MYSURU: If the whole thing is going as per plan, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Iskcon) of Bengaluru shall be soon be launching its well-liked midday meal programme for government schools in New Delhi. The government at Akshaya Patra Foundation, a non-profit wing of Iskcon, declare they are in a sophisticated degree of discussions with the Delhi government.
Akshaya Patra is an initiative by Iskcon, Bengaluru, to supply midday foods in rural schools for underprivileged children, with a mission that no kid will likely be disadvantaged of education because of starvation.
Started in June 2000, the foundation started feeding 1,500 children at the outskirts of Bengaluru and these days it reaches greater than 1.3 million children each day. Akshaya Patra is lately working in 36 locations in 12 states of the rustic with a mission to succeed in five million children by 2020.
Confirming the development to TOI, Chanchalapathi Dasa, senior vice-president of Iskcon, Bengaluru, and vicechairman of Akshaya Patra Foundation, said initially, it used to be a simple programme of distribution of grains to government schools.
“We had been inspired by the model prevalent in Tamil Nadu and some parts of Gujarat, where cooked foods had been served. The idea used to be to organize foods in a centralized location and transport them to colleges and distribute to children. In the beginning, we fed 1,500 children and were given a good reaction from academics and headmasters,” he said.
Akshaya Patra is an initiative by Iskcon, Bengaluru, to supply midday foods in rural schools for underprivileged children, with a mission that no kid will likely be disadvantaged of education because of starvation.
Started in June 2000, the foundation started feeding 1,500 children at the outskirts of Bengaluru and these days it reaches greater than 1.3 million children each day. Akshaya Patra is lately working in 36 locations in 12 states of the rustic with a mission to succeed in five million children by 2020.
Confirming the development to TOI, Chanchalapathi Dasa, senior vice-president of Iskcon, Bengaluru, and vicechairman of Akshaya Patra Foundation, said initially, it used to be a simple programme of distribution of grains to government schools.
“We had been inspired by the model prevalent in Tamil Nadu and some parts of Gujarat, where cooked foods had been served. The idea used to be to organize foods in a centralized location and transport them to colleges and distribute to children. In the beginning, we fed 1,500 children and were given a good reaction from academics and headmasters,” he said.
Iskcon to begin midday meal scheme in Delhi schools
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