The Chetu Foundation Donates $100,000 to End Classroom Hunger in India

The Chetu Foundation, the non-profit entity of the global software solutions and support services provider Chetu, recently donated $100,000 to the Akshaya Patra Foundation, a non-profit organization that feeds more than two million students daily at 23,000 government schools.

This donation follows a significant gift by the Chetu Foundation earlier this year to support Akshaya Patra’s mission of providing free, nutritious mid-day meals to schoolchildren. Classroom hunger affects over 200 million children in India and contributes to poor attendance, reduced focus, and lower academic performance.

“Akshaya Patra has become a top priority for us because of its critical work in feeding disadvantaged schoolchildren across India,” said Shaili Bansal, Executive Director of the Chetu Foundation. “Feeding schoolchildren in India has a two-fold benefit. The children receive vital nutrition they might otherwise lack, and their parents are motivated to send their kids to school for the daily meal, where they also receive an education.”