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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 Lee Cotton on 15/06/12
£5.00
+ £1.25 Gift Aid
Brilliant work Martha - don't let the idiots at the council get you down.
Donation by Ant on 15/06/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
well done Martha!
Donation by sam on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Fantastic work, well done Martha.
Donation by Jake Gannon on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Keep up the good work, don't stop blogging !
Donation by Robert Johnson La Mesa, California, USA on 15/06/12
£10.00
Well done for all the hard work!
Donation by Pia Persson on 15/06/12
£5.00
Donation by Thomas Ekström on 15/06/12
£10.00
It's great to see the foods from around the world; I hope that you are able to carry on even if you can't take photos, drawings are great too!
Donation by Anna Banana on 15/06/12
£14.00
Your creativity and initiative is inspiring. Here's a bit toward your fundraising target. Best of luck.
Donation by Raffi Varoujian on 15/06/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Absolutely brilliant blog. This is the kind of entrepreneurial thinking that innovates the nation. Brilliant idea and well executed.
Donation by Simon Powers on 15/06/12
Loved your blog. Adults make very silly decisions sometimes. Don't let it stop you do what YOU think is right. All the best, from Sydney Australia.
Donation by Fiona Michel on 15/06/12
£100.00
Donation by Jo Koopmans on 15/06/12
£20.00
Donation by John Catterfeld on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Stick with it
Donation by Edincam News on 15/06/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
You've got your kitchen Martha! Let's go for two :0)
Donation by Steve Manley on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Good luck! Looks like there is significant benefit from the council's very silly decision to ban your blog
Donation by Steve Ellwood on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Good Cause, Great Blog, which hopefully you can return to once Council numpties get a life.
Donation by Scott Vine on 15/06/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Great blog Martha. I hope Argyll and Bute Council see the light and reverse their decision.
Donation by Anthony Pearce on 15/06/12
£105.00
Well done, Martha. You are a setting such a good example to so many people. Thank you for bringing Mary's Meals to the attention of the world. X
Donation by Les West on 15/06/12
£25.00
+ £6.25 Gift Aid
You're a very big-hearted girl. Your school dinner photos are a great work of art. Keep eating your greens and helping others get enough to eat too.
Donation by Jo Abbess on 15/06/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Donation by Ben Miller on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Well done, Martha!
Donation by Vince Millett on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Martha, you've raised so much money - well done! I enjoyed hearing about meals from around the world. Keep up the good work!
Donation by The Cooper Family, Bournemouth on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
I think you will raise your target...
Donation by Etuka Onono on 15/06/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Donation by Anonymous on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 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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