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Know about Project Aahaar and Om Sharma

Monika Sitaraman22 Feb, 2022Health

In today?s world, the importance of nutrition is rising more than ever. With the prevalence of the pandemic, everyone must eat right to create robust immune systems and maintain good health. However, what about the underprivileged who are malnourished? In India, 189 million individuals suffer from undernutrition. In fact, in the 2019 Global Hunger Index, India ranked 102 out of 119 qualifying countries. Om Sharma, a grade 12 student from a school in Bangalore, has worked tirelessly over his high school years to combat the problem of malnutrition. He started Project Aahaar in 2018 to raise awareness about malnutrition and teach disadvantaged children the right foods they should be eating. Read more

Project Aahaar and Om Sharma � Changing the world as a teenager

Monika Sitaraman07 Feb, 2022Health

Om Sharma, a teenage social entrepreneur and a class 12 student at The International School Bangalore, is making waves with his social initiatives to battle the problem of malnutrition. In India, it is approximated that 1 in every five children suffers from malnutrition. To improve this situation, Om started Project Aahaar and MeraSeb. Project Aahaar aims to raise awareness about the essentials of nutrition in disadvantaged government schools. Om says, ?I use methods like mnemonic devices to make my sessions interactive?. He has achieved an incredible feat by founding NGO since he has already impacted the lives of over 10,000 children. He was ecstatic when he described how his recent partnership efforts would allow his program to reach 23,000 schools by the end of 2022. Complementing Project Aahaar, Om has also launched another NGO, MeraSeb. Read on