Latest Mary’s Meals News: Stories & Campaigns

Read how a Scottish family raised vital funds for hungry children by knitting thousands of chocolate 'hats' to support the Mary's Meals charity.

Discover how a simple daily meal at school can change everything—from education to self-worth. Explore the deeper impact of your support for Mary’s Meals.

We've teamed up with Jean Johansson this National Walking Day.

Our school meals are breaking down barriers to education and equality in India.

On International School Meals Day we show how a simple intervention can change futures.

Game of Thrones actor Wilf Scolding supports Mary’s Meals’ emergency response to feed hungry children. Learn how you can help make a difference today.

Mary’s Meals Founder & CEO Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow issues a statement on how proposed aid budget cuts could threaten progress in feeding and educating the world’s poorest children.

In the spirit of the Jubilee’s theme ‘Pilgrims of Hope’, we are inviting all supporters to come together this Holy Year to help to bring hope into situations of hardship.

It’s hard to comprehend how a weather event thousands of miles away can impact farmers in Southern Africa. But it does, and over recent months this impact has been catastrophic in the region, which is facing its worst drought in 100 years. Without major intervention, millions of people – especially children – will face “Crisis” levels of hunger

Zambia continues to endure the relentless consequences of a historic drought.

Read a moving story by Mary's Meals Founder about resilience, hope, and the transformational power of a school meal.

Discover how Mary’s Meals is delivering hope and daily school meals to children in Ethiopia amid ongoing conflict and food insecurity.

Our media manager, Gary Armstrong, reports on how Mary's Meals is changing the story for Mahlon and his fellow pupils in Zimbabwe.

Ethan, age six, turned a village lemonade stall into enough funds to feed three children for a year. Discover how his small act of kindness changed lives.

Read Gift’s inspiring journey. From skipping school in Malawi due to hunger to studying in Scotland and returning home to lead in his community - All thanks to Mary’s Meals.

Discover inspiring ways supporters are making small changes that lead to life-changing meals for children around the world.

Today in Zambia – 10 years after we began our programme here – 400,000 children eat Mary’s Meals every school day. Across the Eastern Province children are coming to school – amid the current catastrophic hunger crisis – because they know they will eat there. They now face a totally different future.

Discover the inspiring story of a former Mary’s Meals recipient who returns to help others. Proof of the lasting impact of a school meal.

Supporter Engagement Officer, Joanna Blake, reflects on the endurance of hope at Christmas.

TV star inspiring families to start a new tradition together and decorate an online Christmas tree to give hungry children around the world the chance of a better future.