Feed people in Hunger Action Month I Akshaya Patra

 

This Hunger Action Month, use this opportunity to take a firm stand to make Zero Hunger possible with Akshaya Patra. Support to fight all forms of hunger by providing nutritious meals with your contribution. 

Feed people in Hunger Action Month

Back To School - Power of Hot Meals | Akshaya Patra Foundation

Eighth standard student of GMPS Unkal, Karnataka, Sinchana S, is extremely happy to be back to school after months. While at home, she missed her friends, teachers, the hot lunch, games and fun. “I am happy that I can come back to school. I can now enjoy with my friends, study and eat well. I don’t like eating vegetables at home but the vegetables that we get in school for lunch is very tasty and I eat them without any fuss,” she says.

Know more : https://www.akshayapatra.org/video-gallery/back-to-school-power-of-hot-meals

Importance of nutrition for children

 

Effects of hunger on children. Beat it by donating to charities

 

When you think of hunger, your mind immediately paints a black and white picture of a child probably in tattered clothes scurrying for food here and there.

Sadly, this is true and very uncomfortable.

India is home to 33 lakh undernourished children, out of which 17.7 lakh of them are severely malnourished.

For most of us, hunger is only about skipping a meal. But, in reality, hunger is much more than a missed meal and grumbling stomach.

Hunger is a vicious cycle that only makes room for hungrier children and it is unending. 

What happens when a child is hungry for a long term?

If a child is hungry, depending on the stage of hunger, h/she is categorised as suffering from:

• ·         Acute hunger
• ·         Chronic hunger
• ·         Hidden hunger

Acute hunger is when a child is undernourished for a definable time, for example, during wars and disasters. Chronic hunger is a form of hunger that is associated with poverty where they lack sufficient funds for healthy food. Hidden hunger is a form of hunger that results from an unbalanced diet where initially, the symptoms are not identifiable but in the long-term lead to nutritional deficiencies and illnesses.

Apart from these physical deficiencies and illnesses, children who stay hungry for a long time suffer from mental incapability like forgetfulness, decreased attention span and inability to remember long term memories, resulting in decreased academic scores. 

Make charity donations to defeat hunger in children

NGOs target the grass root levels to eradicate all forms of hunger - acute, chronic and hidden. Some of them even go back to nourishing the mother who carries children – pregnant, nursing and new mothers.

Donating to these NGOs to nourish mothers and their children also makes you eligible to gain tax deductions. 

Your tax deductible donations are either eligible for 50% or 100% tax exemption depending on the registration of the non-profit organisation.

Every charity wants to be the best NGO to donate to because the cause they fight for is so genuine. Also, the impact that donors’ contribution has on the beneficiaries is truly appreciable. Here is a story of a young school child who has beaten the ill effects of malnourishment.

Sachin, a Class 6 student at Hanspal Primary School, dreams of becoming a pilot. He suffered from malnutrition and stunting during his initial days of school. He was never able to focus in class and was weak and lifeless. But after getting regular meals at school, he blossomed into an attentive student who performed well and is a favourite of all the teachers.

Beating all the forms of hunger, he says his school lunch has changed him inside out. Adding to it, he says he prefers school meals to the food he gets to eat at home.

Sachin is a mid-day meal beneficiary of The Akshaya Patra Foundation, an NGO in India that serves nutritious meals every day. It has the distinction of being the world's largest NGO-run school lunch programme, serving freshly cooked nutritious meals to over 1.8 million children in 19,039 schools in 14 states and 2 union territories.

Make charity donations to this organisation to end classroom hunger in children studying in Government and Government-aided schools. Your tax deductible donations support food and education of children whose parents cannot afford one square meal a day. Help many more children like Sachin, to break the unending cycle of hunger by feeding them with Akshaya Patra.

This September, Stand Against Hunger

 

We are lucky!
We get to choose what we want to eat and when.
But, for individuals coming from families where being hungry and not getting food is a norm, they must decide whether they can afford to eat or not.
For such people, it is a tough choice to make between, food, electricity, water, medicine, education and other needs.

“Nobody should be forced to make a choice to go hungry,”

                     -  Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, CEO of Feeding America

The whole month of September is celebrated as Hunger Action Month, where people across the world come together to support a movement to end hunger in all forms. With public and Government support, we can achieve unachievable tasks like helping these disadvantaged communities achieve long-term security so that they don’t have to choose between food and other things.

Feed to defeat hunger and all its forms

Over 828 million people suffer from various forms of hunger. Food is a human right, but, does every individual have the access to good food? The answer is NO! They suffer from hunger in either of the levels detailed below:

Acute Hunger

Acute hunger is a condition when a person is undernourished over a definable. This is an extreme form of hunger that arises during crises like the pandemic, wars, disasters, etc. This form of hunger generally affects people who already suffer from chronic hunger.

 

Chronic Hunger

Chronic hunger is a state of long-term undernourishment. This form of hunger is generally associated with a lack of sufficient funds for healthy and clean food along with water and/or healthcare. This form of hunger is not condition-specific but is the most widespread form of hunger across the globe as it is linked with poverty.

 

Hidden Hunger

Hidden hunger is a form of chronic hunger that is a result of an unbalanced diet, where important nutrients like zinc, iron, iodine and vitamins are not present in the food consumed. Initially, these findings are not visible at first glance, however, over a long period, these nutrient deficiencies lead to long-term illnesses.

This Hunger Action Month, feed the needy people with an NGO in India that takes care of all the nutritional requirements of an individual, be it an infant, toddler, teenager or adult.

Hunger and Poverty – A vicious circle

Feed underprivileged people, so that they know the importance of food, get educated in order to earn and fend for themselves and their families so that they can get good and healthy food to eat. It is an unending circle that can be broken only by wholesome meals.

Feed to defeat hunger with Akshaya Patra

The Akshaya Patra Foundation is an NGO in India that has dedicated itself to feeding wholesome meals to school children coming from underprivileged backgrounds and studying in Government and Government-aided schools of India. By working in partnership with various Governments, District Authorities, volunteers and its donor family, the organisation has been actively involved in various feeding initiatives since 2000.

During this Hunger Action Month, Akshaya Patra has taken to feeding mid-day meal beneficiaries under the PM POSHAN Abhiyaan, homeless mothers, people living in night shelters, expecting and nursing mothers and disaster-struck victims who are affected by floods, earthquakes, pandemics, etc.

Donate online to show your humanitarian side with your generosity to feed people.
This September, let’s make food accessible to everyone. Together, we can make Zero Hunger possible by feeding to eliminate all forms of hunger.

Celebrate International Day of Charity with Akshaya Patra

 

The Akshaya Patra Foundation launched its 63rd, 64th & 65th kitchens in 2022