When there’s no food at home, hunger makes it difficult for Bright to concentrate at school. But
with Mary’s Meals about to start a new programme at his school, he knows that daily meals will
give him the opportunity to focus on his education.

Petro Chipoka sees how hunger affects his pupils’ ability to concentrate and attend school. He hopes Mary’s Meals will help children attend more regularly and focus better in class.

Brenda often starts school hungry, making it difficult to focus in class. With her community preparing to introduce Mary’s Meals at her school, daily meals will help her build a brighter future.

Mary knows the struggle of putting food on the table. Hunger often leaves her children going to school without eating, or unable to attend at all. With Mary’s Meals coming to Thunga Primary School, she hopes they can look forward to a brighter future.

As increasingly unpredictable weather patterns and economic instability place additional
pressures on families already grappling with poverty and hunger in the countries where Mary’s
Meals works, Angela Chipeta-Khonje from Mary’s Meals Malawi reflects on how the introduction
of daily school meals at Thunga Primary School will provide much-needed support to the wider
community.

Father Garry Jenkins is central to Mary’s Meals’ story in Liberia. He moved there in 1973, and established St Dominic’s Catholic School and a church in Bomi County, northwest of the capital Monrovia. But as the country fell into two devastating civil wars, he explains why he reached out to Mary’s Meals founder Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow for help.

Global school feeding charity Mary’s Meals International has appointed Andy Griffiths in the newly created role of Executive Director, in a move designed to strengthen the organisation for the future

Mary’s Meals helps to improve children’s access to education, giving them the energy to
participate and concentrate in the classroom.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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?

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.