As observed every year, the World Food Day will take place on 16
October. The vital objective is to make people aware about hunger challenges
and encourage them to take action.
The theme this year is “Social protection and
Agriculture”, defining the role social protection in reducing chronic food
insecurity and poverty. It aims to ensure direct access or the means to
buy food. It is also a practical alternative for stimulating agricultural
production and local economy.
Many themes gained prominence each year but the
entire focus is to find a way to eradicate hunger altogether. Because, it is a
fundamental right to be free from hunger and the right to adequate
food. The right to adequate food is realized when every man, woman and
child has the access to adequate food or means for its procurement at all
times.
Many NGOs and innovative
companies are partaking in the attempt to counter hunger by taking
responsibility of one of the various initiatives developed by the Government.
The Akshaya Patra Foundation is one such NGO that implements the Mid-Day Meal
Scheme across 10 states benefiting over 1.4 million children every day. By
providing mid-day meal, it aims to bridge the gap of inaccessibility to
wholesome meal during the growing years of underserved children. As children
have to attend to school to benefit from the mid-day meal, it also incentivises
children to read and learn, thereby developing them into self-sustainable
citizens of the nation.
Not just government or
NGOs, it is the responsibility of each individual to ensure that children who
are the future of the nation have access to nutritious food every day. You can
start by supporting Akshaya Patra serve millions of
children in schools every day.
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