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HKM Charitable Foundation, in partnership with the Government of Telangana, has commenced the establishment of new centralised kitchens to extend the Breakfast Programme to government school children across additional districts. Each kitchen is designed to serve up to 20,000 meals per day.
For Raju, an auto-rickshaw driver from Musheerabad, the Indiramma Canteen has been a daily blessing for three years. A quiet story of dignity and relief.
HKMCF's Anna Canteen programme, in partnership with the Government of Andhra Pradesh, now operates across 250+ locations — serving over 7 crore meals annually to daily wage earners and low-income families.
Krishnaiah has worked at Bowenpally market yard for eighteen years. Since Bhojanamritam began, he says, he eats a proper meal for the first time before the day's heaviest work.
Krishnamma travelled from Siddipet when her daughter was admitted to Niloufer Hospital. For 22 days, the Bhojanamritam programme meant she never had to leave her daughter's side to find food.
UNESCO's report on Hyderabad as a City of Gastronomy highlighted HKMCF's Annapurna programme as a reflection of India's charitable heritage being put to service for the disadvantaged.
At the peak of the pandemic, HKMCF scaled operations to 2.5 lakh meals per day across 350 centres, with the Narsingi kitchen running 24 hours continuously for two to three months.
The centralised community kitchen at Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh — with a capacity of 25,000 meals per day — was formally inaugurated in a ceremony attended by senior state ministers.