Mary's Meals

After the meeting with the Girl Guides I spent time in Standard One; Chichewa then English lessons.  However, very soon the sky clouded over and we heard the rolling thunder...the rain came down in torrents.  At this time the children were leaving the class to go for their porridge at the feeding station organised by Mary's Meals.  Some of the children were lucky to return to class quickly to eat their porridge, while others had to wait a considerable time before venturing out. All the children appear to enjoy the porridge. Mary's Meals is such a simple idea which works extremely well; you can see the immediate benefit to the children and the local volunteers who serve the food.

Running back to class with a cup of porridge.



Seated first in class and getting ready to eat.

Looking through the classroom window.

I was very touched when I saw one little girl kindly sharing her cup of porridge with a friend who had an empty cup.

Very quickly I became aware of the classroom conditions deteriorating as the children returned with wet and muddy feet trampling all over the cement floor which the children had to sit on.  Despite this, all I could see were happy faces.