About Us

Odisha is located in the east coast region of India, by the Bay of Bengal. The regional language is Oriya (officially spelled as Odia) but English is widely used for official purposes. Bhubaneswar is the capital city of Odisha.

WHEN AND HOW WE STARTED
The Akshaya Patra Foundation started its operations in Odisha in June 2006 by setting up a centralised kitchen in Puri. The need of the hour encouraged the Foundation to initiate a decentralised kitchen in the remote district of Nayagarh in March 2007.

PURI
With the establishment of the centralised kitchen unit at Puri in June 2006, Akshaya Patra made an eastern expansion. This kitchen currently feeds 55,835 Government school children each day. There are 37 custom designed meal distribution vehicles to deliver the cooked mid-day meals to the beneficiary schools.

NAYAGARH
The Nayagarh location in Odisha has a set of decentralised kitchen units. All the kitchens put together currently feed 24,580 Government school children each day in this location. These kitchens are mainly run by Women Self Help Groups (WSHGs). There are two custom-made meal distribution vehicles to deliver the cooked mid-day meals to the beneficiary schools.

ROURKELA
The Akshaya Patra Foundation, in collaboration with the Central Government and the State Government of Odisha, has now set up a centralised kitchen in the city of Rourkela. This is the third Akshaya Patra kitchen in Odisha, after Puri and Nayagarh. The organisation started serving mid-day meals in some areas surrounding Rourkela from November, 2013.

CUTTACK

Akshaya Patra set up its fourth kitchen in Odisha at Cuttack in July, 2014. This centralised kitchen feeds 4,000 children across 28 schools on every working day. This marks the 23^rd kitchen opened by The Akshaya Patra Foundation, and the 3^rd centralised kitchen in the state of Odisha, along with Puri and Rourkela.

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