The Akshaya Patra Foundation
Providing fresh and nutritious lunches to over 1.8 million children in 19,257 schools across India every day, The Akshaya Patra Foundation tackles issues of hunger and malnutrition. The organization strives to ensure no child will be deprived of education because of hunger by implementing the Mid Day Meal Scheme in…
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Swayam Shikshan Prayog
Co-founded by social entrepreneur Prema Gopalan, Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP) focuses on revitalizing rural economies by putting women in charge in over 2000 villages in Maharashtra, India. It has built a support system for women-led enterprises and their chain of women’s savings and credit groups – Sakhi entrepreneur networks –…
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Farm2Food Foundation
Co-Founded by social entrepreneur Deep Jyoti Sonu Brahma, encourages communities in North-East India to take up sustainable farming and learn entrepreneurial practices. It works with middle-school students to set up Nutrition Gardens in their schools, and support their process of learning self-sustaining and organic methods of growing their own food,…
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Arogya World
Founded by social entrepreneur Nalini Saligram, Arogya World has a two-year school-based program for diabetes awareness and prevention education with age-appropriate activities for 11-14-year-olds (6-8 grades). This program, developed in partnership with the NGO HRIDAY in India, uses influencers such as teachers and peer leaders to reach and educate 11-…
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Lend-A-Hand India
Co-founded by social entrepreneur Sunanda Mane, Lend-A-Hand India (LAHI) plays a vital role in making school education practical and relevant. It does this by partnering with grassroots non-profit organizations and local governments to provide job/life skills training, career counselling, and bridge loans for budding entrepreneurs starting their micro-enterprises. It aims…
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Department of Public Instruction, Government of Karnataka.
The department covers around 65,000 schools, 2.5 lakh teachers, and more than one crore children. The Mid Day Meal Programme is Government of India’s flagship programme for the achievement of Universalization of Elementary Education (UEE). It is being implemented by the department in partnership with the State Government to cover…
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