Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow, founder and CEO of Mary’s Meals, has arrived back in Scotland having helped to deliver over 20 tonnes of food aid to the thousands of starving people filling makeshift refugee camps in and around the Somalian capital, Mogadishu.
“The trip went well and was without major incident, for which we have much to thank our partners in this relief effort, the African based relief agency Gift of the Givers,“ said Magnus. “ They have proven themselves capable of establishing safe entry and exit for aid workers and aid, thereby allowing much needed food supplies to get to the many people so urgently in need of it.
“Valuable though this first batch of aid has been, much much more is needed if we are to avert a humanitarian disaster. We currently have another 80 tonnes of aid in transit, which we estimate along with the first shipment will allow for the provision of some 900,000 meals.
“None of this is possible without the continuing generosity of so many people in the UK and beyond, but I hope that they will be reassured that we have the means to deliver this aid in a country where it can be difficult and dangerous to work.”
