Mary’s Meals were in touch with photographs and information from the Sean Devereux Primary School, Montserrado County, Liberia, the seventh school we have funded through Mary’s Meals. We started to raise money for this school at Christmas. Each school day, 253 pupils are fed a vitamin-enriched meal, paid for by you.
Liberia has chronic problems, exacerbated by the recent Ebola outbreak. Only 38% of primary aged children attend school, largely as a consequence of the economic necessity to work in order to eat. The meals you provide address this central problem, but importantly, it ensures children attend school for what is often their only daily meal. This access to education provides life chances which carry decades worth of benefits.
Daniel Folley, deputy head of Sean Devereux Primary, said, “The school’s population has increased [because of the Mary’s Meals kitchen], and academic performance is at a peak. Hunger used to rive children down, when teachers used to speak, they were not paying attention. Now they are able to learn more.”
In 15 years Mary’s Meals has grown from a shed in Scotland into a force which feeds over 1.2 million children each day. As they work in the poorest areas, your money goes far. It costs an average of just £13.90 to feed a child for an entire year.
The other big reason we like Mary’s Meals is that 93% of funds raised reaches the recipient. The organisation runs on just a 7% overhead, which is exceptional in the aid sector.
Online communities get a bad press, but you share this blog with a lot of great people. See below. This is how it feels to be Celtic!
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Barney67 on 31st May 2017 2:52 pm
DAVIDOPOULOS
Scotland v England, the election, transfers or lack of them,more Lisbon memorys from the lucky bassa’s who went, roasted/toasted cheese. ;-)
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Mate, it’s clearly toasted…
;)
Europa League final in 2018 is in Lyon.
Lovely city btw.
Just saying…
Court case with Whyte predictable, a complete and utter waste of public funds, the DCI (is it Robertson) should get arse necked out of his job, but he won’t, to many brothers pointing the finger at each other, this is the only way this one was going, the accused has nothing to defend , sheet happened and that’s it, but they had to be seen as making an effort to appease the knuckle dragging hoard, they lap this crap up, us on the other hand?
‘Celtic’ is genuinely the most evocative word I know. At any point on the literate part of my journey on the planet that evocation’s had a spectrum of results but nonetheless it’s unsurpassed in effect. For me, anyway. Probably a sad indictment on a shallow existence! And I wouldnae change it!
BLANTYREKEV
See the above article, the word Celtic has helped feed 1.2 million mouths. You’re not being shallow mate. Its something to be proud of. HH
Paul67
I wasn’t familiar with Sean Devereux before today so clicked around a bit to educate myself. He seems to have been a worthy person, sadly killed.
It’s good Celtic fans are associated with the preservation of his memory and the sustenance of more hungry children.
TONYDONNELLY67 on 31ST MAY 2017 3:00 PM
For all their protestations to the contrary they know their club died.
That’s why someone had to be prosecuted.
Anyone else returned from Lisbon a wee bit tired, canny remember everything or everyone they met but more weirdly coming oot in bruises?
Just asking for a friend….
Kikinthenakas
KITN
I saw the largest brandies ever seen being swilled in an Italian, don’t know if it brings out bruises or could be a bad case of bar stool stumble.
KIKINTHENAKAS on 31ST MAY 2017 3:07 PM,
I’ve no bruises (liver apart), the missus has tho :-)
Absolutely knackered and just finished cutting the grass that hadn’t been done for 3 weeks!
Away for a shower then Bar 67 later to carry on celebrating.
A big thanks to everyone – too many to mention – we met in Lisbon, was just stunning!
Billy, safe journey home tomorrow.
Hail Hail
New guy Bruno? Signed for Sevco just there, they got more Tims than us now?
Has anybody previously mentioned the shout heard at the Kiss concert, Hydro on Saturday night? During the minute’s silence for the Manchester victims a loud and clear FTP was heard by my friend and his partner.
LMC Bhoy: Didn’t see your original post so don’t know exactly what you’re looking for in Salamanca but I was there just over a week ago.
Best bar I came across was Slainte, which is at the Maria Annunziata end of Calle Van Dyck (no. 11). It has the biggest selection of draught beers in the town that I found including some from the bar’s own brewery in Salamanca, which is called Bizarra. Loads of bars along the whole of Van Dyck though. There’s lots of ‘Irish’ bars as with most Spanish cities, best one we were in was O’Hara’s in Calle Zamora, just off the Plaza Mayor but I’m only saying that because they handed put free crisps and (salty) popcorn
So much for cultural matters… If you want touristy stuff, the website of the town council (Ayuntamiento de Salamanca) has some excellent self-guided walks that you can download and wander about at your own pace . Don’t know if you’ve been before, but it is a drop dead gorgeous place and time spent just hanging around the Plaza Mayor watching the ebb and flow is never time wasted.
Buen Viaje
Joe
I have just notified the winner of the Lisbon Celtic shirt, signed by the Lions. It is now being framed and will be handed over to our Rutherglen based winner in a few days.
There are 9 runners up prizes which are going out today to CQNers – some as far away as San Francisco. The runners-up been sent an email letting them know so check your inbox.
Thanks to everyone who supported our In the Heat of Lisbon campaign.
South of Tunis.
Owe you a beer mate.heres how-
Bar P(r)ovo, pink st.
Me and young inter fan having the chat about why we were having our celebrations.
I explained about blog and tims all over inputtin their thoughts, wit and music into the site,
His english was fine and a child of their jose win in 2010.
he then said he hopes Real beat juventus…I said eh
He went to repeat..
I smiled and said
Rrrrrrubentus.
He went to bar and bought 2 beers for me lol still laughin and hi:5, as he left with his mates..
HH
Joe
Many thanks all duly noted.
With Mrs Lmc so likely to be more culturally orientated than might have otherwise been.
Appreciate you taking the time
HH
New chant at ipox
Pedro’s Fenian Army
Bruno Alves has been signed on a TWO year deal? A 35 year old getting a two year deal??
WTF?
And they paid £500k?
Double WTF?
Afternoon Celts
Davidopoulos
Cert red card first game against us
Be a decent bet
HH
I sincerely doubt they paid £500k. Unless it’s over many installments…
But still, the desperation for season ticket purchases must be significant!
DavidO
They paid feck all, he was released by the club cos he is pish :-)
HH
The Green Man says SACK THE Board
He’ll probably try to “make his mark”…
He’ll probably get away with it….
The gulibillies are buying into the new huns big time, fools and their money Eh.
Davidopoulos
Having seen him play…he kicks anything that moves.
Anything:)
He will be so over the top….that the red card will be unavoidable.
I will have a 100 quid on that…when the time comes:)
HH
Henrikschip
CaltonTongues
Whit a trip!!
Best ever Celtic trip and no even a game on. CR7 have been back in touch thanking us for our day..livening up the bar and enjoying ourselves and making supporters from Milan, Bayern, Arsenal and Dortmund all part of it.
Might organise a wee trip back in the summer.
Thought the bruises might have been ur missus punching me on the flight oot for sleeping happily!!
Loved every minute a total hoot from start to finish.
Kikinthenakas
Delighted to see a resurgence in the stories from home and abroad.
I think the Lisbon tourist board won’t have to lift a finger anymore
as it’s sounds like there will be a steady stream of pilgrims heading that way.
Begging time:
I have only recently ceased lurking and plunged in,
but the closest i got to registering before
was when Stuart Braithwaite started posting,
‘but then a strange fear gripped me and i just couldn’t ask’
Stuart, if you’re still keeping an eye on things here,
or anyone else who might be in touch with him,
‘WHY ARE THERE NO IRISH DATES ON THE NEW TOUR?”
Sorry for shouting but I just had to get that out there.
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/man-city-khaldoon-transfer-list-13116416
Pep Guardiola has been set a target of leading Manchester City to the treble.
Chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak has set out his ambitions for Guardiola’s reign – even claiming the Catalan should have his eyes on an unprecedented quadruple.
Guardiola endured his first trophyless season in his debut campaign at the Etihad after winning 21 titles in seven years at Barcelona and Bayern Munich.
But he will be handed £300m to overhaul his squad this summer, with Brazilian goalkeeper Ederson on the verge of completing a £34.7m move from Benfica.
Khaldoon, who on Tuesday insisted there was nothing to celebrate from Guardiola’s debut season in English football, has made it clear the club expects him to deliver unprecedented silverware.
Oh my poor aching sides. It looks as if Jabba has been handing out scripts to Sevco’s latest signing. 76 year old Bruno Alves (A direct replacement for the departed 98 year old Clint Hill) has revealed that he has signed for Sevco in order to ‘wrest the title off Celtic’
Hahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahaahah .
Ex-Hun Arteta is part of Pep’s coaching staff, whatever use he is i don’t know. I hope he doesn’t have any influence on Paddy’s next move.
Barney67,
I had a lovely toasted cheese sandwich in Rossio Square last week – not an English shirt in sight, i didn’t have to transfer any money to pay for it as it was so conservatively priced. It really was a labour of love to eat it, and i even had a liberal dollop of may-o with it.
:-)))
Aberdeen value Hayes at £2 million – get yerself to fup. No one is going to pay that for him – certainly not us i hope. A fringe player + a couple of hundred grand max at a push. 2 million squids!!!!!!!!, the whole Aberdeen team is just about worth that.
Oglach
I would demand payment from Aberdeen for Johnny Hayes…
I was looking through youtube to see if I could find any more vids of Lisbon last week and came across this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLz-pmXhc-Y
Nice wee toon………………………:_)
I note from Phil’s retweets that today is the day that SFA has to advise UEFA formally the list of Scottish clubs granted a licence to participate in UEFA club competitions for the forthcoming season.
The empty sheep seats at hunden were uniform across the front rows. Unsold seats not people not turning up
Hayes 2 Mil! Ffs. Not that I ever thought he would get in this team, but 2 Mill ooooooft a just do not see it.
My opinion in Hayes is that he has played both going forward and in defence for the sheep this year and Brendan would like a versatile player as shown by Calum on Saturday
Not that I think we should be looking at players like Hayes but in BR we trust☘️☘️