Being a volunteer at Annapoorna has been a very humbling as well as inspiring experience for me. Working at the grassroots level of our society, knowing that what we do is making a difference to many lives is a very gratifying feeling
Though Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, for an adult or a child alike, it is always taken for granted and mostly skipped by many. This is more prevalent in poor rural areas as the children go to school with an empty stomach owing to the family circumstances that cannot provide them a square meal, a day.
The Annapoorna Breakfast programme has given me a fantastic opportunity to make a meaningful difference to the lives of these children.The shy but friendly smiles, tiny voices praying and singing together, and little hands delicately eating the meal, help to make the entire experience completely joyful and one that I look forward.
With this service programme entering my life things have changed a lot. Now I wake up in the morning knowing that I have certain tasks, assignments to complete. ‘Jobs’ for which I don’t get paid in money, I get paid in smiles on tiny faces.
The nutrition is in the form of “SaiSure” nutrition supplement added to the milk, presented to the child every morning, after school prayer at the school premises.
Headquarters:
Sri Sathya Sai Annapoorna Trust “D-305, Sai Sannidhi”, Sathya Sai Grama, P.O. Muddenahalli – 562101 Chikkaballapur District, Karnataka, India
