Tag: mid-day meals
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India’s population of malnourished children set to grow
With schools shut, the pandemic has also robbed them of midday meals INDIA accounts for over a third of the world’s population of malnourished children – one in every three children in the country fall into that category. And this was even before the coronavirus struck. Now experts fear the numbers will be catastrophic. Naina…
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“To stay away from charity for fear of corruption is like staying away from driving for fear of traffic jams.” | Aditya Sahay (Head – Engineering, Sqrrl Fintech)
Let me begin with a confession. I haven’t been a very charitable person for most of my life. The most common form of giving that I’ve practiced is donating old books, toys, clothes and appliances, where the act was as much driven by the need for spring cleaning than genuinely wanting to help some stranger…
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Akshaya Patra Foundation: Addressing the painful pangs of hunger
Let us revisit a small tale from the Mahabharata to get a better understanding of the term “Akshaya Patra”. This goes back to the time when the Pandavas and queen Draupadi were living in exile. In those days, a lot of their acquaintances used to visit them in the forest which formed their temporary residence.…