Child labor

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TV & Mobile medias are best

Even a good idea/product should be advertised to the some extent. Then comes to mass application through schools/colleges. In which, around 75% of the humans will attend schools/colleges. So, it is very much necessity to advertise among schools/colleges

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Paul Sureshkumar

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Rathanas Trust

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India

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Organization Name

Rathanas Trust

Organization Website

Organization Phone

091-0452-2371959

Organization Address

15, Rock VIew, Pasumalai, Madurai-4, TN, India

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India

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TV & Mobile medias are best

What is your idea? What makes it innovative? Why is it important?

Even a good idea/product should be advertised to the some extent. Then comes to mass application through schools/colleges. In which, around 75% of the humans will attend schools/colleges. So, it is very much necessity to advertise among schools/colleges

Will you launch your idea as a business or non-profit?

Business

Country your work focuses on

n/a

What will be the impact of your idea? 

big sports festivals like Olympics, World Cup Foot Ball, Wimbledon Tennis or World Cup Cricket, the numbers of viewers are immensely viewing.

Who will help you develop your idea? Why are you the one to make this happen?

I happened to view so much of television news and sports channels. By establishing an environment for social good to occur via television & balance thru mobile phones today, our impact will only increase over time.

How much will it cost to launch your idea? (This can be an estimate)

It will cost around $ 1000 per state in India(29 states). Based on the media we advertise this message it will come down or up. Campaigns are only attracted to limited coverage. But door to door campaign only thru TV/Mobile

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New technologies are observed quickly by women than men

Location

main Madurai, TN
India
9° 54' 50.3496" N, 78° 7' 18.2172" E

Everyone in this life is affected or influenced by marriage, either through their parents or their own. Keeping a marriage strong while surviving life's trials can be a huge struggle, but learning from other's experiences can help us through these times. Ladies are not weaker sex. They are not only baby making machine. India is conservative - More women CEOs in India than U.S. It is a women dominant society. So, it is very clearly speaking, the technologies are observed quickly by women than men in India.

Kitchen Garden

a) Kitchen garden & b)Rain Harvest are to be practiced among group. If a sufficient area is found in a house and they can form a group of 10 to 15 and do this as regular cultivation of fresh veg & greens.

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Rathanas Trust

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Kitchen Garden

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India

Describe Your Idea

a) Kitchen garden & b)Rain Harvest are to be practiced among group. If a sufficient area is found in a house and they can form a group of 10 to 15 and do this as regular cultivation of fresh veg & greens.

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What makes your idea unique?

The village laborers are involving their most of their time in fighting with each other, communal clashes, sex addiction, drug addiction, used by Political meeting(by giving some amount and one day meals). They are practiced to avail all the benefits on FREE. Hence, they are not ready to do hard work and wanted to earn much profit on a short period. Due to this they are using unwanted chemical manures to spoil the health of humans. The practice of wasting the time by seeing the TV serials, chat with another, etc. will be reduced. They practice to get some self awareness while doing any work on group. Sharing their views on various matters will lead to healthy environment.

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What impact have you had?

Every person should allot some space or at least plant in mud pots will give strenth to the family members. They can get the fresh vegetables or greens from their kitchen garden itself. Or they can use their neighbour houses for this purpose. In which, the relationship will be developed. The waste water, vegetable wastes are putting as manures for the small plants. Communual violence, idleness, etc. will be reduced. By this formation of Kitchen garden Group, the real economically backward people will benefitted. Helping, compassion, Our future generation (our children) should know the real culture and helping tendency, compassion on fellow humans and the fruit of the Spirit such as love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.

Problem

The strength is fresh vegetables. The weakness is regular quantity will not get from kitchen garden(for such option, we can use the fresh veg market). Threat will be coming from big farmers or villagers. Opportunity will be increasing as well as the health of the family members will develop. I am expecting a bright future generation if we use this Kitchen Garden Group.

Actions

The kitchen garden techniq to be adopted as hobby. Physical work may increase health and the concentration on work will give them mental health. This work to be undertaken at least everyday 30 mimutes. In which, the family will get weekly 3 to 4 days or even everyday vegetables.

Results

Self Help Group may be arranged and around 10 to 15 ladies will assemble in a house, where sufficient place is available for planting such kitchen garden veg & greens. The income and expenses may be shared among them. This unity will give them psychological strenth.

What will it take for your project to be successful over the next three years? Please address each year separately, if possible.

The idel time will be reduced and the practice of FREE to be vanished from the minds of the housewives and idle gents. Regular plantation and understanding will be developed among one another without seeing any caste, creed and colour.

What would prevent your project from being a success?

I believe the most of the village labours are practiced idleness, hence they sit and drink tea shops and arrack(tasmark) shops. Hence, the crimes are increasing. They might be the prevented this and this can be tackled by their wife's and family members. Even drunkards are reducing.

How many people will your project serve annually?

101‐1000

What is the average monthly household income in your target community, in US Dollars?

$100 ‐ 1000

Does your project seek to have an impact on public policy?

Yes

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What stage is your project in?

Operating for less than a year

In what country?

India

Is your initiative connected to an established organization?

If yes, provide organization name.

How long has this organization been operating?

Less than a year

Does your organization have a Board of Directors or an Advisory Board?

Yes

Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with NGOs?

No

Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with businesses?

No

Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with government?

No

Please tell us more about how these partnerships are critical to the success of your innovation.

Yes we three are all practising it in our houses.

What are the three most important actions needed to grow your initiative or organization?

Support, campaigns, distribution of seeds, methods to be adopted

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What was the defining moment that led you to this innovation?

Every Goverment extending so many benefits to the farmers, but actually they beneficiaries are big and corporate farmers.

Tell us about the social innovator behind this idea.

M.S.Swaminathan and Isreal scientists who did lot of reveluation in agriculture even in desert.

How did you first hear about Changemakers?

Web Search (e.g., Google or Yahoo)

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Mother's Milk Feeding

The public health centres in villages & local hospitals should take care of the pregnant ladies to insist mother's feeding. This to be educated from the minds of school and college itself, since when a child is about 15 years, they get married due to family situation in India.

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Organization Name

Rathanas Trust

Organization Website

Organization Phone

091-0452-2371959

Organization Address

15, Rock View, Pasumalai, Madurai-625004, India

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Not registered

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India

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Mother's Milk Feeding

Country your work focuses on

India

Describe Your Idea

The public health centres in villages & local hospitals should take care of the pregnant ladies to insist mother's feeding. This to be educated from the minds of school and college itself, since when a child is about 15 years, they get married due to family situation in India.

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What makes your idea unique?

Training & education will be targeted especially women and young females, who are culturally responsible for the growth of their family and thus best place to promote the project goal. The idea should be trained from high schools, community/public health workers, NGOs, community and other groups.

Do you have a patent for this idea?

No

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The office going ladies are refuse to give mother's feeding in India. So, the hospials & doctors should insist them to give mother's feeding by practising when they are in hospital. Even we can prevent breast cancer by giving milk. The natural secretion will be flown out of the body.

Problem

The couple should properly educated and guidance to be received from health care coaches. The HCC(Health Care coaches) should give training to how to care their babies and their body. The male is also equally responsible by not to force her for sexual torture during milk feeding period.

Actions

As I said, in every villages, the Government or NGOs should use Health Care Coaches to train the pregnant ladies and their husbands to give feed to their babies. If a lady is regularly feed their baby, she should take nutritious diet. For which, they have to take 9 dhalls(Chathu Mavu) flour which is easily available in the local market by a mixture of wheat, moong, etc.

Results

The secret of a happy marriage is to serve God and each other. The mother, father and baby will happy and in good health when they follow as per the above system with proper coach from HCC.

What will it take for your project to be successful over the next three years? Please address each year separately, if possible.

It should be addressed in three phases a) For working women, b) Village women and c) College and school childrene) Healthy Food, Healthy Thoughts, Healthy Environment and Faith & Prayer (Meditation/Yoga) will give HEALTHY BODY & MIND and finally it gives Success in life.

What would prevent your project from being a success?

Helping in kitchen and house arrangement works with one another is much more stress relief as for as family is concerned. Like that helping the lady in milk feeding period, the husband should co-operate. So, the yough gents should also get trained for our better future.

How many people will your project serve annually?

101‐1000

What is the average monthly household income in your target community, in US Dollars?

$50 - 100

Does your project seek to have an impact on public policy?

Yes

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What stage is your project in?

Operating for less than a year

In what country?

India

Is your initiative connected to an established organization?

Yes

If yes, provide organization name.

Rathnas Trust - an unregistered organization

How long has this organization been operating?

Less than a year

Does your organization have a Board of Directors or an Advisory Board?

Yes

Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with NGOs?

No

Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with businesses?

No

Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with government?

No

Please tell us more about how these partnerships are critical to the success of your innovation.

No monetary partner ships

What are the three most important actions needed to grow your initiative or organization?

Funds, encouragement & physical support.

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What was the defining moment that led you to this innovation?

One of my wife's collegue is suffering from cancer, since she was refused to give milk to their children, when they are young. It is also one of the factor for her cancer.

Tell us about the social innovator behind this idea.

I started doing such social services among poor and needy, I can able to understand their inner feelings to get nutritious diets. The resources are scarcy and they are not able to fetch the same. Hence, it is the duty of everyone to help to locate the resources to the needy persons. More than 400,000 Indian babies die every year from preventable causes within 24 hours of their birth, despite the country's recent economic development, a new report said last week. In this, we can easily understand most of the women are not taken care of their physical health, while they are pregnant. Who is responsible, me and you. So, it is our formost responsibility to do our best and render our service to this humanity to our level best. Our future generation (our children) should know the real culture are the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. For marrying at the right age, they have to opt or enter into a Job for peaceful living. So, basically employment opportunity is the main cause for marriage. Even in Indian villages they forced to marry a 13 or 14 year old girl to a man of 25 or more. In some time, an old man marries a young girl for money. This will lead to lack of understanding, maturity difference, thought difference, physical difference and mind set difference. So, the Health Care Coaches to be appointed by NGOs and let them educate the village and city people. God bless you all.

How did you first hear about Changemakers?

Web Search (e.g., Google or Yahoo)

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Mother Feeding

Location

main Madurai, TN
India

Baby food should be with iron, proctein & Vitamin C.
If the pregnant ladies are noted down and properly treated, then most of the Nutrition problem will be solved. In a village of 2000 people mostly around 5 to 10 pregnant women are found. So, it is very much necessity to identify them and give nutritious food of “Chatthu Mavu”, ie. Dhal flour powder (contains nine dhalls).
Alongwith the nutrition flour powder, we must council the ladies for betterment of their mind. The ladies are very fond of goose berry, which is very well available.

Improved Nutrition

If the pregnant ladies are noted down and properly treated, then most of the Nutrition problem will be solved. It is very much necessity to identify them and give nutritious food of “Chatthu Mavu in Tamilnadu, India”, ie. Dhal flour powder (contains nine dhalls).

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Organization Name

Rathanas Trust

Organization Website

Organization Phone

Organization Address

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Non‐profit/NGO/citizen sector organization

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Improved Nutrition

Country your work focuses on

India

Describe Your Idea

If the pregnant ladies are noted down and properly treated, then most of the Nutrition problem will be solved. It is very much necessity to identify them and give nutritious food of “Chatthu Mavu in Tamilnadu, India”, ie. Dhal flour powder (contains nine dhalls).

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Government subsidy to be extended for such dhals cultivation, which are easily grown in Indian climate and easily available in the Indian rural market. Then the cost will be much lesser. Otherwise, every 10 to 15 Villages, around one acre of such dhal cultivation to be planted and supplied to those NGOs or Government Organizations on direct purchase. The people will easily get it and flour this dhall with mixies or with stone machines(available in rural areas). Nutrition on your mouth is the best way to cut down This nine dhals cultivation should not be under trade practices.

Do you have a patent for this idea?

No

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Alongwith the nutrition flour powder, we must council the ladies for betterment of their mind. The ladies are very fond of goose berry, which is very well available in all parts of India. Hence, by asking them to eat the goose berry and then we have to advice them to eat for their baby. During milk feeding, they should avoid fat foods, hot drinks, soft drinks like coca-cola, pepsi, etc., cigarettes, and other alcoholic items.
Child rights deprivation high in India, says Unicef
NEW DELHI, Nov 20, in Deccan Herald.

Problem

The midday meal scheme(with egg) is started giving on in the schools upto 8th standard in Tamilnadu, India. Everyday one green and fresh vegetable are given along with rice. It is better to organize through Government with the help of NGOs to monitor the schemes. "If world leaders are serious about reaching the United Nation's Millennium Development Goals to reduce child mortality and improve maternal health, then strategies and funding for reducing death and disability related to preterm birth must receive priority," Dr. Howse adds.

Actions

The midday meal scheme(with egg) is started by the late Chief Minister Mr.Kamaraj during 1960’s and then followed by the late CM Mr.MGR during 1980’s and it is still going on in the schools upto 8th standard in Tamilnadu, India.
Everyday one green and fresh vegetable are given along with rice. It is better to organize through Government with the help of NGOs to monitor the schemes.

Results

Within a year or two the health of the children as well as their education will increased.Baby food should be with iron, proctein & Vitamin C. Pigeon peas, cajanus cajan, wheat, cereals, legumes, mung, phaseolus mungo, mash, phaseolus radiate, chick peas, net protein utilization, protein efficiency ratio. Nine mineral elements, Na. K,P, Ca, Cu, Zu, Fe and Mn were determined in the raw and cooked whole and dhals of the cultivars of pigeon pea. Cooking caused significant decrease (P<0.05) in the macro mineral elements in whole seed and dhals.

What will it take for your project to be successful over the next three years? Please address each year separately, if possible.

a) For every 5 to 10 villages one to two acres of land to be cultivated nine dhalls and greens alongwith some fast growing vegetables with the help of NGOs and local villagers. Some of them are get employment opportunities.
b) Supply through Government and local bodies to all schools(nowadays Matriculation schools are not providing the Government Midday meals scheme)
c) Followup & monitor with the help of NGOs

What would prevent your project from being a success?

Government midday meals scheme

How many people will your project serve annually?

1001‐10,000

What is the average monthly household income in your target community, in US Dollars?

$100 ‐ 1000

Does your project seek to have an impact on public policy?

Yes

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What stage is your project in?

Idea phase

In what country?

India

Is your initiative connected to an established organization?

No

If yes, provide organization name.

How long has this organization been operating?

Less than a year

Does your organization have a Board of Directors or an Advisory Board?

Yes

Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with NGOs?

No

Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with businesses?

No

Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with government?

No

Please tell us more about how these partnerships are critical to the success of your innovation.

Three of us are partners and doing some kind of social works around us to some old age homes, orphanages, etc.

What are the three most important actions needed to grow your initiative or organization?

1) Buy cultivated lands
2) Supply through Government local bodies
3) Monitor and HRM

The Story

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What was the defining moment that led you to this innovation?

My daughter was having heart problem due to this malnutrition. Now she is suffering from lungs problem also. God is with us.

Tell us about the social innovator behind this idea.

News from various sources like UNICEF, Science Daily, etc.

How did you first hear about Changemakers?

Web Search (e.g., Google or Yahoo)

If through another, please provide the name of the organization or company

Increasing access to education for disadvantaged children in India through an innovative school meal program.

The Akshaya Patra Foundation implements the world’s largest NGO operated school meal program, serving over a million children in India daily. Akshaya Patra improves children’s health, and increases school enrollment, attendance and academic performance. Akshaya Patra's vision is that no child is deprived of education due to hunger.

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Madhu

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Sridhar

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The Akshaya Patra Foundation USA

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United States

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Organization Name

The Akshaya Patra Foundation

Organization Website

Organization Phone

(781) 438-3090

Organization Address

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Organization Country

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Increasing access to education for disadvantaged children in India through an innovative school meal program.

Country your work focuses on

India

Describe Your Idea

The Akshaya Patra Foundation implements the world’s largest NGO operated school meal program, serving over a million children in India daily. Akshaya Patra improves children’s health, and increases school enrollment, attendance and academic performance. Akshaya Patra's vision is that no child is deprived of education due to hunger.

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What distinguishes Akshaya Patra from other mid-day meal programs is the flexibility and creativity with which the program has been conceived and executed. The entire food production and delivery system is truly innovative, resulting in high levels of efficiency and cost savings. Akshaya Patra’s centralized kitchen model is technology-intensive. The automated kitchen facilities provide a classic example of how mechanization improves efficiency and ensures quality. Appropriate technological considerations have governed all phases of the design and meal preparation process, including: the choice of the cooking medium, generation of steam, construction of large stainless steel cauldrons, mechanized high speed cutting of vegetables, and handling of cooked food to minimize human intervention and maintain high standards of cleanliness. The school meal delivery system involves innovative logistics using custom designed vehicles to move and safely deliver cooked food on time. In kitchens, the food is packed into stainless steel containers and loaded into the vehicles. Using a coordinated fleet of vehicles, food is transported to the schools within a 50km radius. The vehicles drop off the meals at schools (about 20 to 25 schools per vehicle) and on their return trip pick up empty containers.

Do you have a patent for this idea?

No

Impact

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Serving wholesome mid-day school meals is a strategic intervention in education aimed at breaking the cycle of poverty and makes children productive global citizens. Akshaya Patra is feeding nutritious meals to over a million underprivileged children daily in 5,598 schools in seven of India’s states, from 17 kitchens. Akshaya Patra's program leads to measurable improvements in school enrollment, academic performance and health.

Problem

Despite India’s economic growth, the country is still home to hundreds of millions of people living in abject poverty. Many of those not reaping the benefits of economic prosperity are India’s children. One third of the world’s malnourished children live in India, half of India’s children under age four are undernourished, and malnutrition is the underlying cause of over two million deaths of children under age five in India each year. The 2008 Global Hunger Index, a report published by the International Food Policy Research Institute, places India at 66 out of 88 developing countries in hunger, and UNICEF reports that inequalities in nutrition have increased between demographic, socioeconomic and geographic groups. The education outlook for India’s children also remains bleak. Twenty-one million primary school-age children are not in school. Literacy rates, especially among women, remain low at about 54%, which has a direct effect on the nutrition and education of children. For students enrolled in school, 40% will drop out before reaching the fifth grade.

Actions

Our vision is that no child is deprived of education because of hunger. Therefore, we are expanding our program beyond its current communities. As we scale up, we are creating a sustainable program supported by governments, private donors, and individuals. We also encourage the participation of teachers and parents, thus creating a community dedicated to simultaneously eradicating hunger and promoting education. We continue to work with stakeholders to build new kitchens, and seek donor commitment for construction and operational cost for a minimum of three years at each new site. Program expansion is coupled with systematic evaluation and monitoring to assess impact.

Results

For many children, the Akshaya Patra school lunch is the only complete meal they consume throughout the day. This meal is crucial to providing children with an incentive to come to school and stay in school, while arming them with the nutrients needed to improve their cognitive development and perform well academically. Impact studies performed by AC Nielsen and other independent researchers have shown dramatic improvements in children’s school enrollment and attendance, academic performance and health after receiving the school lunches. Our successful scalable model offers the potential to state governments in India and development organizations around the world of replicating the program to alleviate hunger and promote education.

What will it take for your project to be successful over the next three years? Please address each year separately, if possible.

To be successful over the next three years, Akshaya Patra must secure funding to continue to provide children with school meals while expanding the program to cover larger numbers of disadvantaged children.

What would prevent your project from being a success?

Lack of adequate funding would prevent program expansion.

How many people will your project serve annually?

More than 10,000

What is the average monthly household income in your target community, in US Dollars?

Less than $50

Does your project seek to have an impact on public policy?

Yes

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What stage is your project in?

Operating for more than 5 years

In what country?

India

Is your initiative connected to an established organization?

Yes

If yes, provide organization name.

The Akshaya Patra Foundation

How long has this organization been operating?

More than 5 years

Does your organization have a Board of Directors or an Advisory Board?

Yes

Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with NGOs?

Yes

Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with businesses?

Yes

Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with government?

Yes

Please tell us more about how these partnerships are critical to the success of your innovation.

The Akshaya Patra Foundation succeeds in implementing the school meal program through strong public-private partnerships. In addition to support from governments, businesses, foundations, and individual donors, Akshaya Patra works closely with other NGOs and academic institutions.

What are the three most important actions needed to grow your initiative or organization?

1. Continue to provide nutritious school meals to children currently being served.
2. Expand the program to serve a larger number of disadvantaged children.
3. Secure funding for program implementation and expansion.

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What was the defining moment that led you to this innovation?

The landmark Akshaya Patra program was initiated under the leadership of Madhu Pandit Dasa. This school meal program started modestly in 2000 by feeding 1,500 children in five government schools in Bangalore. A freshly prepared nutritious meal served as an incentive for children to come to school and stay in school. A month later, teachers reported increased attendance and letters started pouring in from neighboring schools asking to be included.

This was a defining moment for Madhu Pandit as he experienced the striking revelation of what one complete meal a day means to disadvantaged children and their families. He saw this as an important strategic intervention in education that unlocks the vicious and perpetual cycle of poverty. Yet he was faced with the challenge of funding this expansion.

A plan was put together to feed 30,000 children, but even with innovative cost-saving measures, he needed $5,000 a day. Skeptics warned him that he was taking on an impossible task. Undeterred, and with strong conviction, he overcame all logistical barriers to bring the program to life. He used his extraordinary engineering skills to design equipment and layout for a mechanized kitchen needed to efficiently cook for large numbers of children at low cost.

Tell us about the social innovator behind this idea.

Madhu Pandit Dasa is the chairman of Akshaya Patra India and also serves on the board of Akskshaya Patra USA. He completed his B.Tech in Civil Engineering from IIT-Mumbai in 1980. He initiated the Akshaya Patra program in 2000 to provide mid-day meals to the underprivileged children in schools of Bangalore District. He has been the key leader in developing the innovative and technology intensive kitchen model – a hallmark of Akshaya Patra program leading to rapid expansion of the program.

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Friend or family member

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Educate under privileged-India

62 years of Independence and there are 91 million working children in rural India according to 1991 census. Government of India and Tamil nadu Government has been implementing various schemes to uphold child rights. NGO’s are supporting government’s efforts in enrolling and retaining children between 6-14 years in school.

Improved Nutrition

Every house should have empty land or roof garden/kichen garden in their houses. The rain water harvest set up should be in the house while optaining registration.
Healthy Food, Healthy Thoughts, Healthy Environment and Faith & Prayer(Meditation/Yoga) will give HEALTHY BODY & MIND and Success in life.

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Rathanas Trust

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Organization Name

Rathanas Trust

Organization Website

Organization Phone

Organization Address

Is your organization a

Not registered

Organization Country

India

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Improved Nutrition

Country your work focuses on

India

Describe Your Idea

Every house should have empty land or roof garden/kichen garden in their houses. The rain water harvest set up should be in the house while optaining registration.
Healthy Food, Healthy Thoughts, Healthy Environment and Faith & Prayer(Meditation/Yoga) will give HEALTHY BODY & MIND and Success in life.

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The villagers have to come directly to the market and sale the vegetables. Proper market to be arranged in every centre of places. Benefits like Free tickets, free watering, free electricity and without rent, etc. to be given to promote village vegetable vendors.
Kitchen garden should be placed in every house on a duty for the community.
Government should monitor and help for roof top garden in order to get fresh vegetables.

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What impact have you had?

The house keeper works like gardening, house cleaning, vessel cleaning, cloth washing, shopping, etc. to be done by children.
The parents should be their role model (don’t smoke & drink in house before children), since they are our best mimic.
Better to speak frankly about sex when they are adolescence. Otherwise, this will affect their growth as obesity or slant. Physical and mental fitness will affect by sex appetite.
The children are become tention free and less disease free. But the doctor's professtion will suffer to some extent since we are planning to maintaing our body & mind.

Problem

The fresh vegetable should be arranged from nearby villages on reasonable prices to schools with the help of Government.

Actions

Motivate the village land owners to grow vegetables and make an agreement for regular supply.
Meet the government officials to extend the help for free transportation.

Results

Within one year we will see the children are in good health.
The children will motivate their parents and ask them to do kitchen garden in their houses.
Spent their Sunday & holidays with garden.
Let every one should have a empty land in some area to grow trees and vegetables.

What will it take for your project to be successful over the next three years? Please address each year separately, if possible.

The school & college children will undertake with local people and do the followup work on monthly basis.

What would prevent your project from being a success?

THe school management should meet the government authorities to activate this project.
It is our goal to meet the ladies and make them active by giving home exercises and way to earn money in home. Idleness leads to this evil way. Such counseling should be given from School.

How many people will your project serve annually?

101‐1000

What is the average monthly household income in your target community, in US Dollars?

$100 ‐ 1000

Does your project seek to have an impact on public policy?

Yes

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What stage is your project in?

Idea phase

In what country?

India

Is your initiative connected to an established organization?

No

If yes, provide organization name.

How long has this organization been operating?

Less than a year

Does your organization have a Board of Directors or an Advisory Board?

Yes

Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with NGOs?

No

Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with businesses?

No

Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with government?

No

Please tell us more about how these partnerships are critical to the success of your innovation.

THey are very much co-operative

What are the three most important actions needed to grow your initiative or organization?

Meet the school management,Government officials & Village land owners.

The Story

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What was the defining moment that led you to this innovation?

My child is suffering lack of iron and it leads to so many diseases.

Tell us about the social innovator behind this idea.

Mother Teresa

How did you first hear about Changemakers?

Web Search (e.g., Google or Yahoo)

If through another, please provide the name of the organization or company

New Educational System

Healthy Food, Healthy Thoughts, Healthy Environment and Faith & Prayer(Meditation/Yoga) will give HEALTHY BODY & MIND and Success in life.
The parents should be their role model,since they are our best mimic.
Within 2 kms. the children should walk to the school

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First Name

Paul Sureshkumar

Last Name

Samuel

Website

School or Organization

Rathanas Trust

Country

India

Section 2: About Your Organization

School/Organization Name

Rathanas Trust

School/Organization Website

School/Organization Phone

School/Organization Address

School/Organization Country

n/a

Your idea

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Parent

How does your innovation currently get kids (or how might it get kids) engaged in physical activity? How would your idea or project potentially be implemented during the school day?

In Bible, Jesus said, “You are the temple of God”. Hence, it is our duty to preserve and maintain our body and soul as pure health as He likes. Even diseases like diabetes will be eradicated in physical activities. We can prevent childhood obesity by physical exercises to maximum extent with proper expert’s(coach) advice.

Name Your Project

New Educational System

How many children does this program currently or plan to serve? How much time does each child spend daily/weekly engaged in physical activity? (150 words max)

If a school is having average 5 hours per day means, 5 section of classes will attend the plan.a) Classes 4th & 5th should do this kind of “RACE” exercises.
b) From VIth they have to train Volley ball,
c) from VIIth they should train in football,
d) from VIIIth they should train in Basket ball,
e) from IXth onwards they should train in general exercise and specific games in regular syllabus.
We can prevent childhood obesity by doing physical exercises during school day with proper expert’s(coach) advice.
The house keeper works like gardening, house cleaning, etc. to be done by children.

Describe Your Idea

Healthy Food, Healthy Thoughts, Healthy Environment and Faith & Prayer(Meditation/Yoga) will give HEALTHY BODY & MIND and Success in life.
The parents should be their role model,since they are our best mimic.
Within 2 kms. the children should walk to the school

Tell us the story behind the social innovator. (150 words max)

Nowadays the basic structure of Education is based on the Studies only. They never give importance to physical activities in general. The obesity is developed mainly because of the parents. They play a vital role to grow an obesity child. Most of the obesity comes as hereditary. Few parents want their children to eat more and have good figure. Only in few schools, they teach extra curricular activities with studies.

Promote physical activity during and after the school day

Location

main Madurai, TN
India
9° 54' 50.3496" N, 78° 7' 18.2172" E

Healthy Food, Healthy Thoughts, Healthy Environment and Faith & Prayer(Meditation/Yoga) will give HEALTHY BODY & MIND and finally it gives Success in life.

SELF HELP

Location

main Madurai, TN
India
9° 54' 50.3496" N, 78° 7' 18.2172" E

SELF HELP IS THE BEST HELP:
In India, the Women's Self Help Group was formed few years back. They shared everything with one another and get a solution to overcome the problem. But for which, we need to educate and motivate them and lead them in the right way in order to give fruitful result to the society and their family.
The trafickling and elopment is reduced. But the false cases are filled against innocent men. Such exploitation should be avoided. But child labour is increasing, since the mother is busy with SHG. Idleness increase.

Create Awareness about Funds & Grants

WHAT ARE ALL THE GRANT FUNDS COMING INTO INDIA FROM WORLD AND USA?
IT IS NECESSARY TO INFORM TO PUBLIC(consumer) ABOUT THE FUNDS AND GRANTS TO INDIA FROM USA AND OTHER FOREIGN COUNTIES.

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Section 1: About You

First Name

Paul Sureshkumar

Last Name

Samuel

Website

Organization

Rathanas Trust

Country

India

Section 2: About Your Organization

Organization Name

Rathanas Trust

Organization Website

Organization Phone

091-09842971959

Organization Address

Is your organization a

Not registered

Organization Country

India

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Create Awareness about Funds & Grants

Country your work focuses on

India

Describe Your Idea

WHAT ARE ALL THE GRANT FUNDS COMING INTO INDIA FROM WORLD AND USA?
IT IS NECESSARY TO INFORM TO PUBLIC(consumer) ABOUT THE FUNDS AND GRANTS TO INDIA FROM USA AND OTHER FOREIGN COUNTIES.

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Innovation

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What makes your idea unique?

Misuse of Funds tends people to do sin. Finance is the major cause for sin.

Do you have a patent for this idea?

No

Impact

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What impact have you had?

The people from the locality should know that a projects is going on to avail the opportunity.
In most of the projects the followup work is not found, hence, the total funds spent on that projects comes futal.

Problem

Government Politicians works and NGO works to be informed to public. Awareness should be created through Government only. The Politicians are the real actors. So, they are our real problem.

Actions

All the projects to INDIA or some other country is enjoying such Funds and Grants should be informed through this "F&G Projects" and they go and inspect that particular place and then the followup work after the projects complets, should be obtain. The results should not give by the fund seeker.

Results

We believe 90% of the fraudulent persons will be evacuated and identified. The locality will also get real harvest.

What will it take for your project to be successful over the next three years? Please address each year separately, if possible.

Like CBI or private detectives and personal councilling, they project works to be assessed.

What would prevent your project from being a success?

Bribary and Political intervention

How many people will your project serve annually?

101‐1000

What is the average monthly household income in your target community, in US Dollars?

$1000 - 4000

Does your project seek to have an impact on public policy?

Yes

Sustainability

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What stage is your project in?

Idea phase

In what country?

India

Is your initiative connected to an established organization?

No

If yes, provide organization name.

How long has this organization been operating?

1‐5 years

Does your organization have a Board of Directors or an Advisory Board?

Yes

Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with NGOs?

No

Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with businesses?

No

Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with government?

No

Please tell us more about how these partnerships are critical to the success of your innovation.

People are having such minds are club to gether and do this partnership

What are the three most important actions needed to grow your initiative or organization?

Motivate the people who avail the funds
Periodical information to be furnished to the donors
FOllowup

The Story

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What was the defining moment that led you to this innovation?

Everyday we can find the beneficiaries are complaint to the Police about the Tsunami fund sharers.

Tell us about the social innovator behind this idea.

Everytime you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing. - Mother Teresa

How did you first hear about Changemakers?

Web Search (e.g., Google or Yahoo)

If through another, please provide the name of the organization or company

Be a good role model

The Moral and Cultural instruction should be taught in every schools and colleges. Then they will educate their parents. A student should know what is good for their future.

About You

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First Name

Paul Sureshkumar

Last Name

Samuel

Website

School or Organization

Rathanas Trust

Country

India

Section 2: About Your Organization

School/Organization Name

Rathanas Trust

School/Organization Website

School/Organization Phone

School/Organization Address

School/Organization Country

n/a

Your idea

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Parent

How does your innovation currently get kids (or how might it get kids) engaged in physical activity? How would your idea or project potentially be implemented during the school day?

1. Have an affectionate and affirming relationship.
2. Be open communicators.
3. Communicate clearly and specifically about sex.
4. Teach them the physical work withing house, ex..watering plants, playing with pets..
5. Teach the success of life by means of Healthy Body & Mind

Name Your Project

Be a good role model

How many children does this program currently or plan to serve? How much time does each child spend daily/weekly engaged in physical activity? (150 words max)

Motivate the parents to spend an hour with their kids and speak frankly and share their financial position(if they are middle and lower middle class).

Describe Your Idea

The Moral and Cultural instruction should be taught in every schools and colleges. Then they will educate their parents. A student should know what is good for their future.

Tell us the story behind the social innovator. (150 words max)

Such suicides and attempts of suicides are increasing in school boys and girls circle. Most of the broken family kids are transformed as criminals and useless persons.