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Little acts of kindness make a big difference
Inspiring stories of fundraising initiatives and events from across the global Mary's Meals family.
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Mary's Meals at Mladifest 2024
Sister Medhin Tesfay speaks at the Medjugorje Youth Festival about working with Mary’s Meals to deliver daily meals to school children in Tigray, Ethiopia.
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Girls in Education
Breaking through barriers, visually impaired Mercy aspires to become a teacher.
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World Refugee Day 2024
Today on World Refugee Day we share with you two poignant stories of women who were forced to flee their home country of Burundi and now live in Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Malawi.
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Mary’s Meals Statement on World Hunger Day
This World Hunger Day, Mary's Meals founder, Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow says famine has no place in the 21st century. Find out more.
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Welcome to Mozambique!
Mary's Meals will bring hope to thousands of children on the front line of climate change.
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Child malnutrition rates soar in drought-ravaged Tigray
Doctor Abraha is a paediatrician at Ayder Hospital – the largest in Tigray. He shares his concerns about the alarming increase in the number of children dying of malnutrition in his facility.
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The school that stood strong in a war zone
Resilient in the face of war, the community around Beati Akor Primary School tried to make the impossible possible by continuing to provide a space for learning during one of the deadliest conflicts of the 21st century.
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If you want to go far, go together
Gebrisha Gebray, Deputy Social and Development Coordinator for our partner in Ethiopia, speaks about the recent conflict in Tigray, why he thinks of Mary’s Meals as “life-saving”, and how this partnership connects us all through our shared humanity.
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“This is not just me, this is not only my village, it is all over Tigray.”
Fitsum could only send one of her children to school, so she chose her daughter, Aradech. In a region on the brink of famine, the arrival of school feeding at her school would be a lifeline not only for the bright young student but also for her siblings.
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A tearful reunion: catching up with young Birhane after an unimaginable few years
Now, in schools where our meals are served in Tigray, young learners have the chance to engage with education again, and spend time with their friends, safe in the knowledge that they will receive a much-needed meal every day they attend classes.
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Why it’s still worth supporting Tigray
Ethiopia finds itself faced with a humanitarian crisis and predictions of famine, forty years after an estimated 1 million lives were lost to hunger in 1984/85. Why do the people of Tigray need our help?
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Voices from Tigray: Selemon, the young boy who lost so much
A 9-year-old boy who once had a passion for reading and writing, now a shell of his former self as he struggles with trauma and severe hunger.
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When hunger is everywhere, school meals are hope
Mary’s Meals began serving in Beati Akor Primary School many years ago, but a lot has happened since then.
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‘Best school in the district’ faces closure as hunger takes over
Even before the Mary’s Meals team reached the building, the need for our school feeding programme to reach this community was painfully clear.
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Voices from Tigray: A grandmother’s fight to keep her family alive
Letemariam walks 36km every week to earn money to feed her orphaned grandchildren but it is never enough. With no school meals at his school, grandson Abraha's dream of becoming a teacher hangs by a thread.
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Lenten Lessons from Tigray
Founder of Mary’s Meals, Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow, reflects on a recent trip to Tigray, Ethiopia and invites Mary's Meals supporters to keep the people of the region in their thoughts and prayers this Easter.
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Many people have died of hunger here. You can see it in the eyes of our children.
During a recent trip to Tigray, our team witnessed the heartbreaking reality faced by the children of Gendet Primary School and for their community.
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An appeal from Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow on the Crisis in Ethiopia
CEO & Founder of Mary's Meals, Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow, shares his thoughts on the crisis which is unfolding in Ethiopia and how you can help.
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Voices from Tigray: Nowhere to turn
Meet Mahlet, a 12-year-old girl from Tigray, in Ethiopia, whose future is currently determined by whether she has anything to eat.
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