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Akshaya Patra helps flood victims

Posted by Vidya Pradhan on Wednesday, October 14, 2009, 12:53
This news item was posted in Good Samaritans category and has 4 Comments so far.

akshaya-patra-floodThis past week, torrential rains in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh caused flooding, rendering hundreds of people homeless and thousands of others unable to travel or find food. The local governments approached Akshaya Patra and asked the organization to provide meals to displaced victims of the natural disaster.

Akshaya Patra answered the call to service in Bellary, Hubli, Hyderabad and surrounding areas, delivering meals for 57,000 people, despite poor road conditions and the heavy downpours. Akshaya Patra also provided an additional 42,000 packets of food to be airdropped by the Indian Air Force.

“We wish to make all the facilities of Akshaya Patra available to supplement the flood relief operations of the government,” said Madhu Pandit Das, Chairman of Akshaya Patra India. “In all these kitchens we have capacity to cook thousands of meals in a short time and we have volunteers available to distribute the food.  The government can count on us to provide these services for as long as they are needed.”

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4 Responses to “Akshaya Patra helps flood victims”

  1. 10 March, 2010, 9:32

    this is really a great work by akshayapatra , i will surely refer my friends to contribute to Akshayapatra foundation

  2. 10 March, 2010, 9:35

    this is a great work from akshayapatra, i will refer my friends to contribute to akshayapatra foundation

  3. 13 May, 2010, 11:57

    Please do visit our website for more information. Akshayapatra started feeding 1500 underprivileged children as a pilot project , now Akshaya Patra foundation is feeding 1.2 million children across india every school day, its quite a amazing achievement.

    For more information about Akshaya Patra visit: http://www.akshayapatra.org :wink: :wink: :wink: :wink:

  4. 6 July, 2010, 13:48

    It’s a bit confusing but the India website is http://www.akshayapatra.org. To be eligible for a tax deduction in the U.S. donors should visit http://www.foodforeducation.org!

    Thanks for all the support!

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