Relaunch of Morning Nutrition Program for Govt. school children in districts of Telangana, 3rd August 2022
On 3rd August 2022, Morning Nutrition Program was relaunched in Yadadri Bhongir, Siddipet, Sircilla, Karimnagar, Jagatial, Jangaon, Adilabad, Mehaboob Nagar, Nizamabad, Medchal, Ranga Reddy and Hyderabad districts of Telangana. With the relevant permission letters from various district officials this program has been restarted for close to 37000 govt. school children in 344 schools.
The relaunch event took place in ZHPS Bibinagar, Yadadri Bhongir district in Telangana in the presence of Chief Guest – Smt. P. Sabitha Indra Reddy, Hon’ble Education Minister, Telangana; Sri Pailla Shekar Reddy – Hon’ble MLA, Bhongir Constituency, Telangana; Mr. Sandeep Reddy Alimineti – Zilla Parishad Chairperson for Yadadri Bhuvanagiri District; Mr. Alimineti Krishna Reddy – MLC, TRS, Bhongir, Yadadri – Bhuvanagiri, Telangana; Mr. Alugubelli Narsi Reddy – MLC, Nalgonda, Telangana, Independent; Smt. Pamela Satpathy, IAS – Yadadri Bhongir Collector, Collector and District Magistrate; Sri Deepak Tiwari IAS – Additional Collector Local Bodies; Mr. Yarkala Sudhakar Goud – MPP, Yadadri Bhongir; Mrs. Goli Pranitha Pingal Reddy – ZPTC, Bibinagar; Mr. K Narayan Reddy – DEO Yadadri, Bhuvanagiri; MEO Mr. Naga Vardhan Reddy; Mr Raja Reddy – Headmaster. Mr. Pradeep Kumar – Regional Head and Mr Dhananjay Rao Ejapu – Manager in Marketing and Digital communication and volunteers were present representing Annapoorna Trust.
After brainstorming and working closely with the Department of primary and secondary education (Govt. of Telangana), 3 different variants of Morning Nutrition are being introduced.
Option 1: “SaiSure Health Mix which is a nutrient powder containing medically recommended Protein, Vitamins, Iron, and other micronutrients in chocolate and vanilla flavours.
Option 2: “Raagi Cereals Health drink” contains significant amounts of vitamin C and E. It is also high on B complex vitamins thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, folic acid, calcium, magnesium, iron, and phosphorus.
Option 3: Cooked breakfast prepared at school kitchen premises (local palate items like Upma, Kichdi, Poha etc)
Sl.No. | Menu | Location | No. of children | Schools |
1 | Raagi Cereals Health Drink | Sircilla | 9885 | 80 |
2 | Raagi Cereals Health Drink | Bhongir | 6456 | 88 |
3 | Raagi Cereals Health Drink | Bhongir (Bibi Nagar) | 3265 | 48 |
4 | Cooked Breakfast + Raagi Cereals Health Drink | Siddipet | 4970 | 39 |
5 | Cooked Breakfast + Raagi Cereals Health Drink | Nizamabad | 2898 | 19 |
6 | Raagi Cereals Health Drink | Medchal (Alwal) | 2379 | 9 |
7 | Raagi Cereals Health Drink | Jagitial | 1375 | 10 |
8 | Raagi Cereals Health Drink | Karim Nagar | 620 | 9 |
9 | Raagi Cereals Health Drink | Maheshwaram | 584 | 3 |
10 | Raagi Cereals Health Drink | Kammareddy | 488 | 2 |
11 | Cooked Breakfast + Raagi Cereals Health Drink | Champapet | 470 | 1 |
12 | Cooked Breakfast + Raagi Cereals Health Drink | Mehaboob Nagar | 586 | 3 |
13 | Raagi Cereals Health Drink | Nagar Kurnool | 75 | 1 |
14 | Cooked Breakfast + Raagi Cereals Health Drink | Komaram Bheem – Kagaznagar | 780 | 9 |
15 | SaiSure Health Drink with milk | Jagitial | 588 | 11 |
16 | SaiSure Health Drink with milk | Hyderabad – Sishu Vihar | 300 | 1 |
17 | SaiSure Health Drink with milk | Siddipet (Anganwadi’s) | 250 | 3 |
18 | SaiSure Health Drink with milk | Ranga Reddy (Anganwadi’s) | 240 | 2 |
19 | Cooked Breakfast | Hyderabad (Bowenpally) | 60 | 1 |
20 | SaiSure Health Drink with milk | Adilabad (Anganwadi’s) | 500 | 5 |
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| Total | 36769 | 344 |
In the event, Smt. P. Sabitha Indra Reddy – Hon’ble Education Minister of Telangana began her speech by saying, “Firstly, I thank Sri Sathya Sai Annapoorna Trust for undertaking service activities in the state of Telangana.” She then went on to say that there had been a substantial progress in all the streams, especially in the education sector, since the last 8 years in the state, which she said had always been close to her heart since only children from weaker sections of society came to Government schools. “Our Honourable Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao did everything possible during the COVID pandemic for the benefit of children in spite of many challenges,” she said. Enabling the children to learn through Doordarshan – Prasar Bharati in the initial period, she mentioned that after COVID subsided, the state encouraged the children to attend school free of any fear of the pandemic. She also appreciated the teachers and said that they led from the front by setting themselves as examples and due to all these efforts, Telangana was placed first in Digital Enabled Teaching.
She further expressed her gratitude to Annapoorna Trust and said, “I wholeheartedly thank Sri Sathya Sai Annapoorna Trust for providing morning nutrition in the form of Raagi Jawa. Nalgonda constituency has always led from the front for these kinds of good initiatives. Our CM, Sri K Chandrashekhar Rao has bigger plans of providing good education by means of ‘Mana Ooru Mana Badi’ Programme in the state of Telangana. The programme aims at all round development and creation of effective basic infrastructure in schools across the State. Due to the interest shown by ZPTC & MPTC teachers, number of children attending schools have also increased. Parents are also showing keenness in sending their children to Government schools.”
“Now that Annapoorna Trust is keen to expand its services in the state of Telangana, there is so much to be done,” she stated. “By joining hands, we are trying to mitigate the problems for the benefit of society.” Lastly, she gave an assurance that the Government is always eager to support the needy people.
Mr. Anand Kadali – Secretary & Trustee of Sri Sathya Sai Annapoorna Trust addressed the gathering by saying Annapoorna Morning Nutrition Programme started initially in the year 2012 by serving 50 children and has now grown to serving more than 500,000 children in 22 states and 4 Union territories. He said, “During the CORONA times, schools were shut. We made sure children, parents, teachers and cooks were provided dry rations to make their ends meet. Now that COVID has subsided & schools reopened, we are restarting Morning Nutrition in the form of Raagi Jawa, Cooked Breakfast, SaiSure multi nutrient health mix etc based on the need, requirement & local palate.” He further explained that the nutrition provided in the morning would enable children to concentrate more on their academics. “We are extending this program in the districts of Bibinagar, Yadadri Bhongir, Rajanna Sircilla, Jagatial Karimnagar, Nagar Kurnool, Nizamabad, Mahbubnagar, Siddipet, Alwal, Malleshwaram, Champapet & Asifabad. Whenever we have volunteers in place, we are reinitiating the program with the support of Government officials,” he added. Aligning with the 3S model, Sarkara (Government), Samaja (Society) & Sanstha (Organisation), he said the Trust works methodically and systematically. Accompanied by the Trust members, Mr M Prabhakar Gupta, Mr. Jayaprakash Tallam and Mr. Sai Prasad to start this program and further, with the support of the education minister, Smt. Sabitha Indra Reddy, he said, the Trust looks forward to serving more children in the state of Telangana.
