{"id":4988,"date":"2024-12-30T10:12:22","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T09:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/runcorn-frodsham-and-district\/?p=4988"},"modified":"2024-12-30T15:24:39","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T14:24:39","slug":"operation-christmas-school-feeding-programme-in-zambia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/runcorn-frodsham-and-district\/2024\/12\/30\/operation-christmas-school-feeding-programme-in-zambia\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Operation Christmas&#8217; School Feeding Programme in Zambia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>&#8216;Operation Christmas Appeal&#8217;<\/h2>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/runcorn-frodsham-and-district\/files\/2024\/12\/RS23579_meal-time-7_0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4989\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/runcorn-frodsham-and-district\/files\/2024\/12\/RS23579_meal-time-7_0-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"434\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/runcorn-frodsham-and-district\/files\/2024\/12\/RS23579_meal-time-7_0-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/runcorn-frodsham-and-district\/files\/2024\/12\/RS23579_meal-time-7_0.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" \/><\/a>\u00a3500 to Mary&#8217;s Meals &#8211; Supporting School Feeding Programme in Zambia<\/h3>\n<p>This year our Appeal has been a huge success and we have raised \u00a32000 for our chosen Christmas Charities.<\/p>\n<p>With our Local Fund Raising Events we have raised funds for Local Charities.<\/p>\n<p>However <strong>Soroptimists<\/strong> work <strong>Locally<\/strong> and<strong> Globally<\/strong> to improve the lives of women and children.<\/p>\n<p>Our own club and member events this year support Mary&#8217;s Meals and their School Feeding Programme in Zambia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The \u00a3500 we have raised has been match funded and \u00a31000 will go this wonderful small charity<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>Mary&#8217;s Meals &#8211; School Feeding Programme in Zambia<\/h4>\n<p>Today in Zambia \u2013 10 years after Mary&#8217;s Meals programme began \u2013 400,000 children eat Mary\u2019s Meals every school day. Across the Eastern Province children are coming to school \u2013 amid the current catastrophic hunger crisis \u2013 because they know they will eat there. They now face a totally different future. The Meals are changing the future for more than 2.4 million children!<\/p>\n<p>Sharing some of what we have so that children can have a school meal might not feel as heroic as saving a drowning child. And supporting Mary\u2019s Meals might not seem as transformational as building a school. But by choosing to support the work, we are tackling head-on something more threatening than any flooding river \u2013 the poverty and hunger that keep children out of the classroom. And with each meal provided, we are helping to build something even more precious and longer lasting.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Operation Christmas Appeal&#8217; \u00a3500 to Mary&#8217;s Meals &#8211; Supporting School Feeding Programme in Zambia This&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":559,"featured_media":4989,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&#039;Operation Christmas&#039; School Feeding Programme in Zambia | News | Blog | Events | SI Runcorn, Frodsham and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Runcorn, Frodsham and District : Blog &amp; News : &#039;Operation Christmas&#039; School Feeding Programme in Zambia : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Runcorn, Frodsham and District . 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