Unlimited Food For Education
The Akshaya Patra Foundation serves mid-day meals to school children in government and government-aided schools of India.
Children have come back to school after 1.5 years of being away from school. This year, children from challenging socio-economic backgrounds have spent 6 months studying at home (with or without healthy food), but, they now have a chance to get back to school, learn and become healthy.
27% of the world's malnourished children live in India with malnutrition accounting for 50% of child deaths within the country.
Across India, every day 8.2 million children are forced to work to earn their food. That means 1 in every 11 children is working instead of going to school.
Moreover, gender bias and food insecurity are significant factors that contribute to low school attendance rates and perpetuate the cycle of poverty.
In the year 2001, the Supreme Court of India ordered all the state governments and union territories to implement a Mid-Day Meal Scheme and provide cooked meals to school children from Government and Government-aided schools. With support from the central and state governments, The Akshaya Patra Foundation expanded its operations to officially contribute to the Mid-Day Meal Programme.
Hunger, especially classroom hunger, impairs a child’s performance even if they do attend school. At this juncture, apart from the role of NGOs and Indian charities in child education, our Mid-Day Meals act as a huge incentive in bringing these children to school. A guaranteed free meal every day enables them to abstain from working and instead encourages them to study and get educated. In this way, the programme also helps in the universalization of primary education.
CHF 15 will feed a child every day for a year!
Your contribution transforms lives
Millions of people across the globe suffer from food insecurity. With your support, we can expand our reach to impact more people every day.
By assisting beneficiaries with access to healthy and nutritious food we alleviate financial pressure and enable the individual to focus upon and invest in their future, which would in turn allow them to exit the poverty cycle.
TAPF Switzerland
The mission of TAPF Switzerland is as follows:
Feed – support to provide hot, healthy & nutritious school lunches to underprivileged children in India
Educate – enable underprivileged children to receive education by keeping them in schools
Dream – by breaking the cycle of poverty for direct beneficiaries and their families
In order to achieve the mission TAPF Switzerland plans to take the following actions
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Organize fund raiser events to raise funds to help eradicate hunger in children in India
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Build the TAPF brand experience by presenting at various community and corporate events
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Grow and expand the volunteer network across Switzerland
In order to raise funds and build the brand, TAPF Switzerland plans to focus on the following areas:
1. Corporate Partners (MNC’s and SME’s): Sponsorships and working together on social impact projects in India.
2. Community Events: Organizing and participating at community and cultural events across Switzerland.
3. Partnerships with other Philanthropic Foundations
4. Collaboration with Institutions such as WEF, UN, SICC and Indian Embassy
5. Youth Ambassador Programs
6. Collaborations with Universities and Schools
7. Collaborations with Sports Associations
8. Annual memberships from TAPF Switzerland donors