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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.
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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
Great initiative - well done!
Donation by Anonymous on 15/06/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Don't give up on your blog - I loved the drawings almost as much as the photos!
Donation by David Clark on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
You are a bright and persevering young lady. Good luck in your endeavours. Not all adults are like B&A Council!!
Donation by Allan Friswell on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Good luck
Donation by Luke Collymore on 15/06/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Well done Martha! Just look what you have helped achieve for Mary's Meals! :)
Donation by Jackie Cartwright on 15/06/12
£10.00
Go girl! Please post the reason for your council not letting you take pictures. What will happen if you carry on?
Donation by John Swain on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Good luck, loved the blog, shame it was banned
Donation by Edmund Atcheson on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Donation by Anonymous on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Donation by David Nydegger on 15/06/12
£10.00
Donation by Anonymous on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Great work. Don't let them put you off
Donation by Mark P on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Such a great idea and I hope you get to take pictures again soon
Donation by Helen Peterkin on 15/06/12
£5.00
+ £1.25 Gift Aid
Donation by Richard Dyson on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Bute and Argyll Council should be ashamed of themselves. Well done young lady.
Donation by Michael Evans on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Dear Martha, I think you're great and a real inspiration. Hope you get your blog back up! Go girl! Clare x
Donation by Clare Dobson on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Donation by Anonymous on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Fantastic Blog. You should write to the leader of the council, Dick Walsh to ask him to personally reconsider the decision.
Donation by Anonymous on 15/06/12
£5.00
+ £1.25 Gift Aid
Well done Martha and Veg's dad
Donation by Paul Owens on 15/06/12
Stick it to the council, Veg!
Donation by Freddie Fraggles on 15/06/12
£5.00
Great work
Donation by Phil Holtam on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Well done Martha, what a wonderful person. Looks like you’ve got your kitchen built and running for some time.
Donation by Simon Butler on 15/06/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Martha, Great work keep going
Donation by Paul Bond on 15/06/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Donation by Sophie Johnstone on 15/06/12
£10.70
+ £2.68 Gift Aid
Donation by Annoymous on 15/06/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Brilliant idea and a great blog. Hope it pans out for you!
Donation by Glyn Mottershead 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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