Anna Setu Foundation cooks and serves midday meals in 38 government schools across rural Maharashtra — because a hungry child doesn't learn, and a fed one usually does.
Every rupee is costed against an actual kitchen's grocery list, not a round number.
Feeds 12 children a hot, cooked lunch for one day at a single government school.
Feeds 12 children for a full month — the gift most donors choose.
Sponsors one classroom's midday meals for a full academic year.
Every kitchen buys from the same three vegetable markets it has used for six years, and every menu is planned by a nutritionist against ICDS guidelines — not by whatever is cheapest that week.
“Since Anna Setu started serving lunch, attendance in my school went from 61 to 94 percent. Hungry children don't learn; fed children do.” — Sunita Deshmukh, Headmistress, Zilla Parishad School, Wardha
A recurring gift means our kitchens can plan next week's vegetables in advance, instead of waiting on a one-time donation to arrive.
“My daughter used to come home from school too tired to do homework. Now she eats a full meal by noon and actually wants to study in the evening.”
Kavita Pawar
Parent, Zilla Parishad School, Nagpur district