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Mary's Meals

Mary's Meals currently work in Albania, Benin, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Burma, Ecuador, Haiti, India, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Philippines, South Sudan, Sudan, Thailand, Uganda & Ukraine.

Facts at a glance

Total number of children receiving a daily meal in school = 755,777
Average global cost of Mary’s Meals per child, per year = £10.70 / €12.40 / $16.80
Cost of Mary’s Meals per child, per year in Malawi = £7 / €8.15 / $11
Worldwide average cost per meal = 6 pence / 7 cents (Euros) and 9 cents (US)
Cost per meal in Malawi = 4 pence / 5 cents (Euros) and 6 cents (US)
Number of chronically hungry children in the world = 300 million. Around 61 million of these children are out of school.
Number of backpacks sent overseas in 2012 = 56,258
Total number of backpacks delivered to date = 344,820
Number of children receiving a daily meal in their place of education:
Albania - 20 | Benin – 1,372 | Bosnia – 25 | Burma – 389 | Ecuador – 287 | Haiti – 21,728 | India – 5,004 | Kenya – 25,450 | Liberia – 67,815 | Malawi – 610,468 | Philippines – 2,498 | South Sudan – 7,110 | Sudan – 166 | Thailand – 677 | Uganda – 12,710 | Ukraine – 58   Global Total = 755,777

In addition to school feeding projects, Mary’s Meals runs a children’s home project in Romania.

For much more info / to make a donation, visit Mary's Meals website.

- a beautiful fruit of Medjugorje.

Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow tells the story.