- The former President of United States Mr.Bill Clinton served hot food to children in a school at Gujarat which left a deep impression on him
- Mr. Clinton spoke to the children and expressed his feelings and said “Such a huge quantity of food prepared and served in efficient, healthy and sanitary manner is unbelievable,”
- The Mid Day meal scheme provides food for 1,500 schools, 15,000 infants in 298 anganwadi centres, and runs subsidised canteens for socially and economically backward sections of the society in Jaipur alone
- Clinton Global Initiative which is under the Clinton Foundation raises awareness and motivates business houses, corporates and other agencies to fund Akshaya Patra for running the Mid Day Meal Programme
- So far this is the best commitment made by the foundation and he said hoping that more business houses and organisations and agencies would participate in the programme
- Mr. Clinton visited the Akshya Patra kitchen and Mr. Clinton said Caterpillar Foundation had already announced a contribution of $2 million to run a similar kitchen in Lucknow to feed 100,000 students.
- Mr.Clinton shared some light moments with the students, Over 1.3 million children in about 10,500 schools in 20 States are provided Mid Day Meal by Akshaya Patra and the expense on each student is $30 per year, which is shared between the State governments and Akshaya Patra
- Read at: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/midday-meal-schemes-scale-amazes-clinton/article6218870.ece