Nutrition Chain For The Child

 

In the past our Trust has been instrumental in raising funds, kick-starting and managing large projects for various NGOs. In our various interventions, we have rarely seen underprivileged children being provided a nutritious diet in regular schools.

Adonai Films – rivers in the desert supports child nutrition in schools by reaching out to children from underprivileged families, where mothers, usually domestic workers, leave to work early and are hence unable to prepare and ensure that their children eat before they leave for school.

  1. The parents work late-night or early morning jobs and do not find time to make breakfast.
  2. Parents can’t afford breakfast as they can barely manage one square meal a day for their family.

We have researched and invented specially nutritious foods,  with the help of experts, which could be prepared without heating. 

We successfully ran a breakfast program “ I Like my Breakfast” in a school from 2016 -2020 in a school located in Bangalore East where the children come from Below Poverty Line (BPL) backgrounds. Curtains came down during covid but now we are reviving again. Our Pilot project commenced in August 2016.

There following is the criteria for the children to be enrolled under this program :

  • Day scholars
  • Weak and malnourished
  • Children from large Below Poverty Line families
  • Children of single mothers

This program involves monitoring a child’s health through medical check-ups, educating the children about nutrition and spreading awareness about breakfast being the most important meal. We are backed by our panel of esteemed and efficient experts from the field of education and health.

We have to raise every penny to revive  “I Like my Breakfast” . We strongly believe that with intervention of the divine we will be able to reach out to a large number of children.

In the past a small number of children were shortlisted for the program, but looking at the extent of poverty in this school the numbers went on increasing year after year. Even this year we might end-up shortlisting many more than we can actually afford.

The duration of the breakfast chain is normally from June to March of an academic year.

Apart from providing breakfast, we conducted Eye checkups and General check ups. Further, we all know how important breakfast is and not having a good breakfast is a cause of most of the health issues. Our project not only identifies the children for the project but enforces the importance of breakfast to the entire school and thus the whole school is constantly reminded of how important breakfast is.  

The menu from 2016-2020    

  1. Vegetable  sandwiches- with cucumber, tomatoes and butter.
  2. Ragi Hurihittu – popped ragi powder  with milk, coconut, jaggery and bananas. 
  3. Jola Hurihittu –  popped Corn powder with milk, coconut, jaggery and bananas. 
  4. Avalaki – Beaten rice with milk, coconut, jaggery and bananas.  

The model of I like my breakfast was very successful. And now we are consultants to those who wish to start a breakfast program in any part of India. 

A film on the process by the noted filmmaker K.P.Sasi 

 

The Trust invites contributions per day breakfast, per week breakfast, per month breakfast.

To order, or to donate to the cause contact [email protected] or Whatsapp -9845344903. Website : www.theadonaifilms.org.

Transfer Details –

Adonai Films-rivers in the desert

HDFC Bank Account No- 05231450000075

 IFSC code- HDFC0000523

 Richmond Town Branch.

 Bangalore

To know more about other Fund raiser’s for the project ” I Like my Breakfast” click here.