Ashraya initially provided grants to schools for the provision of midday food supplement for children. The program was quite successful and showed positive outcomes. However, on the advice of some experts in nutrition, a decision was made in 2006 to discontinue this program in and replace it with de-worming which is considered to be a much more cost-effective method of improving children's nutrition status. Ashraya provides funding for the de-worming tablets, that cost less than 15 US Cents per child per year, The school normally arranges the services of a school doctor or a volunteer private doctor to administer the dosage.

Ashraya can also fund the services of a physician for annual checkups of school children.