How schools can fundraise with purpose
Feed a whole school for a year with our Feed A School project
Secondary schools across the UK can fundraise to feed an entire school of hungry children by signing up to our life-changing Feed A School initiative!
Through Feed A School, secondary schools can ensure every pupil at a school in Malawi or Zambia receives a nutritious meal every day for a full school year. The initiative is a transformative way to give hundreds of vulnerable children hope for a better future. Providing healthy meals for a whole school has a huge impact not only on the children, but also on their families and the wider community.
Feeding an entire school for a year is more achievable than many realise. Thanks to our low-cost approach, it costs just 10p a day to provide a child with a nutritious school meal. And whether schools choose to fundraise on their own, or join with others in the area, they will develop a real sense of connection to their chosen school and to the children they are helping, with updates from the feeding programme and a final report from the Malawian or Zambian school at the end of the year.
Schooling fundraising helping hungry children
A school’s support can bring hope to more children like Sean, aged 12, from Mbayani Primary School in Malawi. Hunger is a daily struggle for Sean and his classmates, but with Mary’s Meals, they have a chance at a brighter future.
Schools that choose to fundraise won’t be doing it alone. We'll be there to support schools throughout their fundraising year – and each participating school will be joining others up and down the country who agree that in this world of plenty, no child should miss school because they are too hungry to learn.
Schools raising money for Mary's Meals
Every year since 2017, pupils at St Andrew’s and St Bride’s High School in East Kilbride have organised a five day ‘porridge pledge’ to raise funds to feed all 288 children at Damu Primary School in Malawi for a full school year with Mary’s Meals. During the pledge, the pupils eat only plain foods, like porridge, rice and toast – sacrificing their favourite foods so their friends at Damu can enjoy school meals for a whole year. In 2025, they surpassed their £5,515.20 target, raising an incredible total of more than £11,000.
Religion Moral Citizenship Education (RMCE) teacher, Jacqueline Nelson, says: “Through Feed A School, we live what we teach - we directly help our global brothers and sisters, those who we will never meet yet still love and it allows us to place the needs of some of the most vulnerable people in the world first. It's beautiful. It brings true joy.”
Claire Benjamin, Director of Supporter Engagement at Mary’s Meals UK, adds: “We serve children in schools of many different sizes, which means Feed A School offers a wide range of fundraising targets to suit every school community. Schools can sign up to Feed A School in Malawi or Zambia today and turn a year of school meals into a lifetime of impact.”
Sign up to Feed A School
Feed A School is a transformative way to give hundreds of vulnerable children hope for a better future. Get involved today and start making a difference.
