Many children receiving Mary’s Meals don’t have basic learning tools such as pencils and notepads.
Torquay & District SI decide to support this worthy cause so that children could get the most out of their lessons by donating backpacks full of the things they need. For many, a Mary’s Meals backpack will be the only gift they’ll have ever had.
Spare backpacks were brought from home and members appealed to the wider community for donations, wherever possible we bought things from charity shops or upcycle items we already owned.
Before long, we had filled 15 backpacks which were collected and sent off.
Packing such basic items gave us all a real sense of achievement at being able to arrange something relatively simply, that will make such a profound difference to children living in poverty too. The Backpack Project was a wonderful inclusion to our Programme Action.