The Akshaya Patra Foundation was founded with the mission that “no child in India should be deprived of education because of hunger.” Despite laws requiring that all government primary schools provide mid-day meals to students, as of about ten years ago, only 8-10% of schoolchildren were actually being fed. Government inefficiencies and corruption meant that money […]
1 Million Meals a Day for India’s Schoolchildren
The Akshaya Patra Foundation was founded with the mission that “no child in India should be deprived of education because of hunger.” Despite laws requiring that all government primary schools provide mid-day meals to students, as of about ten years ago, only 8-10% of schoolchildren were actually being fed. Government inefficiencies and corruption meant that money […]