School feeding charity reaches milestone number of children

A charity that was founded in a shed in Argyll is now providing life-changing meals to more than 1.5 million hungry children every school day. Mary’s Meals began in 2002 by feeding 200 children in Malawi. Today, it will feed 1,504,471 children in 18 countries across the world – including Haiti, South Sudan and Syria.... Read More

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June 18, 2019

Celtic goalkeeper Craig Gordon lends a hand at Malawi school

Celtic goalkeeper Craig Gordon has enjoyed a mug of porridge and a game of football during a visit to a Malawi primary school, where the children eat Mary’s Meals every school day. Gordon took time out during his holiday in the African country to join community volunteers in serving the nutritious phala (porridge) to the... Read More

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May 17, 2019

Mary’s Meals raises £5.5 million for children in Zambia

School feeding charity Mary’s Meals will reach 95,000 more chronically hungry children in Zambia after a fund-raising campaign raised millions of pounds. The Mary’s Meals Double the Love campaign raised £3.5 million in donations, which has been boosted to £5.5 million by the UK Government. The funds will provide one good meal every day in... Read More

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January 24, 2019

Duncan Bannatyne backs campaign to transform the lives of hungry children in Zambia

Fitness entrepreneur Duncan Bannatyne is backing a Mary’s Meals campaign which sees £1 doubled to become £2! Before 1st March 2019 public donations to the charity’s Double The Love campaign are being matched by the UK government, up to £2 million, to transform the lives of hungry children in Zambia. Mr Bannatyne is a long-time... Read More

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December 22, 2018

Gerard Butler turns director for school nativity play

Actor Gerard Butler turned director for the day as he helped school children in the Caribbean produce a nativity play. A video of the star’s trip to Haiti shows him making costumes and coaching young actors ahead of the performance. Butler, whose Malibu home was partially destroyed in last month’s wildfires, said he was “cheered... Read More

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October 10, 2018

World Porridge Day: Porridge smiles aims to help hungry children

UK-based charity Mary’s Meals is today inviting people to get creative when tucking into their breakfast as part of a national campaign aimed at helping some of the world’s poorest children. To celebrate World Porridge Day today, on Wednesday 10th October, people of all ages can support the school feeding charity by making a smiley... Read More

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July 29, 2018

Poor children the real winners as Mary’s Meals lands lottery payout

Scottish-based charity Mary’s Meals has received a £425,0000 funding boost thanks to players of People’s Postcode Lottery, helping to provide life-changing school meals for some of the world’s poorest children. Part of the funding award is being used to provide 9,000 impoverished children around the world with daily meals for a whole school year. The... Read More

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June 13, 2018

Scottish charities urge faithful to support world’s ‘forgotten crisis’ in South Sudan

Scottish Catholic charities are urging the faithful to support the millions of people caught up in the developing world’s “forgotten crisis” in South Sudan. SCIAF (Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund) has committed £60,000 of Scottish donations to emergency aid, while Mary’s Meals has launched an emergency campaign to increase the number of children it can... Read More

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School feeding charity reaches milestone number of children

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Gerard Butler turns director for school nativity play

Mary’s Meals to Double The Love with UK government funding boost

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World Porridge Day: Porridge smiles aims to help hungry children

Poor children the real winners as Mary’s Meals lands lottery payout

Scottish charities urge faithful to support world’s ‘forgotten crisis’ in South Sudan

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