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Mangalore: ‘Fighting Hunger, Feeding Minds’ – Workshop for Journalists Held in City

  •   Thu, Jul 12 2012 05:00:04 PM

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Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (PS)
 
Mangalore, Jul 12: The Akshaya Patra Foundation which runs the world’s largest mid day meal programme in partnership with the state and central government of India held a media orientation on the topic ‘Fighting hunger, feeding minds’ here on Thursday July 12.
 


The objective of the workshop was to direct focus through media to hunger and encourage debate on the way it impedes education. The workshop also served to help journalists cover socially sensitive stories such as hunger and not to exaggerate political issues and violence.
 
Speaking on the occasion, Karunya Sagar Dasa, the unit president of Akshaya Patra, Mangalore said that the partnership of Akshaya Patra with the mid day meal progranmme of the government is helping to boost nutrition and build sustainable solutions to hunger.
 
He added that Akshaya Patra foundation in Karnataka is already serving 544605 children in 2690 schools everyday in locations such as Bangalore, Hubli, Bellary, Mysore and Mangalore.
 
Senior journalist Srinivas Sirnookar, principal correspondent, Deccan Herald, Gulbarga, spoke during the workshop and said that poverty cannot be defined in words as it has various wings. In India there are about 20 cr people who are not sure of their dinner every day. He stressed that journalists must highlight their stories on hunger and should not give much importance for political and violence than required.
  

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  • Henry Lewis, Sastan/Kuwait

    Fri, Jul 13 2012

    Akshayapatra is doing the noble job to feed the hungry India is rich but we have millions people suffering from poverty it is the corrupted and blind leaders take away the food belonging to the poor we need good political leaders who really think of poor and needy people have a kind heart for the hungry children.

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  • Jasvinder Sehgal, Jaipur

    Fri, Jul 13 2012

    Dear Sir,
    You are absolutely right that Journalists should not leave politicians. But don't you think that bringing the facts and true stories on Hunger, malnutrition, poverty to the Politicians is also the duty of Journalists.  When the country's Prime Minister is addressing Hunger as a national shame then what is left.  Hunger is the biggest killer in the country like India where 7000 people die every day. One third of world's hungry people live in India are the statistics which should be reported in his or her way by every Journalist.  Congrats "Akshayapatra" for the great endeavor.

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  • J Dal, BVR

    Thu, Jul 12 2012

    there are 20 crore people who are not sure of their dinner every day - True But if journalist started only highlighting these thing leaving politicians then few hundred will be added to above said group
    Just check the comments for a political news and other news. politics is the hot cake which feeds the journalist from the both side in way through feed by the politicians and through advts...

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