10 October 2021
CHALLENGE EDUCATION
Round up of education news Pupils celebrate Mary’s Meals two million milestone
Above: Pupils from Our Lady’s Catholic Primary School in Prescot celebrate the news that Mary’s Meals is feeding two million children. Photo credit: Collette Rawlinson
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Pupils from a Knowsley school joined celebrations to mark charity Mary’s Meals reaching more than two million children with life-changing meals every school day. Thanks to its incredible supporters and volunteers in the UK and around the world, the global school feeding charity is providing a daily nutritious meal to 2,058,099 children living in some of the world’s poorest countries. Our Lady’s Catholic Primary School in Prescot, is among supporters from around the world, who were celebrating the landmark achievement. The school is currently supporting the charity’s Backpack Project which encourages people to fill backpacks with essential education items that are shipped to children receiving Mary’s Meals. Mary’s Meals provides food in a place of education to help even the most vulnerable children to attend school and concentrate in lessons, giving them the freedom to learn and the chance to fulfil their potential. Mr Boyle, headteacher at Our Lady’s Catholic Primary School, said: “Within education we all strive to give the children in our care the best chances in life and to offer opportunities to achieve their dreams. Mary’s Meals help to ensure that the basic need of nutrition is met so that children from the developing world are ready to learn and achieve their full potential. “The children at Our Lady’s learned of
the wonderful work that Mary’s Meals do through a presentation assembly led by Anna Dunne from Mary’s Meals in school which created an infectious buzz throughout our community and a burning desire to help those who have less than we have. “The children said that they were proud that all elements of Our Lady’s mission statement, “Loving, Learning and Reaching Out to All”, would be encompassed in helping to contribute to the Mary’s Meals Appeal.” Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow, founder and CEO of Mary’s Meals, said: “We celebrate an amazing moment in the Mary’s Meals story. Two million children ate Mary’s Meals in a place of education. “When we set out on this path nearly 30 years ago, we were overwhelmed by people’s goodness in donating – and that’s been the story ever since. I thank you with all my heart on behalf of each of those children, for every bit of hard work, for every gift given, for all those unique things each person brings to this enormous Mary’s Meals’ table. Thank you, and please let’s keep going forward. “For every one of those children that ate today, many more are still waiting for Mary’s Meals to come to their school, so we go on. But this happy day shows us that this vision of ours is possible.” To find out more about the work of Mary’s Meals and how to get involved (or to order a copy of the updated book, The Shed That Fed 2 Million Children), visit marysmeals.org.uk