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The Akshaya Patra Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation operating in
12 states across India. Our organisation strives to eliminate classroom hunger
by implementing the “Mid-Day Meal” Scheme in government schools and
government-aided schools. Alongside this, Akshaya Patra also aims to counter
malnutrition, child labour and gender discrimination by supporting the right
to education of socio-economically disadvantaged children.
Charity No. 1117756
The Akshaya Patra Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation operating in
12 states across India. Our organisation strives to eliminate classroom hunger
by implementing the “Mid-Day Meal” Scheme in government schools and
government-aided schools. Alongside this, Akshaya Patra also aims to counter
malnutrition, child labour and gender discrimination by supporting the right to
education of socio-economically disadvantaged children. They currently feed
over 1.7 million children every day and aim to reach 5 million daily by 2020.
Star Tours donated £25,000 to
Pratham
Star Tours donated £20,000 to
Jivanganga Vikas Trust
Charity No. 1099386
Pratham is India’s largest education NGO, seeking to improve the quality of
education and learning levels across India. Set up in 1994 in conjuction with
UNICEF. Pratham has helped more than 35 million children to date through
programmes focussed on improving reading level, encouraging young women
to continue their children and providing vocation skills to young adults.
The Jivanganga Vikas Trust for the last 10 years has been working hard to ensure
children living in daily poverty are given an opportunity for education and health.
The aim is to educate and provide social learning to every under the privileged
child and young person regardless of cast, creed, religion or faith so they can reach
the desired potential. Allowing the children to establish a foundation in life with
the ultimate aim to abolish segregation of children from humble backgrounds.
Star Tours donated £20,000 to
Big Hug Foundation
Star Tours donated £20,000 to
Asha for Education
Registered Charity No. 1144159
Charity No. 1088168
The Big Hug Foundation is a small UK based charity dedicated to providing shelter
and education to underpriviledged children in India. The children we support are
all destitute; some are orphans, and others are runaways escaping a lifetime of
neglect and/or abuse. We aim to relieve these children of hardship and break the
cycle of poverty by provding them with clean, safe, shelter, a real education and
above all, a family.
Our belief is that education is a catalyst for Socioeconomic change. In keeping with
this view, We support secular projects that strive to increase access to education among
the disadvantaged. Asha is a completely volunteer run organisation. Our focus on
children’s education has galvanised volunteers accross the globe and today there
are 66 Asha chapters worldwide, operating across the US, India & Europe.
Asha has supported close to 400 projects spanning 24 states in India,
disbursing over £16 million since its inception.
Star Tours donated £20,000 to
Narayan Sewa
Star Tours donated £20,000 to
GOSH
Charity No. 1046188
Registered Charity No. 235825
Narayan Sewa sansthan is a NGO established in 1985 by Dr. Kailash Agrawal
“Manav” to treat patients suffering from polio, cerebral palsy and serve the
orthopedically handicapped and disabled. They aim to provide education and
vocational training to the disabled and mentally challenged with proper facilities to
develop their potential to the fullest so that they can be selfreliant and independent.
Great ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) was established in 1852 and has since then
been providing for much needed medical treatment for children. Great ormond
Street Hospital is the county’s leading centre for treating sick children, with the
widest range of specialisms under one roof. This means that they can provide
treatments to children with the most complex, rare and lifethreatning illness.
Star Tours donated £15,000 to
Akshay Patra
Star Tours donated £15,000 to
Oxfam Charity
Charity No. 1117756
Charity No. 202918
Established in 2000, this non-governmental organisation (NGO) advocates improving
primary education by stamping out hunger. Akshaya Patra helps to reopen the route
out of poverty and into education by being the largest nongovernmental provider of
school lunches in India.
Oxfam projects in Uttar Pradesh Focus on improving the number of children
that complete primary school, as this is the best way for them to break the
cycle of poverty.
Star Tours donated £15,000 to Pratham
Star Tours donated £15,000 to BAP’s
Charity No. 1099386
The BAPS’s Swaminarayan Sanstha engages in over 150 humanitarian causes
throughout the world and provides much - needed help to the places where help
is urgent. Drawing on their diverse resources, broad reach and vast experience.
BAPS endeavours to provide both emergency care and long-term solutions in the
areas of health, education, the enviroenment, community developement,
tribal uplift, and disaster relief.
Pratham was started by UNICEF in 1994 with a mission to erase illiteracy amongst
India’s 100 million underpriviledged children.Working with 22 state governments
in India, teachers have been trained in Pratham’s ground breaking teaching the
techniques that help children improve their learning levels in 4-8 weeks.
2017
Charity No. 1117756
2015
Star Tours donated £25,000 to
Akshaya Patra
2013
Star Tours donated £30,000 to
Akshaya Patra
2019
Since 2009 Star Tours have donated
£260,000 for charitable causes.
In 2022-23 Star Tours are once again
supporting “Akshaya Patra”.
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