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The Akshaya Patra Foundation commonly known as Akshaya Patra is a non-profit organisation in India that runs school lunch programme across India.〔Mid Day Meal Scheme〕 The organisation was established in 2000. ==History== A.C. Bhaktivedanta Prabhupada inspiring resolve has helped in making The Akshaya Patra Foundation, as what it is today. The programme embraced the vision that “No child in India shall be deprived of education because of hunger".〔(No child in India shall be deprived of education because of hunger )〕 Over a period of time a visible improvement in the health of the children was witnessed along with increased enrolment, steady attendance and better concentration during class hours. The initial days of implementing the programme was not smooth sailing for the Foundation. The main concern was lack of vessels and vehicles to pack and transport the cooked food to the schools. Mohandas Pai and Abhay Jain, two of the pioneer philanthropists of the Foundation were instrumental in bringing some relief. Mohandas Pai stepped in by donating the first vehicle to deliver food to the schools and Abhay Jain assured to get more donors to further the programme. Once the Mid-Day Meal Scheme was mandated centrally by the Government of India in 2003, Akshaya Patra partnered with the Government to serve cooked meals at all Government schools. To be able to work towards tackling classroom hunger in association with the Government on the format of Public Private Parternship〔Public Private Parternship〕 was a welcome progression for Akshaya Patra. This Partnership works towards meeting the following objectives: *Eliminating classroom hunger〔(Eliminating classroom hunger )〕 *Increasing school enrolment *Increasing school attendance *Improving socialisation among castes *Addressing malnutrition, and *Women empowerment 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Akshaya Patra Foundation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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