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As a part of the relief efforts, the Foundation has already served 20,000 people in the district
Bengaluru, 13 August, 2019: In the aftermath of heavy rains and resultant floods in Dharwad, Karnataka, The Akshaya Patra Foundation has endeavoured to provide essential food relief to the distraught citizens of the district at the administration’s request. The Foundation’s Hubballi kitchen is taking into account the gravity of the situation and extending support to the administration’s relief operation by providing breakfast, lunch and dinner to those affected. A team of 20 volunteers from AIKYA, the Foundation’s youth volunteering wing, has been mobilised to distribute safe and hygienic food to people in the flood-affected parts of the district.
In the last six days, Akshaya Patra has already served over 2,50,000 freshly cooked meals to more than 20,000 people in the district. For breakfast, people are being provided freshly cooked upma and kesari bath, while rice, sambar and pickle were served for lunch and dinner. The food is being prepared at the Foundation’s centralised kitchen in Hubballi and transported to the affected areas through Akshaya Patra delivery vehicles. Akshaya Patra will continue to work with the local administration and aid their flood relief efforts in Dharwad until the situation improves.
Over the years, Akshaya Patra has actively undertaken relief feeding in different parts of the country, including Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala. It is the organisation’s firm belief that food is a vital necessity during such crises. The Foundation strives to utilize the capacity of its kitchens across the country to assist the Government with disaster relief work.
About The Akshaya Patra Foundation
The Akshaya Patra Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation headquartered in Bengaluru, India. The organisation strives to fight issues like hunger and malnutrition in India. By implementing the Mid-Day Meal Scheme in Government schools and Government aided schools, the Foundation aims not only to fight hunger but also to bring children to school. Since 2000, the organisation has worked towards reaching more children with wholesome food on every single school day. The Akshaya Patra Foundation is continuously leveraging technology to cater to millions of children. Its state-of- the-art kitchens have become a subject of study and they attract curious visitors from around the world.
In partnership with the Government of India, various State Governments and inestimable support from many philanthropic donors and well-wishers; Akshaya Patra has grown from humble beginnings serving just 1,500 school children across 5 schools. Today, The Akshaya Patra Foundation is the world’s largest (not-for- profit run) Mid-Day Meal Programme serving wholesome food to over 1.76 million children from 15, 668 schools across 12 states in India.
About AIKYA
AIKYA – is a non-profit youth organisation which is involved in community service and building social leaders. We inspire values of selfless service, leadership, and community development in the youth through various initiatives and focus on training young adults as leaders to improve communities.
Through our social enterprise programmes, we invest in the youth, who show potential to grow into effective and humane leaders of society, who will be committed to addressing some of today’s greatest social challenges and will deliver sustainable social impact. We believe training leaders is the most effective strategy to solve complex social problems and achieve meaningful results in community development. Through our large base of about 30,000 volunteers, we carry out different developmental activities in fields like school education, environment, cleanliness and hygiene, and community development.
For more details, please log on: www.aikyayouth.org
