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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
Donation by Anonymous on 15/06/12
£5.00
+ £1.25 Gift Aid
Donation by Anon on 15/06/12
£8.00
+ £2.00 Gift Aid
Donation by karl eisenhower on 15/06/12
£10.00
Here's a pledge to support your very worthwhile charity. Keep up the good work!
Donation by David, Caroline and Emily on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Donation by Anonymous on 15/06/12
£11.00
Don't be discouraged by your council. Your blog is a fantastic example that children have important things to say and need to be listened to.
Donation by karina brisby on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Don't let the man get you down. The 'grown ups' aren't always right.
Donation by Philip McAllister on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
I love your blog. I am tempted to do one about about my university's lunches.
Donation by Emma McDonald on 15/06/12
£5.00
+ £1.25 Gift Aid
Keep up the good work!
Donation by Philip Chase on 15/06/12
£10.00
Donation by Anonymous on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Donation by Anonymous on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Well done!
Donation by Lynne on 15/06/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Good work, well done!
Donation by Charlotte on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
This is a donation to say "well done" for raising all the money.
Donation by Robert Harvey, Lincolnshire on 15/06/12
£500.00
+ £125.00 Gift Aid
Go Martha!
Donation by Nadia Barmada on 15/06/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Hi Martha, Sorry to hear a good cause has been hit by PC madness. I can only assume your local authority are embarassed by the food they serve you.
Donation by rob martin on 15/06/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Donation by Anonymous on 15/06/12
£5.00
+ £1.25 Gift Aid
Wow, it must be so exciting to see the amount you've raised increase minute by minute. Well done the council I guess!?!
Donation by Joanna coldron on 15/06/12
£20.00
Proud of you. Keep going Veg and I hope Mary's Meals are proud of you too.
Donation by mark talbot on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Loved reading your blog and seeing the meals from other countries. Hope you can carry on even if you aren't allowed to take photos.
Donation by Liz on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
All publicity is good publicity! Great blog and a great cause - I hope you can keep up blogging with or without your own photos.
Donation by James on 15/06/12
£5.00
+ £1.25 Gift Aid
I hope you can continue with your blog, it's great
Donation by Aimen on 15/06/12
Well done Martha. Mary's Meals is a very worthwhile charity. Never let petty bureaucrats and their rules silence you.
Donation by David Blair on 15/06/12
£20.00
Donation by CommanderJameson on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Martha - Thanks for brightening up my day, your story is wonderful. I hope you can find a way to continue.
Donation by Morgan Skinner on 15/06/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
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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