With Christmas approaching, nearly 7 in 10 people are worried that they will not be able to afford Christmas dinner. They are worried if they […] Read More
Food banks in the UK are overstretched and exhausted, and have requested Liz Truss to boost aid to the poorest. Thousands of food bank volunteers […] Read More
We know how much goes into serving a hot plate of good food, with a smile. It is not just a business. The Akshaya Patra […] Read More
2021’s summer holidays are going to be difficult in many ways for children of low-income families. They face multiple risks: Food insecurity Absence of Free […] Read More
Exactly when things appeared to return to a new normal, the second rush of the COVID-19 pandemic hit us and this time it was harder. […] Read More
The future of a nation depends on its youth and children are the pillars. When encouraged at a very young age, healthy children grow up […] Read More
Akshaya Patra is the world’s largest NGO run mid-day meals programme in India. In order to fully see why are doing what we do we […] Read More
According to a recent UNICEF study, 38% of children aged 6 months to 5.5 years suffer from chronic malnutrition. In order to fight against hunger, […] Read More
Research carried out for the Sutton Trust found that nearly a quarter of the 1,000 British students interviewed said they were “less likely” to be […] Read More
As a student studying Human Rights, Culture, and Social Justice at Goldsmiths University of London, I have been personally impacted by the ongoing student living […] Read More
Growing up, I was aware that many children face food poverty but didn’t know that it was to
such a large extent. Once I read the facts and statistics about how many children stay
hungry, I decided that I wanted to make a difference to help tackle food poverty, and so I
chose to become a Youth Ambassador for The Akshaya Patra Foundation.
After first starting our midday meal programme in India in June 2000, our operations have grown so that we now provide free school meals to 1.8 million schoolchildren in India every day. Now, following the opening of our first UK kitchen in 2020, we also provide 90,000 meals every year to children suffering from holiday hunger in and around the Greater London area.
The Akshaya Patra Foundation UK has been awarded the recognition ‘Social Impact Project of the Year’ during the UK-India week, in Britain in 2022. The Guest […] Read More
Hi, I am Alex. With nearly 1.8 million people having fled Ukraine for Poland, I, a member of Akshaya Patra Foundation UK (TAPF UK) along with […] Read More
Last month, hundreds of delegates gathered in Central London for The Childhood Trust’s third annual Child Poverty Summit. Date: 14th October 2021 The summit was a sobering affair. While an […] Read More
It was exactly one year ago today (27th October 2020), that Akshaya Patra opened its Watford, UK facility – our first-ever kitchen outside of India. […] Read More