92.7 Big FM in Conversation with Akshaya Patra’s Chairman
The Akshaya Patra Foundation, an NGO in India, has launched a new initiative ‘Giving Every Dream a Chance’ to support the dreams of its beneficiary children. In an attempt to create an awareness...
View ArticleStay Connected through Akshaya Patra App!
It was a pleasant Wednesday morning and Ravi, an IT professional was on his way to office in the city bus. While in the bus, he realises he could utilise his one hour of travel time to make a...
View ArticleGood Work Leads to Tax Benefits
Act of kindness can be sealed-off by none. India has seen a great increase in the number of donors over the decade. According to World Giving Index report 2014, more than 180 million in the country...
View Article5 Reasons Why You Should Donate To Akshaya Patra
Meera, a 10-year-old girl, was expected to stay at home and help her mother with daily chores. Due to several financial constraints in the house, her interest in attending school was crushed. Soon, her...
View ArticleUninterrupted Education for School Children
How does Mid-Day Meal Programme help school going children in India? The Akshaya Patra Foundation, an NGO in India that serves mid-day meals to over 1.5 million children, can help you answer that just...
View Article5 Reasons You Should Donate to Akshaya Patra
Donating to charity today has become more hassle-free than before. You can opt to donate online and avail the benefits of tax deductible donations. A little effort can make a huge difference in the...
View Article7 Simple Ways to use Akshaya Patra’s Mobile App
Some donate to feel better, others to make others’ lives better and some for tax exemptions, others for being a part of a cause. Whatever the reason, your intention is noble and we value that. As a...
View ArticleToday’s Healthy Children, Tomorrow's Thinking Youth
“Hunger is not a problem, it is an obscenity. How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” Anne FrankWhat better occasion than the International...
View ArticleCelebrating Rakhi with Bhojan Suraksha Bandhan!
"This full moon day our hearts are in brim, feeling of faith and serenity in mind."—APJ Abdul KalamOne day, early in the morning, Vishnu, a 12-year-old boy, was helping his father at the paddy fields....
View ArticleMobile App to Help You Feed Millions of Children
Light often shines the brightest in the dark. Our passing world is full of these lights too. Yet your packed schedules keep you away from following your heart. Thus NGOs in India such as Akshaya Patra...
View ArticleHow Nutritional Value is Important for Children?
Dictionaries define nutrition as “the process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for health and growth.” Unfortunately obtaining food for health and nutrition worldwide has proved to be...
View ArticleEssence of Akshaya Patra’s Nutritional Mid-Day Meal Programme
Dictionaries define nutrition as “the process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for health and growth.” Unfortunately obtaining food for health and nutrition worldwide has proved to be...
View Article10 Healthy Eating Habits for Children by Akshaya Patra
National Nutrition Week has ended on the 2nd week of September. Before we can wrap up our series on Nutrition, we would like to talk about ten healthy eating habits that must be inculcated among...
View ArticleAkshaya Patra Celebrating 2 Billion Meals with President of India
The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee joined Akshaya Patra in commemorating the organisation’s milestone of having served 2 Billion Meals. During the splendid event held on August 27, 2016, the...
View ArticleBe A Part of Joy of Giving Week with Akshaya Patra - Daan Utsav
When was the last time you gave to society? Now that Daan Utsav (Joy of Giving Week) 2016 has arrived, it’s time you and I celebrate the festival along with the nation and spread kindness by giving...
View ArticlePledge to Support a Girl Child This Dussehra
We often feel fortunate about living in the 21st century. Life has become as simple as it could ever be and the least one has to do is install an app to get his work done in a fraction of seconds. But,...
View ArticleEliminating Hunger is a Crucial Step for India
The Global Hunger Index (a tool designed to measure global hunger) released by International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) shows that India ranks 97 out of 118 countries – ‘Serious’ hunger. As...
View ArticleAkshaya Patra bags Kalam Memorial Award 2016
In one of the recent non-profit news, Akshaya Patra has been highlighted for its contribution to society. On October 15, 2016, Akshaya Patra, a children charity foundation, was awarded the prestigious...
View ArticleHappy Kannada Rajyotsava – Akshaya Patra Pays Tribute
Every year, 1st November is observed as Kannada Rajyotsava. On this day, in 1956 all the Kannada speaking areas of South India were merged into a new state, Karnataka. Initially, the state was called...
View ArticleWhat and Why of Children’s Day in India
There’s much happy ring to the greeting – Happy Children’s Day. In India, it’s a special day dedicated to children – a day to recognise children as precious gifts and that they deserve to be cherished....
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