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School feeding unlocks children’s academic potential
Mary’s Meals helps to improve children’s access to education, giving them the energy to
participate and concentrate in the classroom.
participate and concentrate in the classroom.
The impact of Mary’s Meals in 2025
Our school meals not only help to alleviate children’s immediate hunger – they also continue to
improve their education and health, provide a safety net for families experiencing vulnerability,
support community cohesion, and strengthen local food systems.
improve their education and health, provide a safety net for families experiencing vulnerability,
support community cohesion, and strengthen local food systems.
A safer childhood for Haiti’s children
Haiti is facing its worst hunger crisis ever. Armed gang violence has forced over 1.4 million people from their homes, driving extreme hunger and poverty. Emmline Toussaint from BND explains how daily school meals help give children a safer future.
Haiti’s children living in trauma and fear
Children in Haiti are at greatest risk as the humanitarian crisis deepens. Armed gangs are traumatising children and driving them further into hunger and poverty, but Mary’s Meals and local partners continue providing vital daily school meals.
Life in an IDP camp – a mother and daughter’s story in Haiti
After gangs took over their neighbourhood in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, Anne and her mother Altagrace fled to an IDP camp, where survival depends on the daily meals served safely at her school.
Feeding children in one of the world’s most dangerous places
Roadblocks, kidnappings, and gang violence make delivering school meals in Haiti extremely challenging. Mary’s Meals and local partners carefully plan and monitor safety to ensure children still receive life-saving meals every day.
Hope beyond displacement – a story of survival in Haiti
Forced to flee their home in Haiti’s capital city, Port-au-Prince, as armed groups burned houses and killed civilians, 11-year-old Elena and her aunt Estimène are navigating displacement and hunger – while also holding on to hope through education.
When heavy rains close schools, children lose more than lessons
The impact of prolonged rains in Malawi is being felt far beyond flooded roads and damaged homes. For some children, it also means losing access to school – and the daily meal that comes with it.
Hope beyond displacement – a story of survival in Haiti
Forced to flee their home in Haiti’s capital city, Port-au-Prince, as armed groups burned houses and killed civilians, 11-year-old Elena and her aunt Estimène are navigating displacement and hunger – while also holding on to hope through education.
Creating a safe space in Haiti’s schools
As gang violence and hunger escalate across Haiti, Cassandre Regnier from our partner Summits Education explains how daily school meals are offering children stability, safety, and hope amid worsening insecurity and fear.
A safer childhood for Haiti’s children
Haiti is facing its worst hunger crisis ever, driven by relentless gang violence that has displaced over 1.4 million people and deepened poverty. Emmline Toussaint from BND explains how daily school meals help protect children and give them a safer future
Haiti’s children need us now
Haiti is facing extreme hunger, with over half its population in crisis. Gang violence is at record levels, and humanitarian needs are greater than ever. Children are suffering most—hungry and unsafe. If now is not the time to help Haiti, when is?
“Practically everything is against us, but we have a generation that we need to save.”
Haiti’s children are growing up surrounded by violence and hunger. Yet a daily meal at school can keep them safe, learning, and full of hope for the future.
Mary’s Meals 2025 – our year in review
A few of the standout moments and milestones that we celebrated this year
Partnership is at the very centre of Mary’s Meals’ success
In Lebanon and Mozambique, we work together with local partners to deliver daily school meals that not only alleviate children’s immediate hunger but also offers their families hope of lasting change.
The gift of hope – transform a child’s future this Christmas
This Christmas, for less than £20, you can give a child the gift of daily meals for an entire school year. For Mohamad, Georgina, and Efigénia, it is more than just a donation – it’s the hope of a better, brighter future.
Mary’s Meals volunteers are helping to transform children’s lives
Volunteers are the lifeblood of Mary’s Meals, ensuring children receive daily meals at school. For Ikhlas, Linda, and Énia, volunteering is a responsibility that brings hope to the children we serve.
Encouraging children into the classroom – one meal at a time
In Lebanon, Liberia, and Mozambique, daily school meals are transforming children’s lives.
For school directors Jose, Samuel, and Naicy, Mary’s Meals offers more than nourishment — it brings hope for a brighter future.
For school directors Jose, Samuel, and Naicy, Mary’s Meals offers more than nourishment — it brings hope for a brighter future.
A better childhood in Nyambi
Mary’s Meals Content Manager Steph Bungay travelled to Malawi this year and met Estele, a young mum. Estele spoke of the devastation that poverty and hunger is having on her family and why Mary’s Meals is helping to give her children a better childhood.
Why hope is important
Mary’s Meals serves daily school meals to over 3 million children worldwide. By providing vital food to those facing poverty and hunger, our programmes also offer hope for a better future. This Christmas, we need your help to reach every child waiting.