Malawi

Malawi is one of the poorest countries in the world, ranking 172 out of 193 countries and territories in the Human Development Index (HDI). 

The impact of recent natural disasters has been compounded by rising costs affecting the price of essential items. Widespread fuel shortages have also trickled down into food supply chains, transportation, and healthcare access, deepening economic inequality and intensifying the vulnerability of already marginalised communities.

Mary's Meals in Malawi 

Mary’s Meals has been serving school meals in Malawi since 2002, when our founder met a 14-year-old boy who told him: “I want to have enough food to eat and to be able to go to school one day.” It is where Mary’s Meals began our work by feeding just 200 children. 

Malawi is our largest programme – serving more than 1.3 million children every school day – and is delivered by Mary’s Meals Malawi alongside a local partner, MCSPA, who we began working with in 2020. The programme is able to reach so many children because of tens of thousands of volunteers from local communities who give their time freely to prepare and serve our nutritious meals.

The majority of schools receiving Mary’s Meals are in the Southern region, with large numbers also supported in both the Central and Northern regions of Malawi. We also reach pre-school age children in nurseries, who are most vulnerable to the effects of malnutrition. We operate out of Blantyre in southern Malawi, and have more than 100 employees who manage, deliver and monitor our programme. 

Feed A School in Malawi

Did you know, you can sign up to feed an school in Malawi for a whole year with Mary's Meals? Providing a year's worth of meals for an entire school is more achievable than you think: it costs just 10p a day to provide a child with a nutritious school meal. Whether you choose to donate as an individual, or fundraise together with a group of people, Feed A School is a powerful way to create lasting change.