{"id":409,"date":"2014-04-17T18:25:15","date_gmt":"2014-04-17T17:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/buxton-and-district\/?p=409"},"modified":"2017-11-06T16:24:05","modified_gmt":"2017-11-06T15:24:05","slug":"marys-meals-backpack-project-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/buxton-and-district\/2014\/04\/17\/marys-meals-backpack-project-2\/","title":{"rendered":"MARY&#8217;S MEALS + BACKPACK PROJECT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/buxton-and-district\/files\/2014\/04\/Simple-Idea.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-410\" style=\"width: 86px;height: 166px\" src=\"\/buxton-and-district\/files\/2014\/04\/Simple-Idea.gif\" alt=\"Simple-Idea\" width=\"150\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>MARY&#8217;S MEALS<\/strong><\/span> is a simple idea that works &#8211; by providing a daily meal in a place of education, chronically poor children are attracted to the classroom where they can gain a basic education that provides an escape route from poverty.<\/p>\n<p>Mary\u2019s Meals began in Malawi in 2002 feeding just 200 children. Twelve years later, relying on kindnesses from across the world,\u00a0they are now reaching over\u00a0<b>900,000 <\/b>children and are incredibly close to reaching a major milestone:\u00a0<b>ONE MILLION CHILDREN<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b>receiving a meal every school day.<\/p>\n<p>Across 12 countries \u2013 including in conflict-gripped South Sudan and Ebola-hit Liberia \u2013 Mary\u2019s Meals is bringing hope to poverty-stricken children in a number of challenging contexts.<\/p>\n<p>Each of the children enrolled in our programme is receiving a nutritious daily meal and sitting in a classroom gaining an education, which is their best hope of escaping poverty in later life. And, as a no-frills charity, it costs\u00a0Mary&#8217;s Meals\u00a0a global average of just\u00a0<b>\u00a312.20<\/b>\u00a0to feed each of these children for a whole year.<\/p>\n<p>Buxton Soroptimists\u00a0have been\u00a0supporting this very worthwhile cause, linking up with other organisations, giving talks to interested parties and holding several\u00a0fundraising events over the past few years.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/buxton-and-district\/files\/2014\/04\/AGMd.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-411\" src=\"\/buxton-and-district\/files\/2014\/04\/AGMd-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"AGMd\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/buxton-and-district\/files\/2014\/04\/AGMd-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/buxton-and-district\/files\/2014\/04\/AGMd-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/buxton-and-district\/files\/2014\/04\/AGMd.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>BACKPACK PROJECT <\/strong>is a simple way of helping these children get to school.\u00a0 Very often the parents of the children supported by Mary&#8217;s Meals cannot afford to buy basic things like pens and notebooks or even suitable clothes for their children to wear to school.\u00a0 Their children then miss out on school and the education that can help them escape from poverty when they grow up.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>MARY&#8217;S MEALS + BACKPACK PROJECT = A BRIGHTER FUTURE<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"\/buxton-and-district\/files\/2014\/04\/AGMc.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-412\" src=\"\/buxton-and-district\/files\/2014\/04\/AGMc-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"AGMc\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Buxton Soroptimists have been filling\u00a0old schoolbags and backpacks with some everyday things and have passed all the bags on to Mary&#8217;s Meals who have then sent the backpacks to children who really need them.<\/p>\n<p>We\u00a0have now decided to continue to support Mary&#8217;s Meals as individuals rather than as a Club project and, if you would like to do so, you are very welcome to get in touch with us for more details.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"\/buxton-and-district\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0038.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-405\" src=\"\/buxton-and-district\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0038-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0038\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/buxton-and-district\/files\/2014\/03\/AGM2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-401\" src=\"\/buxton-and-district\/files\/2014\/03\/AGM2-150x147.jpg\" alt=\"AGM2\" width=\"150\" height=\"147\" \/><\/a>Contact details for BUXTON SOROPTIMISTS:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">01298 77568<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"mailto:buxtonsoroptimists@yahoo.co.uk\">buxtonsoroptimists@yahoo.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>New Year and more backpacks off to Mary&#8217;s Meals<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Club member, Chris, reported that before Christmas the Government were matching any money raised for charity.\u00a0 SI Buxton sent off a cheque for \u00a3242.71 to Mary\u2019s Meals, so the Government will double this to \u00a3485.42!\u00a0 Chris has received a letter of thanks from Mary\u2019s Meals and we are reminded that the crisis in Malawi continues. The charity is now feeding one million children daily and their new target is to feed two million.<\/p>\n<p>2016 got off to a good start with an evening of sorting and packing around 20 backpacks!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/buxton-and-district\/files\/2014\/04\/Backpack1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-611\" src=\"\/buxton-and-district\/files\/2014\/04\/Backpack1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Backpack1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/buxton-and-district\/files\/2014\/04\/Backpack1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/buxton-and-district\/files\/2014\/04\/Backpack1.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MARY&#8217;S MEALS is a simple idea that works &#8211; by providing a daily meal in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marys-meals-backpack-project"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>MARY&#039;S MEALS + BACKPACK PROJECT | News | Blog | Events | SI Buxton and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Buxton and District : Blog &amp; News : MARY&#039;S MEALS + BACKPACK PROJECT : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Buxton and District . 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