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Akshaya Chaitanya (registered as HKM Charitable Foundation)

Akshaya Chaitanya is an initiative in Mumbai with the objective to eradicate hunger in a sustainable and scalable way. It is an initiative of HKM Charitable Foundation striving to provide food relief to marginalised sections of the society in the city of Mumbai.

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About

  • Headquarters

    Hyderabad, Telangana

  • Since

    2013

As an NGO in Mumbai, Akshaya Chaitanya is our attempt to make food accessible to the needy across Mumbai by serving them hot, nutritious, locally pala Read moretable meals prepared at our very own state-of-the-art FSSAI-compliant kitchen. And by doing so, we want to enable people to explore the unlimited opportunities around them, an aspect that gets muted when their stomach screams for food. Our Vision To open up a world of opportunities for every vulnerable by ensuring food security. Our Mission We shall provide food to one lakh beneficiaries every day across different vulnerable situations in Mumbai by 2025. Our Feeding initiatives ensure food security for the vulnerable population in Mumbai across Government Hospitals, Government Schools, and Children living in the slums. Free food is served daily to help them enjoy one meal a day that is hot, freshly cooked, and nutritious.


Issue

1. The biggest irony is, Mumbai, the financial capital ranks the worst on the hunger index in Maharashtra and urban India. - 59.7% of households in urban slums of Mumbai are ‘severely food-insecure (i.e., they run out of food and have to survive without eating for a day or more) -Nearly 50,000 children in Mumbai are severely malnourished and nearly 2,000 lose their life every year fighting hunger -Every 2nd child in Mumbai is wasted or stunted which means they either have a low height for their age or a low weight for their height. Hence we came with the Bal Shiksha Ahara and Paushtik Ahara Program to remove classroom hunger. 2. When the marginalized sections face any health issue, government hospitals are their only option. -Monthly income levels of families range from ₹7,000 to ₹25,000 only (SEC-D & E) -90% either do not have any medical insurance or any savings, making them vulnerable to unplanned medical expense1 -The majority work on daily wages and lose their livelihood during a health crisis in the family.


Action

Akshaya Chaitanya is an initiative in Mumbai with the objective to eradicate hunger in a sustainable and scalable way. It is an initiative of HKM Charitable Foundation striving to provide food relief to marginalized sections of society in the city of Mumbai. We are currently undertaking three key Feeding Initiatives: Swasthya Ahara - Government hospital feeding initiative Providing free, unlimited, nutritious lunches to patients' families keeps them healthy and helps save for medication. Paushtik Ahara - Meals on Wheels initiative Providing free, unlimited, nutritious lunch combined with education prepares children in slum areas for a bright future. Bal Shiksha Ahara - Government School Breakfast and Lunch Initiative Providing free, millet-based nutritious meals counters classroom hunger for better learning.

Demographies Served

Cause Area

Sector

Sub Sector

Impact

1. Bal Shiksha Ahara live in 102 municipal schools for 8000+ children. Regular food led to increased enrolment and 22% improvement in timely attendance. 2. Through the Paushtik Ahara program we help deal with malnutrition and work as a proven incentive for poor children to enroll and be regular in the informal education program. 38 of 350 children were admitted for formal schooling in 2022-23. 3. Our hospital feeding service in Mumbai upholds the health of marginalized families as well as reduces their burden of food costs by providing nutritious meals every day. Currently, we are serving more than 7500+ meals every day in 19 public hospitals in Mumbai and Thane region. In 2022-23, 1,09,534 vulnerable patients were supported across 18 hospitals in Mumbai and 13,03,456 meals to beneficiaries helped save INR 13Cr. for treatment & medical expenses

Vision & Mission

Vision: To open up a world of opportunities for every vulnerable by ensuring food security.
Mission: We shall provide food to 3 lakh beneficiaries everyday across different vulnerable situations in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra by 2025

Donor History

1.) Reliance Foundation
2.) Mahanagar Gas Ltd.
3.) JB Pharma
4.) Bharat Petroleum
5.) Shipping Corporation of India

Programs

  • Bal Shiksha Ahara

    District

    State

    Bal Shiksha Ahara is a free breakfast and lunch meal Program primarily concentrated on providing hot and nutritious breakfast and lunch meals to the underprivileged children of Municipal Schools in Mumbai across diverse mediums like English, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, and Urdu.
    Providing access to nutritious food will go beyond nutrition, it will aid in the enrichment of underprivileged children fostering optimal growth.

  • Swasthya Ahara Program

    District

    State

    Our hospital feeding service in Mumbai upholds the health of marginalized families as well as reduces their burden of food costs by providing nutritious meals every day. Our Core Objective is to serve nutritious lunch and dinner meals free of cost to out-patients and family members of in-patients.

  • Paushtik Ahara

    District

    State

    We, at Akshaya Chaitanya, have partnered with School on Wheels (SoW) program to fill this gap for children in Mumbai’s slums. A bus designed as a mobile classroom is effective in reaching out to children of migrant laborers who lose out on education over daily bread. While educating we provide them with freshly cooked, hot, and nutritious meals to support them as they learn.

  • Swasthya Ahara

    District

    State

     Preserve the health of family member during stay in the hospital providing care to hospitalized patient  Help save an avg. of Rs. 2000/- on food expense by family that’s best invested on patients’ treatment

  • Bal Shiksha Ahara - Municipal School Breakfast & Mid-Day Meal Program

    State

    Program objectives:  Improved class attendance  Avoid classroom hunger to bring-in focus in learning  Address malnutrition amongst severely to moderately malnourished school children

Impact Metrics

  • Bmi, Attendance, Academic Performance

    Program Name

    Bal Shiksha Ahara

    Year-wise Metrics

  • Bmi, Regular Attendance, Formal Schooling Enrollment

    Program Name

    Paushtik Ahara

    Year-wise Metrics

  • Patient Count Supported, Savings for Medical Treatment

    Program Name

    Swasthya Ahara

    Year-wise Metrics

  • No. of Individual Patients Successfully Supported During an Illness

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 92016
    • 2020-21 122689
    • 2021-22 153361

  • Savings for Medication Cost (Cr)

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 11
    • 2020-21 15
    • 2021-22 18

  • Attendance Rate Improvement

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 22
    • 2020-21 22
    • 2021-22 22

  • Bmi (Reduction in Underweight Kids)

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 68
    • 2021-22 6

  • No. of Individual Patients Successfully Supported During an Illness

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 92016
    • 2020-21 122689
    • 2021-22 153361

  • Savings for Medication Cost (Cr)

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 11
    • 2020-21 15
    • 2021-22 18

  • %Age Attendance Rate Improvement

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 2200
    • 2020-21 2200
    • 2021-22 2200

  • Bmi (%Age Reduction in Underweight Kids)

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 6800
    • 2021-22 600

Theory of Change

1.) Baseline survey at hospitals and municipal schools in an area to define the extent of need

2.) Identify critical mass wrt beneficiary count to make a meaningful difference

3.) Gather resources to roll out the program to support the identified beneficiary groups

4.) Do a mid-line and end-line at 1yr and 3yr window to assess the impact and continue with the activity if yielding improvements in indicators

Milestones & Track Record

https://akshayachaitanya.org/milestones

Leadership Team

  • Mr. Bhagwat Hire

    Senior Hr Manager

  • Mr. Rohit Sharma

    Fundraising Manager

  • Mr. Dipesh Thakkar

    Program Manager

  • Vikas Parchhanda

    CEO

  • Kaunteya Dasa

    CEO, Telangana

  • Sree Venkatesh T

    General Manager – Operations

  • Dinakar Naidu Gn

    Chief Financial Officer

  • Ravi Lochana Dasa

    Account Head

Demographics & Structure

  • No. of Employees

    51-100

  • Strength of Governing Body

    6

  • Diversity Metrics

    15% women

M&E

  • Internal, External Assessors

    Yes

Policies

  • Ethics and Transparency Policies

    Yes

  • Formal CEO Oversight & Compensation Policy

    No

Political & Religious Declarations

  • On Affiliation if any

    No

  • On Deployment Bias if any

    No

Organisation Structure

Organisation Structure

Yes

Awards & Recognitions

1.) Global CSR excellence award 2023
2.) Implementing partner with Telangana state for Annapurna for over 5 years

Registration Details

  • PAN Card

    AABTH1777J

  • Registration ID

    BK.IV/18/2013

  • VO ID / Darpan ID

    CS24/2013 Book. no. IV/18/2013

  • 12A

    AABTH1777JE20214

  • 80G

    AABTH1777JF20215

  • FCRA

    368140049

  • CSR Registration Number

    CSR00001738

Location

Other Details

  • Parent Organisation

    HKM Charitable Foundation

  • Type & Sub Type

    Non-profit
    Trust

Website

Financial Details

 Income / Expenses

  • 2019-20

    Income
    Rs.952,144,390
    Expenses
    Rs.847,709,615
    Admin Expenses
    Rs.0
    Program Expenses
    Rs.847,709,615
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  • 2020-21

    Income
    Rs.849,615,395
    Expenses
    Rs.689,404,410
    Admin Expenses
    Rs.0
    Program Expenses
    Rs.689,404,410
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  • 2021-22

    Income
    Rs.412,764,449
    Expenses
    Rs.405,663,375
    Admin Expenses
    Rs.20,687,444
    Program Expenses
    Rs.384,975,931
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  • 2022-23

    Income
    Rs.510,850,338
    Expenses
    Rs.436,537,452
    Admin Expenses
    Rs.0
    Program Expenses
    Rs.436,537,452
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Government Partnerships

Telangana and Maharashtra state, Municipal corporations like GHMC, BMC etc.

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