Mary’s Meals is serving more than 245,000 children in Ethiopia
Ethiopia is one of the poorest countries in the world, ranked 180 out of 193 countries and territories in the Human Development Index (HDI).
In the Tigray region, where we work, major catastrophes have caused unimaginable suffering: most famously, the famine of the mid-1980s; more recently, a brutal two-year conflict and a long-lasting drought that has left millions of people hungry and more than half of the region’s children out of school.
We work with a local partner, Daughters of Charity Tigray, to provide nutritious daily meals to more than 245,000 children in over 475 schools across the region.
News and Stories from Ethiopia
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.
Mary’s Meals 2025 – our year in review
A few of the standout moments and milestones that we celebrated this year
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Where we work
Mary's Meals works in countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Middle East. Thanks to the generosity of our supporters and the dedication of many thousands of volunteers around the world, we are successfully feeding more than 2.6 million children every school day.