website mentions: "Realizing that a nutritious school meal is an effective means of getting underprivileged children come to school and complete their education, we formed a not-for-profit organization in June 2000 to take up this cause. Our purpose - to provide "unlimited food for education", thus freeing children from the vicious cycle of poverty and ensuring them an education.

It was only right that we named our organization Akshaya Patra – a vessel from which unlimited amounts of food may be drawn.

We started as a pilot project in five schools in Bangalore, feeding 1,500 children and have now grown into a mammoth endeavor reaching out to over a million children in 17 locations across seven states in India.

Today, we firmly believe that feeding and educating an underprivileged child is not charity; it's our social responsibility."