Keep No child Hungry

PYDS meal program works with the belief that no child can learn on a hungry stomach. Prachi, 7-year-old girl lives in a single room house with her family of seven. Her mother Maya, a single parent is a quilter earns a very meager income. Maya and her father are the only earners in the family and cannot even afford two proper meals a day. When Prachi joined the PYDS Program, she was malnutritioned, and couldn't concentrate on her studies. In time with a balanced diet and medical attention, her health improved. She now takes interest in her learning and is full of life. No child deserves to be hungry, donate to this program and you can see the change in the child you support.

The children that attend the PYDS programme attend each day for 10 hours and come from disadvantaged backgrounds and many times suffer from malnutrition. In addition to providing education, the program also provides meals in an effort to bring each child's BMI back to normal. Adequate quantities of each meal are provided to each student in an effort to ensure that no child becomes a victim of malnutrition. The PYDS meal programme is implemented in-house and individuals from the community are employed to help in cooking. Student intake is supervised to ensure no food is wasted. Results have shown that the PYDS programme has increased their sense of well-being and each person's ability to play and participate in activities at school. Close to 250 students are served nutritious meals every day. When you support this program, you provide a child the basic right to food that he deserves.

Purkal Youth Development Society came into existence when Mr Swamy noticed gaping lacunae that existed in the rural community in terms of youth employability. The youth in that area lacked opportunities, motivation, and determination to move forth. Thus, PYDS came into being. Located in village Purkal, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, Purkal Youth Development Society (PYDS) provides quality education and holistic care through a CBSE affiliated school, from Grade I to XII to children (predominantly girls) with potential, from deeply needy and underprivileged families. This is done through a combination of high-quality academics, adequate nutrition, comprehensive health care, and full exposure to co-curricular areas, at no cost to the families. Their ultimate objective is to prepare the students for adequate employability. The parents/guardians of these students are mostly illiterate or semi-literate employed as marginal farmers, domestic helpers, farmers, drivers and watchmen. We give preference to children of needy, single mothers.For its work, the Society has been awarded numerous times. Some of these prestigious awards include Spirit of Humanity Annual Award, Life Time Achievement SABERA Award, International Social Impact Award, India NGO Awards. In its journey, the Society has impacted 839 beneficiaries, out of which 114 are adequately employed in varied fields and 161 are pursuing further education.