The Akshaya Patra Foundation UK or TAPF UK is a food charity which tackles hunger and malnourishment among children in the UK and in India. We run the world's largest mid-day meal programme serving nearly 2 million children, daily. We serve hot & nourishing food to children suffering from food insecurity. Build on a public-private partnership, the foundation combines good management, innovative technology and smart engineering to deliver a nutritious school lunches, after school meals and holiday meals to children. In the UK, TAPF launched its ‘Nourish to Flourish’ school holiday feeding programme in 2019. We have so far served over 300,000 hot, nutritious lunches to children at holiday clubs across London boroughs. We also serve about 3,000 freshly cooked meals daily to the homeless and rough sleepers in Greater London from our new state-of-the-art community kitchen. We combine smart engineering and innovative technology to keep the cost of our meals low, without compromising on nutrition levels.
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At a community centre in Bangalore, India - in the year 2000, surplus food was being distributed among children in the neighbourhood, every single day. This act sowed the seeds of The Akshaya Patra Foundation. Instead of distributing the food in the neighbourhood, a decision was made to do the same in schools. Children then began to reach schools for the meal. This helped them stay away from child labour. And they instead received a guaranteed hot meal a day and also receive Education at the school. With the vision - “No child in India shall be deprived of Education because of hunger," Akshaya Patra started the Mid-Day Meal Programme 22 years ago, and today it runs the WORLD'S LARGEST MID-DAY MEAL service offerinf hot and nourishing food (always free to the child).
In the UK, TAPF UK launched its first community kitchen in Watford in North London. Under the food programmed named 'Nourish to Flourish'- TAPF UK has so far served nearly 300,000 hot meals in just 3 years. The chairty combines innovation, technology with the sciene of Ayurveda to cook its meals.
TAPF UK tackles hunger and malnourishment together. Feeding a child is one thing, feeding a child right - is another.