Feed the Future initiative to impact 4,000 underprivileged students for next year

Akshaya Patra and The Breakfast Revolution in Collaboration with Share Our Strength Hosted a Landmark Event

Share Our Strength, working towards driving positive change in the child nutrition sector and eradicating classroom hunger, hosted an exclusive initiative called “Feed the Future” at The Bombay Club in Mumbai, in aid of The Breakfast Revolution and The Akshaya Patra Foundation.

The event attended by 150 people raised funds to provide breakfasts and lunches for underprivileged school children across India. Share Our Strength, an American fundraising organisation matched all donations from the evening, doubling the amount raised. The funds will provide 4,000 students with nutritious school meals daily for the upcoming academic year.

The event chaired by Gauri Devidayal, Co-founder and Director, of Food Matters Group and business leader Avani Davda, witnessed an extraordinary 10-course dining experience curated by celebrated chefs Sanjeev Kapoor, Asma Khan, Manish Mehrotra, Prateek Sandhu, and Anil Rohira, who came together for this noble mission to ‘Feed the Future’. Pankaj Jethwani, Co-founder – Of the Breakfast Revolution, Shridhar Venkat, CEO of Akshaya Patra and Debbie Shore, Co-founder Share Our Strength hosted business leaders and other notable personalities like Maniesh Paul.

During the event Debbie Shore, Co-founder Share Our Strength spoke about how everyone had a strength to share, be it sharing expertise, providing access to key people, raising funds, volunteering and more. “I am happy to see so many wonderful people here tonight who can work together and build a community to nourish children, and that we can enable them to better serve their communities sustainably.”

Leading the team of celebrated chefs, Sanjeev Kapoor, a goodwill ambassador for Akshaya Patra for over 15 years, impressed the audience with his charm and his unwavering commitment to this cause close to his heart. He shared his insights on the importance of nutritious and tasty meals in keeping children healthy and energized and encouraged people to participate/donate to the cause. He graciously extended his support by collaborating with The Breakfast Revolution for this event.