Hungry for Education
Returning to teach in the school where she received Mary’s Meals as a refugee from Myanmar, Sandar reflects on the significance that a daily meal in her place of learning had on her life.
Hope is Never Lost
There are millions of children not fulfilling their potential in school because they simply don’t have enough food to eat.
Yemen: School Feeding for The Most Vulnerable
More than seven years of an unrelenting civil war have devastated the country of Yemen and its people. Thousands are dead, and an estimated 4.2 million people displaced.
Unlocking potential: school feeding in pre-school paves the way to a brighter future
New research from Mary’s Meals highlights the profound impact of school feeding in early childhood education.
A Reason To Stay At School
Find out how daily meals served by Mary’s Meals are giving a teacher hope for the children of Malawi and beyond.
An Advocate for Mary’s Meals
We were delighted when former Mary's Meals recipient, Fortunate, contacted us out of the blue! He received Mary's Meals at school as a child and has since gone on to become a chemical engineer.
No More Hunger At School
Michael loves to play; he says it makes him happy. He finds schoolwork fun and interesting too but worries when he feels like he can’t focus on it properly.
The Global Hunger Crisis through the eyes of a child
Favour is a bright young girl who keeps up to date on current affairs and yearns to travel. The knock-on effect of the war in Ukraine is being felt by her community in Malawi. Read what she has to say about the rising cost of living and the impact it’s having.
Walking Towards Hope
Naomi Wanyoike joined Mary’s Meals as East Africa Programme Partner Coordinator two months ago. Here, she talks about the realities facing children and communities across the region during this devastating hunger crisis.
Meet the Children Behind the Numbers
Today, on International Day of Charity, we are celebrating some of the young people whose lives are being transformed with the promise of a daily meal at school.
Where Others Will Not Go
In Turkana, the dangers and logistics of operating a school feeding programme are extreme. Here is a first-hand account of how reaching children in the most difficult of places can change the fate of entire communities.
A family’s battle against the elements
One mother’s passionate will to change her family’s fate is constantly thwarted by their impossible circumstances.
Isaac’s Second Chance at Life
Mary’s Meals has supported children like Isaac in Haiti since 2006 and currently provides meals for more than 180,000 children.
IESE Business School's Global Alumni Reunion
Mary’s Meals founder, Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow, talks to a gathering of some of the world’s most illustrious business minds about the ever-worsening global hunger crisis.
Feedback Madagascar: Interview with Jamie Spencer
We speak with the founder of Feedback Madagascar – Jamie Spencer - about the disastrous effects of climate change on an already struggling nation.
Just One Meal a Day
The only food Abak and Aping eat in a typical day is a simple bowl of maize and beans served by Mary’s Meals at their school.
The Fantastic Five
In an incredibly challenging year, one family in Zimbabwe reveals how the introduction of school meals will ease the strain on their daily lives.
Living in Hope
We hear from Father Joson, from our partner BREAD. He runs our programme in India, where Mary’s Meals is currently feeding 64,000 children every school day.
How Do We Stop The Global Hunger Crisis?
After a visit to Kenya in Mary’s Meals’ 20th year, the founder lays bare the extreme hardships facing children in this increasingly unliveable environment, and makes plain the simple and achievable objective to eliminating child hunger in this world of plenty.
20 years of Mary’s Meals
Watch Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow, Founder of Mary's Meals, reflect on the organisation's 20th anniversary from the Shed in Dalmally, Scotland – the place where it all began.