Midday Meals proposal for deenabandhu

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Midday Meals proposal for deenabandhu

• Asha Arizona

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The Problem

• Socio economic survey of the school revealed
  that more than 80 of the children come from
  families whose annual income does not exceed Rs
  15,000-00 per annum
• Deenabandhu observed that for one whole year
  (2004) that the children were skipping their
  lunch, which was evident as a few would swoon in
  the classrooms invariably revealing the fact that
  they did not even had their proper breakfast.

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Action

• Acting on this problem Deenabandhu created a fund
  called MIDDAY MEAL PROGRAMME FUND. Such being
  the level of poverty we were forced to start the
  midday meal program.
• The meal consists of simple rice for
  carbohydrates, Pulses for proteins, and lot of
  vegetables for minerals and curds (butter milk)
• Total Number of children in the school provided
  with midday meal 160
• Number of meal to be provided in the year 220
  working days x 160 children

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Progress so far

• In the year 2004-05 they received funds from
  various individual donors to cover the expenses
  for the mid-day meal program
• In year 2005-06 they will raise upto Rs 1 lac
• They are falling short by 2.3 lacs for 2005-06

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The proposal

• Total fund needed Rs 1.8 lacs (4100 _at_ 45)
• Funds already routed from Deshpande
  Foundation(Boston)to the tune of 1,700
• 1000 to be used for Midday Meal Scheme 2005
• 700 to be used towards sponsor a child
• Remaining amount requested from Asha-Arizona
  (4100)

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Background

• Visit http//www.ashanet.org/projects/project-view
  .php?p53 for the latest reports
• Email vjdwar_at_yahoo.com for questions
• Proposal and related documents provided

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FAQ

• Are they using the government grant for mid-day
  meal scheme?
• Government only provides subsidized ration for
  the mid-day meal scheme. Deenabandhu does not use
  it due to the sub-standard quality of ration
  provided
• How much does per meal cost come down to?
• I calculated it to be around Rs. 9-10 per meal,
  if they spend Rs. 3,30,000 per year. I visited
  them last year and the quality of food was pretty
  good.