NOMINATE AKSHAYA PATRA FOR A CHANCE TO WIN $1.5 million

suchandra · August 27, 2008

NOMINATE AKSHAYA PATRA FOR A CHANCE TO WIN $1.5 million

Please nominate Akshaya Patra by September 1 for a chance to WIN $1.5 million in funding from the

American Express Members Project!

You don’t need an American Express Card to vote.

The top 25 projects with the most votes move on to a second round to be voted on by a panel of judges. We only need 2500 votes worldwide to jump into the lead. SPREAD THE WORD!

IT TAKES 2 MINUTES - JUST FOLLOW A FEW SIMPLE STEPS:

- Please visit http://www.membersproject.com/project/view/9Z58WP to cast your vote!

- Click on “nominate this project.”

- Log on as an American Express card member OR sign up as a guest.

- If signing in as a guest, you are required to set up an account by entering your first and last name, email address, and a user password. THIS DOES NOT SIGN YOU UP FOR AN AMERICAN EXPRESS CARD.

- Nominate Akshaya Patra.

- The counter will increase by one

- Tell your friends to do the same!

We thank you in advance for your time and support!

About Akshaya Patra

The Akshaya Patra Foundation is the largest NGO midday meal program in the world. Akshaya Patra is an organization with the vision that no child shall be deprived of education because of hunger. Now feeding over 960,000 underprivileged children in over 5,700 schools in six states in India, Akshaya Patra will reach its million children milestone fairly soon. It costs only $28 to feed a child for the entire year.

Akshaya Patra is a public-private partnership that combines good management, innovative technology and smart engineering to deliver the school lunch at a fraction of the cost of similar programs in other parts of the world. For many of the children this is their only complete meal for the day. This gives them an incentive to come to school, stay in school and provides them with the necessary nutrients they need to develop their cognitive abilities to focus on learning.

Through kitchens specially designed by engineers to leverage technology and sourcing its food stocks from local markets, Akshaya Patra is able to reduce costs associated with transportation and food spoilage while supporting the local economy. In a short time, the foundation has grown to become the largest, and certainly the most innovative, school lunch program in the world. Akshaya Patra is a great example of what a non-profit organization can achieve - a cost effective, scalable solution with high quality service delivery.

Madhu Sridhar

President

The Akshaya Patra Foundation USA

92 Montvale Ave, Suite 2500, Stoneham, MA 02180

Phone: 781 438 3090 ext. 1

Mobile : 978 886 9306

madhu@akshayapatrausa.org

www.foodforeducation.org NO CHILD IN INDIA SHALL BE DEPRIVED OF EDUCATION BECAUSE OF HUNGER

suchandra · October 15, 2008

Big thanks for your participation!!!!!!!!!

Akshaya Patra wins $100,000 in AmEx Contest

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Oct 14, DALLAS, TEXAS, USA — Dear Friends: Thank you for your support. Akshaya Patra wins $100,000 from American Express in the Members Project '08 funding competition.

People from across the country submitted inspiring ideas for projects that could make a positive impact in the world. Which projects will get funding from American Express? The votes are in - and it's time to name the winning projects.

Presenting the Winning Projects

$1.5 million for 1st place goes to: Alzheimer's Disease: Early Detection Matters and its fulfilling organization, Alzheimer's Association
$500,000 for 2nd place goes to: Help 100,000 children thrive in the classroom! and its fulfilling organization, DonorsChoose.org
$300,000 for 3rd place goes to: Loans That Change Lives and its fulfilling organization, Kiva Microfunds
$100,000 for each of the two remaining finalists goes to:
Saving the Lives of Malnourished Children and its fulfilling organization, International Medical Corps
Feeding 1 Million Children Daily and its fulfilling organization, Akshaya Patra Foundation

Your ideas. Your decision. Our money. membersproject.com

suchandra · October 15, 2008

Big thanks for your participation!!!