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Title: Akshaya Patra USA


1
The Akshaya Patra Foundation
2
Children Nutrition in India
  • Home to one third of the worlds malnourished
    children.
  • Half of all children under the age of four are
    undernourished.
  • Under-nutrition is the underlying cause for about
    half of the 2.1 million Under-5 deaths in India
    each year.
  • 60 million underweight children.
  • Ranks 93rd out of 119 developing countries in
    hunger (Global Hunger Index 2006)
  • Inequalities in under-nutrition have increased
    between demographic, socioeconomic and geographic
    groups

3
Education
  • 40- 60 of children aged 6-14 are not in school
  • Literacy, especially among women, remains low.
  • Dropout rates remain high approx. 40 dropout
    before Class V.

4
Impact
  • Child malnutrition is responsible for 22 percent
    of the countrys burden of disease.
  • Productivity
  • Income
  • Economic Growth estimated cost is 2.5 billion
    annually.

5
Previous Initiatives
  • Integrated Child Development Services and
    Programs (ICDS)
  • Started in 1975, largely ineffective due to
    corruption, poor implementation, and limited
    facilities
  • State Initiative Tamil Nadu
  • Universalized school lunches for government
    schools in 1982, was a source of inspiration for
    nation-wide implementation
  • 2001 Supreme Court Decision
  • While the SC directed the government to provide
    cooked lunches in schools, there were few results
    due to corruption, poor nutritional quality in
    the food, and overall lack of implementation.

6
About Akshaya Patra
  • Program background and rationale
  • Goal to provide nutritional meals to children to
    promote long term health and increase school
    performance and attendance.
  • Use of innovative methods to maintain efficiency,
    quality, and low cost.
  • 11 kitchens feeding over 567,000 children daily
  • Located in 4 states
  • Two program models urban and rural
  • Cost as little as 6 INR (0.13) per day per
    child. (28 annually)

7
  • Rajasthan
  • Jaipur
  • Nathdwara
  • Baran District

Uttar Pradesh Vrindavan and Mathura
  • Gujarat
  • Ahmedabad
  • Gandhinagar

Orissa Puri
  • Karnataka
  • Bangalore
  • Mangalore
  • Hubli-Dharwad
  • Haveri Bellary - Ananthpur

8
Why Akshaya Patra is unique
  • Leverages technology to provide nutritious meals
    on a large scale, at a low cost.
  • Demonstrable impact on classroom performance and
    health.
  • Model for public/private/NGO partnerships.
  • Employs transparent operations and quality
    control.
  • Largest NGO program of its kind.
  • Long term effects on alleviating poverty.
  • Replicable outside of India.

9
Cost, Efficiency, and Quality
  • Cost effectiveness
  • Minimal overhead
  • 6 INR per child per day (0.13)
  • Efficient processes
  • Steam as cooking medium
  • Mechanized cutting of vegetables
  • Custom designed vehicles
  • Quality control measures
  • ISO Standard kitchens
  • Training in hygiene and cooking methods

10
Scalability
  • Currently feeding almost 800,000 students
  • Short term goal feed one million children by
    2010.
  • Easily replicable

11
Model of Transparency and Excellence
  • KPMG Ensures transparency and accountability
  • Governance
  • Board of professionals
  • Provide discipline to ensure excellence

12
Effectiveness
  • Increase in school enrollment
  • Increase in attendance
  • Reduction in dropout rates
  • Increase in classroom performance
  • Improved nutritional status
  • (findings by AC Nielson, a market research
    company, after measuring key indicators)

13
Comparison of School Lunch Programs
  • Sri Lanka
  • 1.5 million donation from Credit Suisse to
    World Food Program (1/31/2007)
  • 61 kitchens
  • 19,000 children daily
  • Haiti Partners in Health WFP announce
    partnership to feed 10,000 children in Haiti
    (9/18/06)
  • Africa World Food Program estimates cost at 35
    annually per child for a 180 day school feeding
    program (not including government support or
    construction of facilities).
  • Africa Millennium Villages Project, led by
    Columbia University UN, costs 48 annually per
    child for its total interventions in health and
    nutrition, but in only 12 villages.
  • Other Regions Programs range from daily biscuits
    in Nicaragua to full lunches in several countries

14
Next Steps Programs and Partnerships
  • Adding Value
  • Micronutrients
  • Pregnant Mothers
  • Increased standards
  • Better impact assessment
  • Creating long term partnerships
  • NGOs
  • Government
  • Private Sector
  • Student Groups

15
End Hunger. Promote Education. Get Involved.
  • Raise Awareness
  • www.akshayapatra.org
  • Gifts
  • 28 feeds one student for an entire year.
  • Matching Gifts
  • Securities
  • Volunteer
  • Event Planning
  • Administrative support
  • Other

16
Students to End Hunger
  • Who? Starting with college-aged students in the
    Boston area and eventually, young activists
    across the US
  • What? An opportunity for students to form Akshaya
    Patra chapters at universities that would support
    the organization with fundraising and raising
    awareness activities.
  • Why?
  • For Akshaya Patra
  • Students provide innovative and creative methods
    on spreading the word and helping to raise funds
  • To reach a new audience with our important
    message
  • For the student
  • Leadership skills
  • Meeting influential community members
  • Personal fulfillment
  • Seeing the inner-workings of an NGO
  • How? Fundraisers, speaking engagements,
    volunteeringthink outside the box!!

17
The Akshaya Patra Foundation is registered as a
501(c)(3) organization under the Internal Revenue
Service. Tax ID 01-0574950.
92 Montvale Avenue, Suite 2500, Stoneham, MA
02180 Ph 781.438.3090 Email tapf.info_at_akshayapa
trausa.org Web http//www.akshayapatra.org.
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