Morning Nutrition in collaboration with Amazon Web Services to 5000 children in Ranga Reddy district, Telangana – 6th Dec 2022
December 07th, 2022
Annapoorna Trust collaborates with Amazon Web Services to provide Morning Nutrition to 5000 government school-going children in Ranga Reddy district of Telangana state.
On 6th December 2022, the Annapoorna Morning Nutrition programme was launched at Zilla Parishad High School (ZPHS) campus at Meerkhanpet in Ranga Reddy district. The government school-going children hailing from Shabad, Yacharam, and Kandukur Mandals will receive Morning Nutrition. The chief guest, Smt. Sabitha Indra Reddy – Minister for Education, Telangana along with representatives from Amazon Web Services were present at the event. From Annapoorna Trust, Mr. Anand K Kadali – Executive Secretary and Trustee, Dhananjay Rao Ejapu – Telangana coordinator and Mr. Srikanth Vooturi – Jagtial District Coordinator, were present.
The collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) will benefit 5000 children with Morning Nutrition in Ranga Reddy district. The children will be given Ragi Cereals Health Drink along with peanut chikki (a traditional Indian sweet generally made from nuts and jaggery) for all 6 days. Different varieties like peanut chikki, peanut-millet chikki, and peanut-millet-sesame seeds (til) chikki will be provided every day. AWS has been involved in improving the infrastructure and upgradation of school facilities of the ZPHS campus at Meerkhanpet, to provide a positive environment for their physical and mental well-being.
Sabita Indra Reddy – Education Minister of Telangana state spoke as, “Today I want to tell the children importance of Nutritious food. They need to be habituated to nutritious food instead of junk ones. Ragi Cereals Health Drink will give energy. Previously people used to eat only Rice. Nowadays people & children are getting to know the importance of millets & energy rich foods. Am very happy Annapoorna Trust have included Ragi cereal health mix as part of Morning nutrition in Government schools.”
