Our Vision: No Student Hungry
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Inspired by the visionaries behind Akshaya Patra—the world’s largest school meal program—World Food Movement is committed to ensuring that no college student in the U.S. goes hungry.
With Akshaya Patra serving 2.25 million meals daily and over 4 billion meals to children in India, its impact was recognized by the United Nations in 2024. Now, World Food Movement is bringing this mission to underserved college students across the U.S., providing nutritious meals to support their education and well-being.
Mission
To provide 1 million meals annually across the U.S. by 2030, promoting healthier bodies and minds
Vision
No student hungry
Testimonials
Our partners at Sattvic Meals Foundation (now, World Food Movement), first and foremost, thank you from the bottom of my heart because what you do is making a difference in the lives of our students. Let us continue to grow our community together through our partnership. Keep working with us and our colleges here in the state of California and throughout the United States of America.
Lee Lambert
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Many of our students are working Moms and Dads who do not have income or time to bring their own lunches. Our campus does not have food readily available and driving is not practical.
We are very grateful for the meals that Sattvic Meals Foundation [now, World Food Movement] brings to our campus. Their impact on our community is amazing. Our students eat together, they make friends and they learn together. I am super grateful.
Teresa Ong
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I budget my lunch every day as I really don’t have that much. I am really glad I came here and I am going to be full!
Community College Student
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We did not expect this to be so popular—we ran out of food! We are short of vegetarian food on the campus, and students love the food you are serving.
Nazy Galoyan
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It is amazing to have home-made meals like this for our students. I am so grateful for the opportunity our students have to be a part of this.
Grisel
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I'm proud to announce our partnership with the Sattvic Meals Foundation (World Food Movement), launched in January 2025, with an ambitious goal to serve 50,000 meals by the end of this academic year and 1 million meals by 2030. This partnership builds on the extraordinary legacy, serving over 2.2 million children daily in India and recently celebrating the 4 billionth milestone. This expertise and this experience in creating nutritious, cost-effective meal programmes is truly unmet and unmatched.
And we're fortunate to benefit from this incredible operational excellence. So kudos to the board that is supporting this work. Thank you for serving the rest of us.
Dr. Omar Torres
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It definitely feels like home as if your mom is cooking for you.
Community College Student
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How does the program work?
Survey respondents (66K+ students) in 2023 indicated that:
- 52% worried that their food would run out before they got money to buy more
- 50% concerned that they could not afford to eat balanced meals
- 34% cut the size of portions or skipped meals because there was not enough money
