Dear supporters,

Project Annadanam completed a month of operations on March 31st 2018. We would like to provide a few updates on the progress of our pilot project after one month of operations.

- We raised Rs.10.7 lakh as donations against a targeted amount of Rs.10 lakh. This amount is expected to allow us to continue for a period of 6 months at the current scale of operations.

- We bought our first Annadanam Food Van.


- We entered into a formal agreement with Touchstone Foundation, an affiliate of of Akshayapatra Foundation, to supply us packed meals consisting of rice, dal/sambar/rasam, and one side-dish on a cost reimbursement basis. Touchstone foundation would be providing us 100 packed meals daily for a six month period.


- We are serving food to pavement dwellers in two locations near Gachibowli, Hyderabad.


- We serve 100 meals a day, every day, six days a week at these locations. In the month of March, we have served food at these locations on 25 days.



- We have served a total of 2532 meals in the month of March.



Project Annadanam was made possible only due to the support, help, advice, and contributions of many people, perhaps too many to individually name them here. We appreciate all the support and assistance. We request your continued support to enable us to persist with this initiative to address hunger in our cities.

Dear Supporters,

As you are aware, we successfully overshot our targeted fundraising amount of Rs.10 lakh. The final amount raised was Rs.10.7 lakh. The funds raised are sufficient to run six months of operations with one food van distributing 100 meals a day. We thank all of you for your generosity and kindness.


We started our pilot in Gachibowli area of Hyderabad on 1st March 2018. At present, we distribute 100 food packets (including rice, dal/sambar, and one side dish) every day, six days a week to pavement dwellers in two locations around Gachibowli. So far, we have distributed 1,621 food packets to the pavement dwellers in these locations.


At present we are procuring the food packets from Touchstone Foundation, an affiliate of Akshayapatra Foundation with whom we have an agreement to obtain 100 food packets daily for six months.

So far we have spent Rs 6.7 lakhs of the raised amount. Using the amount we have paid for the procurement of food for six months, purchase of packing material, purchase of the food van, fuel, and driver's wages.



Please do follow us on our Facebook page and Twitter handle. We would be providing regular progress updates through them.
https://twitter.com/Prjct_Annadanam
https://www.facebook.com/projectannadanam/

We look forward to your continued support in this endeavor to help address hunger in our cities.

Thank you for your support!

Regards,
Team Annadanam

Dear Supporters,

We have concluded our fundraising campaign for Project Annadanam on Milaap today.

We raised a total of Rs. 10.3 lakh as donations through the campaign, overshooting our target. We thank everyone who has supported us by contributing and by spreading the message among family, friends, and acquaintances. We are very grateful for your support and the belief you have shown in Project Annadanam.

We plan to start operations by late February. In the initial days, we plan to distribute 100 meals a day, 6 days a week to the urban destitute in Hyderabad in identified aggregation points. We have an agreement with a large NGO which would be cooking the meals for us on a cost reimbursement basis.

Please do follow us on our Facebook page and Twitter handle. We would be providing regular progress updates through them.
https://twitter.com/Prjct_Annadanam
https://www.facebook.com/projectannadanam/

We look forward to your continued support in this endeavor to help address hunger in our cities.

Thank you for the wonderful support!