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Veg from NeverSeconds
£130,444.62 raised of £7,000.00 target
7722 donations
My Target:
£7,000.00
£130,444.62 raised so far
How to make a donation
Donate online at - www.justgiving.com/NeverSeconds
By mobile internet Scan this code on your smartphone to go straight to Martha Payne's page.
By text message to donate £10 Text £10
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My story
I mentioned in my blog http://www.NeverSeconds.blogspot.co.uk that last year my friends and I set up Charity Children at school and we made felt soaps and candle holders. We had a sale and raised £70 for Mary's Meals enough to feed 7 children for a whole year!
My blog is being read all over the world and some people have said I am very lucky to have lunch at all. They are right. Lots of readers have asked how they can support Charity Children but because I can't make enough felt soaps it is best if you support Mary's Meals directly.
My grandpa says,
'Mary's Meals is a very efficient and effective charity which works with local volunteers to help them provide meals in school for their children. The charity was founded in 2002 by Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow, who lives near us in Argyll, Scotland. Now Mary's Meals feeds over 600,000 children in 16 countries, including Malawi, Liberia, Kenya and Haiti. Many of these children go to school for the first time because of this food. How can you go to school when you have to worry about where the next meal is coming from?
It costs just £10.70 (US$16.80) to feed a child in school for a whole year. This is the average cost worldwide. In Malawi, the children are given a mug of Likuni Phala, maize porridge with soya, vitamins and malt extract. If it is all a child gets to eat, which it will be for some children, it is just enough to keep them healthy. It costs only £7 (US$11) to feed a child for a year there. At least 93p in every pound donated is spend directly on this charitable work.'
When Mary's Meals starts doing lunches in a new school they have to build a kitchen first. They cost £7000. I'd really like there to be a NeverSeconds kitchen but maybe it shouldn't be called NeverSeconds because there will be seconds, for everyone!
My gallery 4
My updates 4
The BBC documentary 'Martha, Meals and Malawi' airing this weekend on BBC News channel. Saturday 3rd - 05.30; 14.30; and 21.30 Sunday 4th - 03.30; 10.30; 14.30; 23.30 Monday 5th - 01.30 Hope you manage to catch it! Martha and Dave
Thanks for all your support. BBC Scotland made a TV documentary called 'Martha, Meals and Malawi' airing on BBC News channel all this weekend (3rd & 4th Nov). Catch it if you can and see how your donations have been put to fabulous use by Mary's Meals.
Thank you for making the Friends of NeverSeconds kitchen at Lirangwe school happen! Visiting the school in Malawi in October. Will share the trip on the blog. Very excited to be finalist in the Great Scot Awards. In Malawi at time of ceremony but hope to win for all at Lirangwe!
My charity
Mary’s Meals
Charity Registration No. SC022140
Mary’s Meals is an international movement that sets up school feeding projects in communities where poverty and hunger prevent children from gaining an education. The charity now feeds more than 600,000 children every school day and it costs just £10.70 / €12.40 / $16.80 to feed a child for a year.
Donations 7722
Something amazing and life changing will come of all this. Well done Martha!
Donation by Anonymous on 15/06/12
Well done Martha - you are an inspiration!
Donation by Sian Jay on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Keep inspiring people Martha
Donation by Greg Newman on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Pleased to see donations to this worthwhile cause are going well, ironically assisted by the your local council's attitude.
Donation by David Shores on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Thank you for being such an inspiration and a great writer!
Donation by Sue on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Brilliant blog, sad reaction from the Council but, on the bright side, it has brought the blog more attention and your charity more money!
Donation by Mike Love on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Congratulations on an inspiring blog. I hope the Council stops being silly, and that your school's catering staff develop a sense of humour.
Donation by Peter Kenyon on 15/06/12
Boo to all the meanies who say you can't take pics, you should be able to show the world what you're putting in your own body. Stay cool Martha :-P
Donation by Neil Rees on 15/06/12
£5.00
+ £1.25 Gift Aid
Well done Martha, keep up the good work!!
Donation by Freyja on 15/06/12
£5.00
+ £1.25 Gift Aid
Go, Martha, Go!
Donation by Anonymous on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Truly excellent blogging for a good cause!
Donation by James E on 15/06/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Donation by Anonymous on 15/06/12
£100.00
+ £25.00 Gift Aid
It looks like you'll get at least two kitchens now. Well done Martha, you're a role model!
Donation by Lisa on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
I do hope your local authorities get the message, they are so very wrong and perhaps the individual who made the decision should go boil their head!
Donation by Tom Flood on 15/06/12
£50.00
+ £12.50 Gift Aid
Donation by Anonymous on 15/06/12
£5.00
+ £1.25 Gift Aid
Fantastic effort Martha and a very worthy cause, well done!
Donation by Anonymous on 15/06/12
"Mary’s Meals is named after Mary, the mother of Jesus, who brought up her child in poverty." Congratulations on exceeding your target!!
Donation by Anthony Charlton on 15/06/12
£50.00
Donation by Anonymous on 15/06/12
£10.00
Great Job!
Donation by Anonymous on 15/06/12
£10.00
What a lovely thing to do x
Donation by TimC on 15/06/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Well done to the neverseconds blog
Donation by Anonymous on 15/06/12
£10.00
Great work promoting healthy food and helping those without. Keep it up. They can't silence you. They are your servants you are not theirs.
Donation by Martin Gardner on 15/06/12
£10.70
+ £2.68 Gift Aid
Please keep blogging, you're doing a super job. (p.s. Have you read Matilda by Roald Dahl? She does what's right, just like you.)
Donation by Friendly Librarian on 15/06/12
£5.00
Good on ya!
Donation by Robert Hilliard on 15/06/12
£20.00
Donation by Ernesto Rodriguez on 15/06/12
Donation summary
- * Online donations£126,659.62
- Offline donations£3,720.00
- Text donations£65.00
- Total raised£130,444.62
- Gift Aid£21,446.55
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