Your Contribution to an NGO can make Uttar Pradesh Hunger-Free

There are several parts of India that battle with challenges of nutrition, sanitation, electricity, education and the likes. But nutrition tops them all since lack of it can be life-threatening. India’s most populous state Uttar Pradesh is home to over 1,210 million people. Now imagine the volume of work and the challenges the state government has to handle every single day.

Considering the situation in UP, children’s NGO in Lucknow, Akshaya Patra comes as a saviour to root out the problem of child hunger.  With 26 kitchens pan India, it has set itself out on a mission to provide children “Food for Education” with the help of its programme to deliver mid-day meals in Uttar Pradesh. 

The organisation aims at reaching out underfed children along with bringing them to classrooms. Non-profit organisation Akshaya Patra has its two locations with state-of-the-art centralised kitchens to provide mid-day meal in Uttar Pradesh - one in Lucknow and the other in Vrindavan. And today, we feed 2,32,615 children across 3,021 schools throughout UP. Akshaya Patra’s NGO in Lucknow, which was established in March 2015, satisfies the nutritional needs of 1,00,459 children across 1,011 schools. 

But to make the entire Uttar Pradesh hunger-free, we just cannot limit our efforts to this point! We need YOUR help too and here’s how you can help in making this happen:

Why should you feed the hungry?

According to an Annual Health Survey, Uttar Pradesh has 34 of 57 Indian districts to have been identified under poor health index. Based on severity, a UNDP report states that Uttar Pradesh falls among the states having hunger at an ‘alarming’ state. At a global scale, UN World Food Programme also reports that over 100 million children in developing countries are underweight.

Help in getting the word out

When you do something for others selflessly, you do a service to yourself and make your life worthwhile. This NGO in Lucknow gives you numerous ways to do so. You can Sign up as its Cyber Advocate and become an online volunteer, set up banners and engage people on online social media or write a blog. 

Help in raising funds

Buzz Aldrin had said - “If we can conquer space, we can conquer childhood hunger.” So if we can reach the moon, we can also conquer the battle against hunger - Together.  With this belief and your help, you can help us with fundraising activities for our NGO in Lucknow by creating your own campaign, at home, in school or in your community.

With an amount of just Rs. 950, you get to make positive a difference in the life of one child for an entire academic year.

This way, your help won’t just lead to curbing one problem today, but would also help in avoiding many problems in future! Besides hunger, Mid-Day Meal Programme of Akshaya Patra aims to curb classroom hunger, increase school enrolment and attendance, improve socialisation among castes, and empower women through employment.

Spare a moment to pledge a donation, and you might create another story of hope! Nurture a life today.

Go Beyond Likes. Act Now!

How many of us go beyond liking a social cause post or appreciating such kind of initiative on social media? Do we make a difference after like a post? UNICEF last year rolled out a 43-second powerful video on hunger awareness ‘Likes don’t save lives.’ It compels you to think hard about the real issues plaguing our world. 

A country’s future lies in its children’s future. And sadly, hunger has been found to be the leading cause of children’s death in India. Also, a study finds that nearly 3,000 children die in India every day because they are underfed. Many children NGOs thus have taken up this cause on war-footing.

With Akshaya Patra, you can physically make a difference in just Rs 950, impacting a child’s life for a whole academic year. Being a Children’s NGO, we are making diligent efforts and taking strong steps to stop hunger. We have already served wholesome meals to over 2 million children so far and still counting. On an everyday basis, we feed more than 1.6 million children in 13,210 schools through our mid-day meal programme. Currently, we are present across 11 states in India.

Here’s how you can do more and make the real impact:

Help a child realise his dream 

Do you think any social issue could be solved by just liking a post? The answer is obviously a no - it won’t have any actual impact. The real difference lies in missions such as that of Akshay Patra that’s accelerating efforts to feed  5 million children per day by year 2020 along with creating wide awareness on hunger. It is our vision to witness a hunger-free India where children are rightfully provided with food and education. It’s a value that’s embedded in all of our staff, volunteers, donors and leaders. Here’s where you can nourish an actual dream of a child and become a true blessing for someone.

Choose to act today

At times, liking a post is a temporary rush to make a difference. While they do create awareness a large scale, the empathy you feel towards the issue eventually subsides. While social media is indeed a great and convenient platform to share, discuss and understand the surroundings, it is also our responsibility to choose to act. A small gesture of volunteering or contribution would bring a child to school.

You can become an NGO Volunteer and practically implement what you have been wanting for years.

Engage at a deeper level

We do spread the word through social media but we aren’t dependent on it. We encourage our donors and volunteers to increase their awareness on hunger by taking actions. The reason why we publish all of our activities and share them transparently is because we do not want just funds for the cause but we want hearts and minds too.  An amount of just Rs. 950 amounts to saving one child from hunger for one entire year.

Akshaya Patra allows you to make both online and offline donations. Help us feed more children and contribute in eliminating child hunger. That’s how you can truly get involved and really stop hunger. You never know how the kind of impact you create can inspire hope and positivity in a child’s life. Begin donating today!