Mary’s Meals is now feeding over 600,000 hungry children in some of the poorest countries in the world.
After reaching the milestone of half a million children at the start of this year, the continued support and generosity of supporters for the charity has enabled an extra 100,705 children to receive a daily meal in a place of education in 16 different countries.
Much of the latest increase in the number of children Mary’s Meals is feeding has taken place in Malawi, where we are now reaching 18 per cent of primary school children.
Support for our Sponsor a School scheme, which allows individuals and groups to fundraise to cover the costs of building a kitchen and / or the amount required to feed all the children at a school for a whole year, has also helped us expand into further schools.
Meanwhile, a new project in the West African country of Benin has meant over 500 children are now receiving Mary’s Meals. This was made possible by Mary’s Meals supporters in Croatia.
“It is incredible that as this year comes to an end, the number of children we are feeding has grown further still so that today, 600,000 of the world’s poorest children are now being fed every day in their place of education,” says Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow, founder of Mary’s Meals.
“None of this would be possible without the wonderful acts of love we receive from around the world from people who share our vision and who are helping us transform the lives of children by keeping them healthy and encouraging them to attend school.”
