Students of JNIS Crowdfund Mid-Day Meals on ‘Fueladream.com’ for The Akshaya Patra Foundation 

*More than 150 students of JNIS collaborated to raise awareness & support with the feeding program of The AkshayaPatra Foundation, an NGO supplying Mid-Day meals in collaboration with Central & State Government.

IMG_20191004_192513MUMBAI, 4th OCTOBER, 2019 (GPN):  More than 150 students studying in Grade 9th and 11th in Jamnabai Narsee International School (JNIS), Vile Parle (W), Mumbai, raised funds through a crowdfunding campaign on Fueladream.com to support 1 million meals to Government going school children in Thane & Nagpur. The students raised these funds within 20 days of the campaign going live, with the support of their parents, friends & family members.

The objective of the campaign is to support Akshaya Patra’s Mid-Day Meal Programme, which seeks to address classroom hunger and serve tasty, nutritious, quality and a hygienic mid-day meal to schoolchildren, ensure a holistic development of the child in a long run.

Mr. Sundeep Talwar, CMO, Akshaya Patra, said, “This is a remarkable achievement from the students of JNIS, Mumbai. The students have done a tremendous job in raising awareness & funds that will help us feed about 4,500 children across Govt. & Govt.-aided schools in Thane and Nagpur and get closer to our mission of feeding 5 million children daily by 2025. These lessons learned at a young age have the ability to transform these students and make them consciousness leaders of tomorrow. We are grateful for their support including parents & the school administration of JNIS.”

Mr. Ranganath Thota, Founder of Fueladream.com, who has pioneered the school crowdfunding programme in India and has already supported over 5,000 student-led campaigns across the country, said, “Students learn and grasp the concept of crowdfunding very quickly. They are then able to unleash its power to make a dramatic impact. The students at JNIS have done something extraordinary in just 3 weeks.”

Ms. Jasmine Madhani, the Head of School at Jamnabai Narsee International School, Mumbai, said, “Our goal is to create compassionate life-long learners and leaders who will make a difference to the community, our nation and the world at large. JNIS students develop programmes or initiate projects that bear testament to their commitment to social justice, equality, and sustainability. One such initiative is a crowdfunding campaign for a cause. Through this initiative, students have now begun using social media as a platform for social change through genuine passion tempered with tangible targets.” Ends

About Fueladream.com

Fueladream.com is a crowdfunding marketplace for people & organizations that aims to raise funds for creative ideas, causes, charities, etc. and impact 2.2 billion people in India, Africa & S.E Asia. The platform went live in mid-April 2016 and has already raised over INR 22 CR from over 300 campaigns. They are Bangalore based.

Fueladream.com is the brainchild of Ranganath Thota. His team is focused on transforming how people raise and contribute money for ideas, social causes and other activities. Fueladream.com connects the campaign owners (people who want to raise money) to funders in a very productive and engaging way.

About The Akshaya Patra Foundation :

The Akshaya Patra Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation headquartered in Bengaluru, India, which strives to address issues like hunger and malnutrition in the country. By implementing the Mid-Day Meal Scheme in Government and Government-aided schools, Akshaya Patra aims to fight hunger and at the same time, bring children to school.  Since 2000, Akshaya Patra has worked towards reaching out to children with wholesome food on every single school day. The Foundation is continuously leveraging technology to cater to millions of children. Its state-of-the-art kitchens have become a subject of study and attract curious visitors from around the world.

In partnership with the Government of India and various State Governments, and the inestimable support of many philanthropic donors and well-wishers, Akshaya Patra has grown from humble beginnings serving just 1,500 school children across five schools to becoming the world’s largest (not-for-profit run) mid-day meal programme, serving wholesome food to over 1.76 million children from 16,785 schools across 12 states & 2 union territory in India. For more details, please log on: www.akshayapatra.org

About the Author

Sachin Murdeshwar
Sachin Murdeshwar is a Sr.Journalist and Columnist in several Mainline Newspapers and Portals.He is an ardent traveller and likes to explore destinations to the core.

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