By John Sparks | India Partners, President
Thank you for your gift to feed hungry school children in India. Your gift provides a starving child living in poverty with a healhy meal. Most recently, 118 school children received a nutritious mid-day meal at school every day.
Many children in the villages come from poor families, and their parents are unable to feed them or send them to school. The children often work in the fields to earn some money instead of attending classes.
According to UNICEF, one-third of the world's malnourished children lives in India. Having no food limits a child's development and capacity to learn.
But your gift feeds children like Satyavathi and gives them an opportunity to receive a great education!
Satyavathi is in the 8th grade and she is 13 years old. Her mother died when she was just a baby, so her father remarried a woman who became her stepmother. Satyavathi’s stepmother didn’t treat her well and only cared for her own son. As a result, Satyavathi was not getting fed regularly. She was severely malnourished, and her stepmother made her beg for food on the streets. She was also forced to work in the house and wasn’t allowed to go to school.
One day, someone in her community told her that she could receive a nutritious meal every day if she went to school. Satyavathi was excited about this opportunity. Because she was able to get a free lunch at school, she was no longer forced to beg for food. Satyavathi is eating at least one meal a day and going to school.
Thank you for your support. You are feeding children like Satyavathi with nutritious meals every day.
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