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Community Giving
| On this page, we will feature a charitable or a non-profit organization that is working to provide support to the Asian Indian community in or outside of Michigan. The charitable and non-profit organizations do not have to pay to be featured on this website nor do they have to pay to participate in Round Table India. This is our way of giving back to the community. So, if you are involved with one that fits our criteria for being featured here or know one that you can recommend, please click here to send us their information. We want to make a difference and we support all such worthy causes. |
Michigan Asian Indian Family Services
Michigan Asian Indian Family Services (MAIFS) is a tax-exempt 501 (c) (3), non-profit organization made up of volunteers and case workers who serve the Asian Indian community in Metro Detroit. MAIFS provides support to people who may find themselves in a crisis situation including domestic violence, alcoholism, death of a loved one, and many other support services.
People can call MAIFS crisis line (888) 664-8624 to receive confidential counseling and referrals. Visit their web site http://www.maifs.org/ to donate time and money so that MAIFS may help those in need
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| Akshaya Patra, where no child goes without an education due to hunger |
Akshaya Patra is a public-private partnership that combines good management, innovative technology and smart engineering to deliver school lunch at a fraction of the cost of similar programs in other parts of the world. It costs $28 to feed a child daily for the entire year. Akshaya Patra has grown exponentially in the last seven years from feeding 1,500 to currently distributing freshly cooked healthy meals to over 850,000 underserved children in over 4,200 government schools every day, in five states in India , making it the largest NGO run school feeding program in the world. Akshaya Patra strives to feed one million children each day by 2010.
Through kitchens especially designed by engineers to leverage technology and sourcing its food stocks from local markets, Akshaya Patra is able to reduce costs associated with transportation and food spoilage while supporting the local economy. In a short time, the foundation has grown to become the largest, and certainly most innovative, school lunch program in the world. Akshaya Patra is a great example of what a non-profit organization can achieve-- a cost effective, scalable solution with very high quality service delivery.
Harvard Business School recently released a case study on Akshaya Patra that is being used for the MBA curriculum on precise time management. Akshaya Patra was also recently chosen by the Congressional Hunger Center for its Mickey Leland International Hunger Fellows Program. In addition, Akshaya Patra was one of the only 30 organizations to be highlighted at the Clinton Global Initiative in 2007. |
| Please visit their website www.foodforeducation.org for more information. |
| Let us know what charity you support. Contact us today and send us information to feature that charity here. |
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