Summary
Midday Meal Program will address the issue of malnutrition amongst schoolchildren in India by providing hot cooked and nutritious meals to government schoolchildren every school day.
What is the issue, problem, or challenge?
About a quarter of total population of India consists of children aged 6-14 years.Children who suffer from hunger do not have the same potential for learning as healthy and well nourished children.Poor nutrition among school aged children will diminish their cognitive development either through physical changes or by reducing their ability to participate in learning or both.This program will help them in performing better in education by serving hot cooked and nutritious meals to them at schools
How will this project solve this problem?
We provide hot cooked and nutritious noon meals to children attending government schools across India.
Potential Long Term Impact
The long term effect of this program is to reduce the levels of malnutrition among schoolchildren in India and improve their learning abilities.We are serving more than a million children with nutritious meals every school day across India.
Project Message
"It motivates me when I visit schools and see children with smiles on their faces because their stomachs are full and they have has at least one nutritious meal per day. I feel this as an achievement.
- Leena Joseph, Project Leader
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $490
Funding Information
This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding.
Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as
indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the
"Project Report" tab as they become available.
Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $490
.
The original project funding goal was $50,000.
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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