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.
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JNP
Franny was well remembered as AT said
At Fatima , mass and EN
I hope he had a great send off and that marspapa was amongst those of you who gave thanks for a life well live
My lhad has just sent me some great photos from the Celtic Foundation Lisbon night at the Grosvenor in London tonight. Lions in attendance and a great night in progress . Can’t add the images on this phone.
The Hayes rumour is doing my head in. If it’s true it’s unlike Celtic to do business this way.
Any Huddleboard members?
Looking for someone to refer my registration. I’ve registered as ACGR. I think it needs someone with 6k posts.
Man, these guys are fussy.
HH
An Tearmann.
I don’t remember you mentioning Belarmine during our conversations. Only the Gorbals. Do you or Jimmynotpaul, remember my wee mate Bucky? From Nitshill .
BlantyreTim
Stevie, I saw you and Oldtim heading for your car on Sunday. I was on the bus and much to the annoyance of my fellow passengers , I was battering the window trying to attract your attention. :)
TET- i had to send Sevco TV link to guys who thought i was at the wind up
Calley, sorry bud, had to take the dug out. I’m in Greenock but was in the Brazen on Saturday for the final.
CALLEYROADBHOY57
Was great to meet you mate
Hope to see you soon
Pog gave bit AT a run home and I’m sure had you said he would have taken you home also
Cracking banner outside the Brazen Head btw
BlantyreTim
No bother Stevie. I had booked the bus a while ago. Tam emailed me on Monday. Hope to see you at the next hootenanny.
Stairheedrammy
Good for you Mark. Did you meet all the old faces?
HH
Calley road, I met a couple of old faces, well older than I remembered them.
Jmcormick…
My brother is at the London Lisbon venue, he sent me a photo of the place mats, hope he brings them back for me.
An Tearman…
I’ve a couple of good photos of you coming out of mass, well done you and Jim on the readings.
Now that whyte is cleared (possible companies charge slap on the wrist) maybe the Scottish judiciary and police can start investigating awe this Pakistani stuff.
Stairheedrammy
Name names Mark:)
hi bhoys havent been on for about two years since i was criticised about my spelling and keyboard skills and punctuation full stops and commas please just bear with me I AM TRYING anyway well done to the bhoys and no am not a ————– although married to one by the way is alec neil a tim heard him talking on bt sport and he didnt sound very complimentary to celtic hail hail
Mags McGill
Hope you’re well JC
You old silver fox :))
Why do UKIP get a game at these TV events?
Bada
they got nearly 13% of the national vote in last election – greens got 4%
melt down this time
ACGR,
I don’t mate….but am sure it’s got nothing to do with your moniker ;-))
FTSFA
H.H.
Mags,
How did you know Big Packy would be on ;-))
FTSFA
H.H.
hi lurkintim me and mags go back a long way
Signing Hayes makes no sense to me at all
Bit part player at best
Rather keep Christie
Gene- no MPs though….HH
Welcome bak Big Packy….mustv been b4 my time ;-))
Ignore the punctuation polis….language evolves….they’re just behind the times ;-))
FTSFA
H.H.
go tell the spartim
agree about hayes but think christie is a bit lightweight
thanks lurkin tim who are we signing
Bamboo @ 6:10
It used to be a great stadium in the days of 120,000 crowds now its an embarrasment of a national stadium.
Old Hampden was a disaster waiting to happen.
Steep embankments, treacherous footing on gravelly terracing, poorly maintained barriers.
At big games you could easily be carried forward down the slope with no control over your destination.
And I’m not even considering the complete lack of 20th century facilities.
Scottish football treated fans as 3rd class citizens to be herded into decrepit broken down stadia.
As bad as Hampden is today it’s a huge improvement on its predecessor.
Keep Christie, very talented, just needsa chance to shine. hayes is decent but he is not going to get any better. Huns have signeda decent centre half and will improve them especially when he realises he can kick anything and not get booked
Well guys , in my opinion Johnny Hayes is a cracking wee player , god knows he caused us a fair amount of problems . But it will be a step down for celtic , if we purchase him to replace Patrick Roberts . No doubt we have just finished a remarkable season , but we need to build on that success , we can’t sit on our laurels , There are harder challenges ,than anything we’ve faced domestically waiting for us , although I’ve loved every minute from the invincibles I believe there are areas in the team ripe for improvement . I believe BR knows that as well . Time will tell .
What happened to the Bruno Alves video money?
No idea….jist like you….if it’s zHayes….am no happy….but in Brendan I trust ;-))
FTSFA
H.H
3rd attempt at posting ffs P67
The ole Lisbon trip fair raised the level of posts on CQN and all of the personal accounts were fantastic.
Hail Hail
http://celticbynumberscom.ipage.com/celtic-2-hearts-0-by-numbers/
Appreciate this does not quite capture todays zeitgeist but finally caught up with myself! Numbers from Trophy Day now up.
The consolation for me with there being no more matches is I can now concentrate on the longer analytical articles. Anyway, hope you enjoy, please share. HH
ACGR….u mite try Celtic by Numbers….wiz he not looking for a Huddleboard recommendation?
FTSFA
H.H. Bruv….heard ye took it easy on every1 at the sclaffbaw…..so u wouldn’t win all the prizes….or ye wer pushed ;-))
i agree lurkin tim my wifes a scouser and liverpool fan she loves brendan
Good Evening All.
When addressing a Jury on behalf of the defence, the first and last thing that should be emphasised to the jury members is that if they have a reasonable doubt about the accused’s guilt in relation to the specific charges levelled against the accused then they MUST acquit the accused as that is the law.
Further, the jury will be reminded that Whyte is not charged with any crime relating to Rangers PLC’s going into Administration nor its eventual liquidation and corporate demise.
He is charged with a fraud — namely the making of a false representation which led to the practical result of someone (in this instance allegedly Sir David Murray) being misled as to a material fact which in turn led that person to act or take a certain course of action based on that misrepresentation.
The second charge is one which relates to a breach of the companies act whereby Whyte conducted legal manoeuvres whereby the club borrowed against its own assets to fund the purchase of shares in the company. Technically, this is known as “unlawful financial assistance” and it is common practice in any corporate purchase to have solicitors and/or accountants confirm that the lending arrangements do not constitute financial assistance.
So, if there is any reasonable doubt about whether or not Whyte perpetrated these specific crimes then the Jury must acquit.
Consider charge 1 for the moment.
The purchase price of the shares in question has been stated as £1. The jury has heard that Murray was desperate to sell and that there was a financial incentive for him to sell in that as soon as Rangers PLC was sold and the Bank cleared of the specific Rangers Debt, then Murray was going to reclaim certain parts of MIH for another £1.
The deal White did with Ticketus was publicly announced to the Stock Exchange before the deal with Murray concluded and I think you have heard that Murray’s advisers were privy to the Ticketus Information.
Ticketus themselves were not keen for the info to be made public because at that time had Murray asked them for similar advance season ticket finance they would have had to say “Thanks, but no thanks!”
Just dwell on that fact for a minute — They would have said no to Murray but did say yes to Whyte.
When addressing a jury you will also ask them if they have heard clear, precise, reliable and credible testimony. Evidence which was clear, concise and which they can rely upon. If, instead of hearing that kind of evidence, they actually heard evidence which was contradictory, raised doubts, was unreliable and left the impression that it was unclear as to what was going on at the material time — then again the jury must acquit.
With regard to the breach of the companies acts, if it is the case that professional legal advisers told Whyte that his finance deal did not constitute financial assistance then I think he is entitled to rely upon that. If Ticketus, through their legal advisers, have been told the same thing and have gone on record to that effect then it is very hard to see why Whyte should thnk anything else.
Further, let’s clear something up. The Bank debt was never paid off in the true technical sense. Instead, the debt that existed pre-deal was assigned by the Bank to Ticketus post deal. No new debt was created. Instead, the existing debt was assigned by HBOS to Ticketus.
If Tiketus approved this loan through their Lawyers then why would Whyte think there is anything untoward with the funding arrangement?
Finally, the accused does not need to prove anything in a trial. He or she is innocent until proven guilty and it is for the Crown to prove that guilt beyond all reasonable doubt by adducing clear and precise evidence from credible and reliable witnesses. In the absence of that test being met then the accused must be acquitted and need not say a solitary word.
I have some theories on this trial and the evidence produced but that is not for now.
Sipsini, if you have good photos of events in Lisbon can you send them to me at jjoe88@hotmail.co.uk
Ta
BRTH
Hayes has peaked, Christie could go onto greater things