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MAY 2021
YATRI SEWA INITIATIVE
Serving migrant workers in Mumbai
YATRI SEWA FOOD KIT
Bottle of water
Akshaya Patra, along with volunteers from partner
Biscuits NGOs - YOLO and Don Bosco Alumni, continues its Yatri
Sewa Relief programme in Mumbai at CSMT (Chatrapati
Chikki (peanut brittle) Shivaji Maharaj Terminus) and LTT Station (Lokmanya
Tilak Terminus).
Namkeen (savoury snack)
Operations started on April 12, 2021. Through Phase 1,
Chaas tetra pack (yogurt-based Akshaya Patra distributed 70,000 bottles of water and
drink) 20,000 packets of biscuits.
Liquid ORS tetra pack
With the launch of Phase 2, Crompton CSR Foundation
Disposable Mask joined the effort to serve migrant workers by generously
sponsoring 50,000 dry food kits. Over the past few days
Cloth Bag
more than 8,000 kits have been distributed to travelers.
Coca Cola India has enhanced each kit with a
contribution of 15,000 liquid ORS tetra packs.
A 100-strong group of Akshaya Patra's employees and
partner NGO volunteers have been driving the
distribution campaign.
AFTER 45 YEARS, THE WORLD’S FASTEST
POVERTY-REDUCING COUNTRY ADDS THE
MAXIMUM POOR IN A YEAR
A LOSS OF LIVELIHOOD AND HUNGER
The ongoing plight of Migrant Workers
The pandemic struck India when it recorded its lowest economic growth in over
a decade. Cut to 2021: Rural Indians - mostly an informal workforce and poor At the age of 23, Bhanu Singh left his village in
by any accepted definition - have lived with irregular jobs for over a year. Uttar Pradesh. That was 2018. On April 25, 2021,
People are cutting back on food items and many have difficulty buying the Bhanu is a 26-year-old distraught man, who looks
older than his age and often breaks into tears
basics like lentils as food inflation has spiked.
while talking about his experience in the last two
years.
The Pew Research Center, using World Bank data, has estimated that the number of poor
When asked how does manages, he says, "I am
in India (with income of $2 per day or less in purchasing power parity) has more than
not able to sleep because of hunger. I can
doubled from 60 million to 134 million in just a year due to the pandemic-induced manage skipping one or two meals, but I have to
recession. This means, India can once again be called a 'country of mass poverty' provide food to my mother. If I go back home, I
after 45 years. won’t return again."
The source: Down To Earth
Even the middle class has shrunk by a third, says Pew Center’s estimate. Overall, cutting across
population and geographical segments, millions of Indians have either become poorer, or poor,
or on the brink of becoming poor.
Source: Down To Earth
FOOD RELIEF EFFORTS AT A GLANCE
Total Number of Meals Served*
Akshaya Patra Associate Foundations Total Servings
Cooked Meals 37,879,352 22,916,558 60,798,910
Grocery Kits 978,041 41,835 1,019,876
Happiness Kits 1,063,977 - 1,063,977
Total Servings 99,343,376 24,673,628
124,017,004
*
As on 30 April 2021
1 Food Relief Kit = 42/28 Meals
1 Happiness Kit = 20 Meals
Cumulative Meals Served since March 2020
70,000,000
60,000,000
50,000,000
40,000,000
*
As on 20 January 2021
30,000,000
20,000,000
10,000,000
0
Mar-20 Apr-20 May-20 Jun-20 Jul-20 Aug-20 Sep-20 Oct-20 Nov-20 Dec-20 Jan-21 Feb-21 Mar-21 Apr-21
Cooked Meals Grocery Kits Happiness Kits
*
As on 30 April 2021. Count in millions
Includes meals served by Akshaya Patra and
Associate Foundations
Happiness Kits Are Being Distributed in 39 Locations Every Happiness Kit contains dry rations, educational supplies and an activity book (regional language), as well as hygiene products and a sanitary pack.
/ Happiness Kits
Happiness Kit Distribution
Bangalore 190,086
Hyderabad 117,771
Hubli 80,868
Meals Served by our Associated
Vrindavan 77,414 Foundations
Ballari
in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh
50,761and Gujarat.
Lucknow 48,293
Vadodara 35,153
Jaipur 32,983
Bikaner 31,174
Puri & Rourkela 31,128
Bhuj & Bhavnagar 30,656
Guwahati 28,321
Thane 27,342
Bhubaneshwar 27,260
Pune 26,285
Vizag 25,062
Ahmedabad 22,623
Nawabpet 20,000
Mangalore 17,672
Nathdwara 17,560
Udaipur 15,625
Nagpur 13,738
Surat 13,709
Delhi NCR 10,686
Ajmer 3,114
Silvassa 10,377
Mysore 3,100
Chennai 8,429
Nellore 3,100
Jhalawar 7,714
Bhilai 1,465
Warangal 7,500
Vijayawada 417
Gorakhpur 6,728
Cuttack 338
Baran 5,075
Total Kits* 1,063,977
Haridwar 5,050
5,000 Equivalent no. of meals 21,279,540
Nayaghar
Jodhpur 4,400
COVID-19 RELIEF EFFORTS Dry Grocery Kits Are Being Delivered in 32 Locations Every kit equals 42/28 meals depending on the location served, and includes an array of non perishable foods like rice, dal (lentils), wheat or millet flour, fortified salt, sugar, and spices. Ingredients vary in every State to meet local tastes. Cooked Meals Are Served in 28 Locations Fresh meals served comprise of dal and rice, or khichadi/roti and subji. Relief Efforts have also extended to Flood Relief in Bihar and Assam, and distribution of grocery kits to pregnant and lactating mothers, and young children in Anganwadi Centres
GROCERY KITS
COOKED MEALS COVID-19 FOOD RELIEF List of Cities Kits Distributed
List of Cities Meals Served EFFORTS Bangalore 356,717
Hyderabad & Other Districts 22,486,977 Delhi NCR 121,360
LOCATIONS SERVED SINCE 25 MARCH 2020 Kandi 109,130
Jaipur & Other Districts 7,393,392
Delhi NCR 5,603,758 Jaipur & Other Districts 64,017
Meals Served by our Associated Foundations
Bangalore 4,068,725 Lucknow & Other Districts 60,623
in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat.
Surat 3,718,100 Mumbai 44,713
Cooked Meals 22,916,558 Hyderabad 36,550
Ahmedabad & Other Districts 3,491,245
Dry Rations 41,835 Vizag 26,951
Kandi 2,273,634
Puri & Rourkela 26,003
Vadodara 2,133,820 Total Servings 24,673,628 Vrindavan & Agra 21,025
Bhilai 1,529,645
Pune 17,500
Ajmer 1,126,185
Ahmedabad 16,731
Mathura & Vrindavan 1,102,407
Mangalore 16,213
Lucknow 899,750 Dehradun & Other Districts 15,240
Vizag & Other Districts 801,029 Bhopal & Indore 15,000
Ballari 690,026 Guwahati 14,225
Bhuj 476,465 Vadodara 13,141
Silvassa 462,050 Vijayawada 8,200
Thane 404,835 Hubli 6,200
Pune 389,750 Nashik & Aurangabad 5,000
Bhilwara & Jhalawar 341,660 Ranchi 4,980
Nathdwara & Chittorgarh 335,899 Bhilai 3,610
Silvassa 3,064
Chennai 302,124
Chennai 2,850
Vijayawada 290,120
North Tripura 2,449
Hubli 151,784
Surat 2,133
Mysore 137,881
Nagpur 2,100
Mangalore 80,830
Nadia 1,000
Nagpur 57,100
Ludhiana 1,000
Bhavnagar 46,719 Through Food Relief Efforts, Akshaya Patra
Baddi 1,000
Puri 3,000
and our Associated Foundations have served
Mysore 766
Total Meals Served 60,798,910 124,017,004 meals since the first day of Bhuj & Bhavnagar 385
the nationwide lockdown. This includes
Total Kits* 1,019,876
Happiness Kit distribution. Equivalent no. of meals 41,938,554
In the News
NetApp Supports Akshaya Patra’s Covid-19
Food Relief Effort
NetApp, a global cloud-led, data-centric software company, has
partnered with The Akshaya Patra Foundation for distribution of
10,000 Happiness Kits to underprivileged government school
children and their families in Bangalore. NetApp also contributed
generously toward the distribution of 14,738 food kits to
passengers travelling on Shramik trains from Bangalore to Uttar
Pradesh, West Bengal, Orissa, Bihar and Jharkhand.
Speaking about the feeding initiative, Ravi Chhabria, MD, NetApp
India, said, “Akshaya Patra is doing stellar work in the area of
child hunger and malnutrition. It is well known that mid-day
meals have resulted in better school attendance and lower
dropout rates. Education and hunger relief are both big areas of
giving for NetApp because they are the first step towards
Read the full article here.
enabling an inclusive community. During the last seven years, we
have had multiple associations with The Akshaya Patra
Foundation, whether it be a charity cooking competition, or
donating food delivery vehicles, cooking appliances or – most
importantly for us – volunteering our time. We really look
forward to associating with them in future as well, continuing on
the journey to better education and health for young children.”COVID Relief in Pictures
Serving Cooked Meals at Yeshwanthpur Station,
Bangalore
Yatri Sewa Initiative at CST Mumbai
Cooked Meals distributed in
Pre-Packaged Meals
being distributed in Delhi Pre-Packaged Meals being distributed at Bottles of water and
Government Medical College, Nagpur biscuits distributed at
train stations in Mumbaiwww.foodforeducation.org
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