How it all started
The history of ISKCON Food Relief Foundation starts with a story of compassion. Looking out of a window one day in Mayapur, a village near Calcutta, His Divine Grace A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada saw a group of children fighting with street dogs over scraps of food. From this simple, yet heart breaking incident, came the determination that: No one within a ten mile radius of our center should go hungry.
It is his inspiration which helped us to create The ISKCON Food Relief Foundation as it is today. We began this initiative with the vision that “No child in India shall be deprived of Education because of hunger.”
ISKCON Food Relief Foundation (IFRF) believes in providing children with the right nutrition. To support their education. IFRF program is based on the belief that ‘you are what you eat’. Therefore one nutritious meal a day brings thousands of children to school. You can help every child in this country get an education, if you donate that one wholesome meal. Presently we cater over 50,000 meals everyday from our centralized kitchen in Tirupati.
Midday Meal is a strategic program of the Government of India, and is being implemented by Annamrita Foundation also known as ISKCON Food Relief Foundation (IFRF) in select schools across the country. The aim of this project is to liberate children from the vicious cycle of Malnourishment and Illiteracy.
It is a not-for-profit, non-religious, non-sectarian public charitable organizations formed on April 23, 2004 and registered under the Bombay Public Trusts Act, 1950
“Annamrita” literally translated means “Food as Pure as Nectar”.
Annamrita believes in providing children with the right nutrition to support their education. Our program is based on the belief that ‘you are what you eat’. Therefore one nutritious meal prepared with compassion and love, the way a mother would prepare a meal for her child, brings thousands of children to school daily.
Our aim is to Promote Education One Meal at a Time by providing nutritious, wholesome, hygienic meals prepared in hi-tech kitchens, which not only nourish the body but also nurture the soul.
SRILA PRABHUPADA
The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) includes five hundred major centers, temples and rural communities, nearly one hundred affiliated vegetarian satvik restaurants, thousands of namahattas or local meeting groups, a wide variety of community projects and millions of congregational members worldwide. With more than fifty years on the global stage, ISKCON has expanded widely since its founding by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda in New York City in the year 1966
The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) includes five hundred major centers, temples and rural communities, nearly one hundred affiliated vegetarian satvik restaurants, thousands of namahattas or local meeting groups, a wide variety of community projects and millions of congregational members worldwide. With more than fifty years on the global stage, ISKCON has expanded widely since its founding by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda in New York City in the year 1966.
The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) includes five hundred major centers, temples and rural communities, nearly one hundred affiliated vegetarian satvik restaurants, thousands of namahattas or local meeting groups, a wide variety of community projects and millions of congregational members worldwide. With more than fifty years on the global stage, ISKCON has expanded widely since its founding by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda in New York City in the year 1966.
Vision & Mission
Our vision is to serve nutritious and sanctified high quality food to the underprivileged children in India. In line with the objectives of the mid day meal project, our goal
is to increase enrolment in schools, reduce malnutrition and ensure no child is deprived of education due to poverty and hunger.
Annamrita set itself a mission to liberate the underprivileged children from the vicious cycle of poverty and illiteracy by serving them wholesome nutritious meal.
Core Belief
- Offering sanctified ,Tasty ,Nutritious and Hygienic food is the BEST
- Offering nutritious and hygenic food is BETTER
- Offering any food to the needy is GOOD.
Key Deliverables
Undernourishment means that a person is unable to acquire enough food to meet the daily minimum dietary energy requirements. Food and Agriculture Organization.
defines hunger as being synonymous with chronic undernourishment. India has been growing steadily richer in recent years, but it still has more malnourished people,especially children, than any other country. And, this situation has dire outcomes over time.The risks of mortality are significantly higher for children with stunted growth and wasting and other forms of undernutrition. Sometimes, deficiencies of specificnutrients, such as zinc, iron or vitamins can increase the risk of death or other serious ailments. In addition to mortality risks, malnourishment among children can havesevere consequences in their long term development.
The NGO for children is prepared in centralized hi-tech kitchens using the best cooking equipment in the most effective, efficient, and hygienic manner in compliancewith all the set ISO regulations.
