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Mission:
Mid Day Meal Program to help
Eradicate hunger and Illiteracy among underprivileged Children
 Raju
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this little kid is fondly called by his friends and family
visits the Nithyananda Anna Mandir during meal time every day.
His parents are construction workers living on daily wages
barely making ends meet for their family of 6. Weak and
undernourished when they first came to the ashram, they soon
decided to stay and find a job in the ashram. Today, the whole
family enjoys unlimited free food 3 times a day and is
maintaining good health.
The World Food Program Estimates
A shocking 1.2 billion people worldwide are going hungry
NGI shared food with more than 1.6 million people in 2009
Every 6 seconds a child dies of hunger and related causes
NGI announces Nithya Anna Daan, a mid day meal program for 1000 kids everyday
One child dies every six seconds from malnutrition and related causes
Nithya Anna Daan serves a balanced nutritious meal ensuring that children get the micronutrients they need.
‘Annam Brahmeti
Vyajanaat’
Food is God and sharing it with people in need, is a service.
WHAT CAN YOU DO?
• 1 Starbucks coffee can feed 15 children in India
• 1 family dinner outing can serve a meal to 450 people in India
• A weekend vacation can help serve a meal to 1000 children for a day in India
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HOW YOU CAN HELP
• Help build the kitchen facility
• Help purchase kitchen equipment
• Contribute to buy vehicles for distribution
• Adopt feeding in schools
• Commit to feed a certain number of children every year. |
Nithya Anna Daan addresses the following:
Hunger
School meals help in breaking the cycle of hunger and poverty.
Health & Nutrition
Balanced nutritious meals offer important nutritional benefits to the growing child fulfilling their daily calorie requirement which plays a vital role in boosting their IQ and EQ contributing to their holistic growth.
Education
School meals encourage poor households to send their children to school helping them to become better citizens of the country
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