Following a visit to Malawi last month, Mary’s Meals Founder and CEO Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow has sounded the alarm that children are on the ‘brink of disaster’ as he calls for urgent help to expand school feeding programmes in Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe, which can prove to be a lifeline in desperate times like this.
Malawi is home to Mary’s Meals’ largest school feeding programme, serving more than 1 million children every school day.
We started feeding in this school in October 2024 and everyone we met, children and adults, told us what a lifeline the Mary’s Meals porridge is to them at this time.
Desire still regularly falls asleep without having had any dinner, but since the arrival of Mary's Meals at Tafika in October, he receives a nutritious meal in school, ensuring he is fed during the day, which provides immediate relief to him and his mother.
Yet, as the drought continues to cripple millions in Malawi and across Southern Africa, for some, there is hope, provided by Mary’s Meals porridge.
