GBP
USD - US Dollars
EUR - Euros
HKD - Hong Kong Dollars
SGD - Singapore Dollars
CAD - Canadian Dollars
AED - UAE Dirham
AUD - Australian Dollars
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
to 70070
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
You've probably done more in 2 months to improve your school dinners than the Council would have done in ten years. Well done
Donation by Lynsey on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
I hope that the amazing amount you've raised inspires you as much as it does lots of others.
Donation by Shelley on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Great work Veg, love your blog!
Donation by Simon Pascoe on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Donation by Charlotte Beckett on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Good on ye pet, you're a great example.
Donation by Tom Urie on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
What a great campaign, and I hope that because of it thousands of African children will be less hungry. Keep smiling.
Donation by Adrian on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Don't stop blogging, I only found your blog because of the news and I'm loving it.
Donation by Plimmer on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Hi Martha, your blog is fantastic and the money you're raising for charity is helping so many other children - well done and keep going!
Donation by Sharon on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
I think it's terrible that the council have stopped you doing your blog and that you have had a great idea to write a blog.
Donation by Elsie Williams on 15/06/12
£2.00
+ £0.50 Gift Aid
Really well written and interesting blog Martha. Fingers crossed you can keep taking the pictures.
Donation by Christian on 15/06/12
£5.00
+ £1.25 Gift Aid
Love your blog, don't give up on it!
Donation by man with no name on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Donation by Anonymous on 15/06/12
£4.00
Lovely blog - keep writing! xx
Donation by Sue Anderson on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Donation by Anonymous on 15/06/12
£20.00
Donation by Anonymous on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Don't give up Veg!
Donation by Greg (Cardiff) on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Well done - and I'd like to express an opinion about the council, but I don't want to use any rude words...
Donation by Tom Melly on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Top work, Martha.
Donation by Jonathan Almond on 15/06/12
£10.70
+ £2.68 Gift Aid
You are very erudite Martha, and also very generous, I hope you continue to flourish.
Donation by Juliet Swann on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Donation by Anonymous on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Argyll and Bute Council should be ashamed of themselves. I'm proud of you Martha, even if they're not. Well done.
Donation by Iain Wrenshall on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Hi Veg, your story inspires me - Thanks for blogging,
Donation by Zoltán Pálfi on 15/06/12
£10.00
Good luck!
Donation by Bevan Sly on 15/06/12
£20.00
Martha, you're an absolute inspiration. I truly hope you can keep up the good work ASAP!
Donation by Nicholas J Ambrose on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Go Martha! You are an inspiration.
Donation by Sarah Eastol on 15/06/12
£5.00
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
* Charities pay a small fee for our service. Find out how much it is and what we do for it.
