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Thanks to the wonderful response to a previous match funding campaign, we're feeding almost 43,000 children in Liberia every school day.

Three Mary’s Meals supporters are taking on the London Marathon to raise funds to help feed hungry children in some of the world's poorest countries. 

Our Founder Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow met the Pope on 3 February 2025, when he attended the Children’s Rights Summit in the Vatican, the last major event with Pope Francis before his late illness.

The impact of Mary’s Meals stretches far beyond a child’s immediate need for food

Easter reflection from Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow, Founder of Mary's Meals

Three generations of a Midlothian family have raised over £35,000 for charity by knitting 6,500 chocolate ‘hats’.

For 10-year-old Orimo from Madagascar, Mary's Meals is fuelling a love of learning. Now, he’s gaining the knowledge and skills that will help him have a brighter future.

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.

Actor Wilf Scolding, known for his roles in Star Wars series Andor, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore and The Archers, has leant his support to Mary's Meals' Emergency in Southern Africa appeal.

Our Founder, Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow makes a statement following the international aid budget cuts.

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.

On Monday 3 February, our founder, Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow, was invited to participate in the first World Leaders Summit on Children's Rights, hosted by Pope Francis at the Vatican.

Shona Shea, Senior Content Manager at Mary's Meals International, shares an update on school feeding in Tigray, Ethiopia.

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

Determined young fundraiser, Ethan, has been helping to feed hungry children around the world.

Gift’s story is an incredible one – from a boy in Malawi who skipped school because of hunger, to graduating from secondary school and studying at university in Scotland, to returning to his home country to use his education to help others in his community.