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Akshaya Patra Thanks AIKYA Volunteers and HITEX for their Support in COVID-19 Food Relief Packaging

 

Their support helped Akshaya Patra distribute over 1,00,000 ‘Essential Grocery’ kits (amounting to 42,00,000 meal servings) to people from vulnerable communities affected by the lockdown, across Telangana.

 

Hyderabad - June 16, 2020 — The Akshaya Patra Foundation thanked AIKYA volunteers for packing essential grocery kits to be distributed to people from vulnerable communities and HITEX for supporting this undertaking by offering their Convention and Exhibition Center. As part of this endeavor, AIKYA (United to Serve) - the youth volunteer wing of the Akshaya Patra, had over 130 volunteers packing the relief kits with various items including rice, condiments, sugar, potatoes, tamarind, oil, sambar powder, turmeric powder, and mirchi/chilli powder.

 

“The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in India have been far-reaching, creating a tremendous need,” said Sri. T.G. Srikanth, HITEX Head. He added, “Akshaya Patra’s local kitchens and distribution chains aim to address the burden most often borne by low-income communities and migrant workers. We are glad to support the Foundation by providing space for packing the thousands of kits to be distributed.”

 

Akshaya Patra has served more than 6 crore meals as part of its food relief efforts across the country. In Telangana, the Foundation is working with the district administration to distribute the essential grocery kits. Associated organizations, like HKMCF, have partnered with GHMC (Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation) to serve cooked meals to migrant workers and daily-wage earners who have lost their livelihoods/sources of income and are in great despair in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak and the subsequent nation-wide lockdown.

 

Over 1,00,000 food relief kits with essential groceries have been distributed. Each of these kits contains Sona Masuri rice, tur dal, refined sunflower oil, masala powders, salt, tamarind and vegetables that have a long shelf-life, such as potatoes.

 

“Aikya volunteers and HITEX’s support to Akshaya Patra’s COVID-19 food relief efforts has enabled us to support the needs of the affected communities. We thank all the volunteers and Sri T.G. Srikanth, Head, HITEX; Sri. Dhaval Kadakia, Head - Operations, HITEX; Sri. Satya Sekhar, DGM - O&M and the HITEX staff for supporting us in this cause,” said Sri Satya Gaura Chandra Dasa, Regional President of Akshaya Patra in the States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. He added, “We are also grateful to the Government and the police force for the trust and support they have extended towards our mission on a daily basis.”

 

 

 

About The Akshaya Patra Foundation

The Akshaya Patra Foundation is a not-for-profit organization which strives to address classroom hunger and malnutrition in India. By implementing the Mid-Day Meal Scheme in Government and Government-aided schools, Akshaya Patra aims to fight hunger and at the same time, bring children to school.

 

Since 2000, Akshaya Patra has worked towards reaching out to children with wholesome food on every single school day. The Foundation is continuously leveraging technology to cater to millions of children. Its state-of-the-art kitchens have become a subject of study and attract curious visitors from around the world. In partnership with the Government of India and various State Governments and the inestimable support of many philanthropic donors and well-wishers, Akshaya Patra has grown from humble beginnings serving just 1,500 school children across five schools to becoming the world’s largest (not-for-profit run) mid-day meal program, serving wholesome food to over 1.8 million children from 19,039 schools across 12 States & 2 Union Territories in India.

 

For Media queries contact:

Subala Sakha Dasa,

The Akshaya Patra Foundation
Mob # 9133332893/93969 56984
Public Relations Manager

Email Id: subala700@gmail.com 

Please visit: https://www.akshayapatra.org/