Bengaluru/ New Delhi: Sri Sathya Sai Annapoorna Trust, the force behind the world’s largest morning nutrition programme, has declared that at least 20 lakh additional children were served with 30 days under its Nutrition Month initiative. Even as the initiative, a part of Sri Madhusudan Sai’s global humanitarian mission, benefits over 1 crore school-going children across India, its scope has now been expanded to cover younger children that may not be going to schools. At least 5 lakh Anganwadi children in Telangana and 15 lakh Anganwadi children in Karnataka were included during the Nutrition Month, and in the process, the Trust completed 100 crore servings since its beginning.
During the Nutrition Month, which complemented the Government of India’s call for Poshan Maah, the Annapoorna Trust initiated collaborations with State governments in Telangana and Karnataka. To extend the reach and impact of the programme, the Trust also partnered with at least 35 leading corporate entities, including the likes of Amazon, Bangalore International Airport Ltd, Big Basket, Concord Biotech, CreditAccess India Foundation, Dell Foundation, Infosys Foundation, JCPenney, Kellogg’s India, LG Electronics, Microsoft, Volvo, Zoho and Zomato, among others. This effort brought much-needed nutritional support to underserved areas and enhanced the reach of the programme, targeting children in Anganwadis and government schools.
An event titled ‘Power of Poshan’ was also held recently to commemorate the Nutrition Month at Sathya Sai Grama near Bengaluru. The event was graced by Global Humanitarian and Spiritual Leader – Sri Madhusudan Sai, and the attendees included more than 50 corporate leaders and government officials from 20 States, Mr Jonty Rhodes – Legendary Cricketer being it’s one of the chief guests. The programme was to felicitate the partners who enabled reaching out to 1 Crore children in 1 lac plus schools across 25 States and 4 UTs. Annapoorna Trust is focused on scaling the Morning Nutrition Programme across more regions in India, particularly in States with high levels of malnutrition. The Trust is also exploring global opportunities, leveraging its successful model to expand into countries facing similar nutritional challenges. Additionally, there are plans to introduce more innovative nutritional solutions, such as SaiSure, a fortified health mix, and collaborate with international partners to bring holistic solutions to the issue of child malnutrition.
