All this talk and thought of food…
We have just made a minuscule Gift Aid Donation of £10.11 to Mary’s Meals.
To our dismay, but also delight, we discover that £10.11 will feed one child a nourishing meal at school for over a year and a half…
We had pledged to donate any commission we received as a result of our guests taking out holiday cancellation insurance with the Pavey Group. (We strongly recommend our guests take out insurance, so not surprisingly we felt very awkward about benefiting in any way.)
Mary’s Meals addresses the immediate needs of hungry children by giving them a daily meal which they have to be attending school to receive. So they get the nourishment plus encouragement to receive an education that can provide an escape from poverty for themselves and their communities.
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