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The Naandi Foundation and the Mid-Day Meal at the Rainbow School


Our mid-day meal at the Rainbow School is made in a central kitchen and then delivered to the school by the extremely competent and experienced folks at the Naandi Foundation, our main NGO partner. This meal is engineered and fortified to provide an entire day of nutrition for a child. I noticed that new students look substantially different after one week of mid-day meals at the school. They have shining eyes and they are full of bouncy energy. And I noticed in past years that after school holidays - like during the last week - all the children look drawn and tired. They do not get enough food at home. It makes me happy to know the mid-day meal was there for them this week when school started again.

A few days ago, one of the trucks from the Naandi Foundation's mid-day meal program was attacked as part of a larger outbreak of political violence. This is an example of the type of random events that threaten support structures for schools in the developing world. This article by the CEO of the Naandi Foundation, Manoj Kumar, tells the story.

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  1. Anonymous12:42 PM

    My name is Lindsey Randall. I am a Senior Articles Editor for the Human Rights Brief, a student-run magazine at The American University Washington College of Law in Washington, D.C., which reports on developments in international human rights and humanitarian law (http://www.wcl.american.edu/hrbrief/). Currently, the Brief reaches over 6,000 subscribers in more than 90 countries.

    We were interested in using either the photo in this post or this photo from Picasa (http://picasaweb.google.com/leighanne/RainbowPrimarySchool2010#5445200746716262738) to accompany an article in our Spring edition. The article is about the right to food and the People’s Union for Civil Liberties v. Union of India & Others litigation. A large portion of the article discusses the Mid-Day Meal Program, so I thought your photo would be interesting pairing. Specifically we were interested in either this photograph. We are not able to pay for pictures, but would be happy to send you complimentary copies of the Brief for your collection and of course credit would be given below the photograph.

    If you are interested in allowing us to use your photograph or have any questions, please email me at lrandall@hrbrief.org.

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