Celtic Quick News will be 10 years old next year and to mark the occasion, through Mary’s Meals, we’re going to construct a kitchen and shelter facility at the Kholoni Primary School in Mchinji, Central Malawi, which currently has no food preparation facilities.
A brick-built building, the kitchen will consist of one main cooking area with two small locked storerooms. In one, firewood for the stoves will be kept and, the other will store food and utensils. The kitchen will be fully equipped with stoves, pots, serving equipment, mugs and spoons and the 1221 children will be provided with a daily meal of a vitamin-enriched maize porridge. The kitchen will also have teaching facilities, to allow it to be used as a classroom outside meal times.
17% of people in the world live in extreme poverty (less than $1.25 per day) but there is plenty of good news, the proportion of world living in this condition halved in last 20 years (this was a UN Millennium Development Target). Life expectancy (at birth) of low income people in 1990 was 52, but in 2011 it was 60. Infant mortality dropped by a third during this period and maternal mortality almost halved.
Since humans first walked the earth a significant proportion of them have lived in extreme poverty, but while someone once said, “the poor will always be with us”, for the first time ever the decades ahead could see all of humanity escape from extremely poverty.
Malawi, according to the UN the 17th least developed nation on earth, is one of the world’s extreme poverty front lines, but even here, the trend is encouraging. In 1990 child mortality between 0-5 years was 244 deaths per 1000 live births. By 2000 this had dropped to 174 per 1000. Last year the figure was 71 deaths per 1000 from 0-5 years. The UK passed that figure more than 70 years ago, but the rate of improvement in Malawi is nothing short of incredible. It is fertile ground for the right kind of help.
Mary’s Meals, a Scottish charity established in 2002, feeds 822,142 kids in 16 countries every day. They keep costs low and employ local staff in kitchens, ensuring 93% of money donated reaches those in need, possibly the highest rate of any comparable organisation. It costs £7 for Mary’s Meals to feed a child in Malawi – for a whole year. 20% of Malawi’s children (600k) are fed by the organisation, often their only meal of the day.
In 2012, a sample of 44 schools found that enrolment had increased by 30% two years after the introduction of Mary’s Meals. Academic achievement improves too. The benefit is not just escape from hunger, it is access to education for children who would otherwise have to work for food. It also provides an increase in productivity and economic capacity when the children enter the workforce.
CQteN St Patrick’s Day Party
The kitchen will cost £7000 and I’ve told Mary’s Meals we’ll raise enough money by St Patrick’s Day, which gives us three months. We have a lot of work to do but the focal point will be the CQteN Dinner on Friday, 14 March 2014, which will be the biggest and best St Patrick’s Day Party in Scotland.
We’ve hired the Kerrydale Suite at Celtic Park. Tickets are available for £50, tables of 10 are also available. To reserve a ticket or table email me, celticquicknews@gmail.com. The event has been discussed in the comments section for some weeks without a formal launch and we quickly sold out the smaller capacity of the Kerrydale Suite. We have now taken the entire suite so additional tickets are available.
Between now and then there will be the odd auction to help us along, and we will continue to support the work of the Celtic Foundation (who have a Children’s Hospice Association Scotland auction on now), the Kano Foundation, and the many needy causes a lot closer to home than Malawi.
The UN are currently considering Development Targets for 2030, with the eradication of extreme poverty likely to feature. Poverty is a complex subject, so even after 2000 years development, we know there will always be comparative poverty, but within our Generation of Domination, extreme poverty, less than $1.25 per day existence, could be eradicated.
There is no more appropriate way to mark the 10th anniversary of the blog. This will be our payback for all the hours, days, weeks and months of pleasure (and toil) we’ve gotten out of the these pages over the years. Put 14th March 2014 in your diary, we’re having THE St Patrick’s Day party!
For more information on Mary’s Meals take a look at the video below:
Get your CQN Annual below. From now on £5 from every Annual sold will go to the CQN Malawi School Kitchen appeal.
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No change on here then. The Old Hun Ducks are still quacking away with the same old SMSM / HUN mantra of what’s it got to do with football or Scotland they whilst bask in the sunshine streaming from PL’s backside.
As for paying the fine for the GB banner perhaps the board could grow a pair and go after the culprits who stole MILLIONS from the OUR (not my) OUR club. But I guess they won’t be doing that and we all know why – don’t we?
Frank will not be buying Hun ducks whiskey in Madrid
HatesquackinghunsCFC
NegAnon2 and Ernie, You are living in the past and ignoring 125 years of modern history.
Ernie, your constant ignorance of facts illustrates the problems that the Celtic support and by extension Celtic face.
We started a football club to achieve party in sport. There was no chance that we would achieve that same parity elsewhere. In work and in our day to day lives. We could however watch a football team run faster and out skill our opponents. Granted our achievements were not without hinderance as folk began to realise the hope we were giving to the support and our communities.
Those days have gone. My son and Daughter can look forward to being treated as equals.
However, while we have battled the Catholic Church has failed. People now define themselves and choose their own moral code where a morally repugnant church has serially failed them.
Don’t confuse sectarianism with jealousy. Mind you, if we don’t change soon and wake up as a collective support we will become like them.
JJ, happy birthday
Valentinesday
Lol, what a lovely piece of work you are, unlike you I come on here and have an opinion, so it can be debated or left, it can be Discussed or left, you come here to argue and name call people, good luck with that.
Unashamed bump from my moon howler post….
Watch this…..WOW….Comedy gold from Sandy Easdale.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P205JWFqhWY&feature=youtu.be
fritzsong
10:55 on 14 December, 2013
Big Nan @ 10.00
That was a really first class post. Most informative. Confirmed my suspicion about police influence on SNP policy and Paul McBride’ s possible career path.
…………………………..
It’s the only conclusion I can come to as the law was a rotten law and McBride knew it. He got slaughtered on Newsnight Scotland trying to justify it.
McBride was no fool, but we should never put anyone on a pedestal as a paragon of virtue and he wasn’t that either. He loved Celtic as Findlay loved Rangers because he came from that background/ethos.
But at the end of the day Paul McBride was a career lawyer and political animal and would certainly have achieved high legal office had he lived.
He was, though, something of a political/legal Vicar of Bray and having tried Tory and Labour it seemed to me he was with the SNP with a view to future opportunities of advancement.
Hoopy Birthday Jungle Jim!
I was in Pesto on St Vincent St for 1st time the other night. Was worried if might be a bring too slick and franchise-e at the expense of good food. But I have to say if was really good. Excellent food, great idea of Italian food in taster portions, tapas style.
Good staff too. I’ll def be taking my better half soon.
Have a great day.
HH & HH jamesgang
googybhoy,
Made me laugh today, our old Raphael was just a video legend, good job as you say!
AR
ernie lynch@ 09:24 on 14 December, 2013
You truly believe the players gave their all against Barcelona?
If you do, you know nothing about football, for all the years you’ve spent watching it.
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Absolutely spot on. The fans will always accept defeats(even heavy ones) if it comes down to the other team being better on the day but our players gave of their very best. 6-1 going on 10-1 was beyond the pale for those supporters I know many of whom are questioning why they should put money in the pockets of players who will not bust a gut for the jersey no matter who the opposition is.
Previously, we were fed the line that it’s difficult to get players motivated for hum drum domestic matches just before and after CL matches. Now it seems they can’t be arsed putting in a shift against one of the best club sides on the planet and on one of the most biggest stages you could perform on.
The idea that we should just all shut the feck up, pay our ticket money and turn up and support the team regardless would have got the club shut down when the Kelly and Whites nearly run the club into oblivion. If you feel like that then fine. Go to the match and I hope you enjoy yourself. Personally, I will keep my green pound in my pocket and go on a long bike run and I know I will enjoy myself. That way everybody’s happy?
Incidentally, I wonder where Dermot Desmond will be today? Does he even know we’re playing?
Ryecatcher
Chicks I ran around with where high maintenance, so that would mean the said student buying a drink or a meal for the lady, and well you an me know students don’t do that to well, most students I met where pan handlers, nice people mind you, but tight as a gnats chaff, so there’s yer answer.
G’day Celts,
Jungle Jim happy birthday mi amigo ✊
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summa of sammi….
10:27 on 14 December, 2013
SOS aye me and the Bhoys will be up for it, ps i’m picking Ryan up at M’chester on Christmas Eve, home for good as he has a new job starting in the uk in Jan.
Ton Che Dan will be up for it innaw.
All the best to ye over Christmas mate, watch out for the sharks cobber!
V
tonydonnelly67
11:00 on
14 December, 2013
Valentinesday
Lol, what a lovely piece of work you are, unlike you I come on here and have an opinion, so it can be debated or left, it can be Discussed or left, you come here to argue and name call people, good luck with that.
“”””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””
I’m really sorry, I’ve been a very naughty bhoy and promise
to behave from now on…..Tony I’ll be standing outside the
Brazen can you come out with a coke and a packet of crisps
for me……thanks in advance mister.
My god, Paul McBride getting it in the neck now, honestly they have no boundaries,. Agendas and petitions, beggars beliefs .
Morning bhoys & ghirls
Missing my first game today due to the young ones swimming championships, looks like the weathers deteriorating badly so maybe not so bad ;-)
Hopefully those that make it can make some noise and cheer the hoops onto a 3.0 victory.
KTF
Hail Hail
Don’t speak ill of the dead. Basics.
Vmhan – YNWA Wee Oscar
11:13 on
14 December, 2013
Hope you are well Amigo.
Makes you wonder what’s next? Big Jock Knew…..because that’s how bad it’s getting here, Paul McBride has just recently passed away, for gods sake let it go, show some respect for the man.
PaddyGallagher….
Hitler and Stalin?
Mullet & co
Utter nonsense.You say ‘ a morally repugnant Catholic church’
Can you please qualify that statement because I find the fact u stated it as morally repugnant?
That’s the type of drivel I would expect to hear from the Follow Follow brigade
Tonydonnelly….
Maybe you should have ran around with some chicks who had the means to buy you a drink and a meal too?
MeanandmachoandskintCSC
ryecatcher
11:26 on
14 December, 2013
PaddyGallagher….
Hitler and Stalin?
:-) Stalin could heid a decent baw.
Oh my word — down down down
Offski
Ryecatcher
Most of the women I went out with where students.
Ryecatcher. Why are you bothering ?
I saw last night you spoke about the dens park 5-1 game then the 3-1 game loss at home to the sheep
U were at both. So was I
Bet you td doesn’t know what we we are taking about. Lol
Fholks, I’ve got a spare ticket for today at no cost if anyone is interested. Can meet at Turnstile T6-13 at 1415. Good seat in Section 202. Just let me know on here before 1330 when the Arbroath bus gets in.
HH
Up over goal,
We know what most of those guys can do or not do.
Hence my view of giving Puuki, Boerrichter etc a run to see what they can or cannot do.
After 6 weeks they will have shaped up , or we ship them out.
I am also thinking about next year’s CL qualifiers.
Realistically we could lose Sammy, Joe, Fraser in summer market, add in a couple of post World Cup injuries, and the permanent injuries to Forest and Boerichter, and I don’t think we would beat either an Elfsborg or Karagandy,
Ryecatcher
If we think he is going to be a player, we should recall him now, and give him 10/15 games so he is ready for CL qualifiers.
Apols if already posted
Wee article on Mary’s Meals in the hootsmon
http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/the-work-of-scottish-charity-mary-s-meals-1-3232413
Clash bhoy. Pukki has been tried with shalke 2nd team. He was mince in that also. My mate saw them a few times
He was a 500k project that did not work out For them.
Get him out ASAP to save money
Morning All.
Just about to head of for Celtic Park after all the turmoil of the week.
Re the UEFA fine– The Green Brigade knew that the banners for the Milan game would bring a sanction on the club— and that is my singe biggest issue with them. They apparently gave the club an assurance that the banner display would be football related and would not be anything else.
Despite that they rolled out what they rolled out. They could have rolled out a football related banner but chose not to and so knowingly brought about a sanction. Not only that, they could have protested over the treatment in Amsterdam but instead chose not to and instead went with Sands and Wallace.
Now I have a fair regard for the idealism and stance of both of those men, but neither showed the tactical naivity in going about their business that the Green Brigade showed.
Celtic, I hope fought the UEFA laws as they are wrong, but I suspect they were always going to lose and now have their seventh fine in seven years — straying perilously close to all that was achieved in 2003 by the fans being eroded unnecessarily and for no gain whatsoever.
If you want to be radical and oppose the act, then be radical and oppose the act but do it properly.
Take to the streets– organise a march on holyrood — get as many fans to support it as possible and get the board to support it if you can.
Prepare a standardised draft letter to Alex Salmond– publish it on here, on KDS, on every Celtic website and get folk to sign it and send it off.
Pick on Nicola Sturgeon’s constituency surgery meetings and have hundreds of folks turn up just to ask her about the act.
There are all sorts of protests that can be organised– none of which get the club fined.
Now the board are making a cobblers of the 128 suspensions– too indiscriminate, to wide, too blunt a sword and not “politically” smart in the eyes of the support.
As I have said before, a worse set of card players in the one Poker game would be hard to find.
Oh and by the way. I was a couple of years above the late Paul McBride at school and then at University. We did some work together briefly for the Partick West Claimants Union representing folk at benefit hearings and the likes a long long time ago.
Paul, at that time, was an ardent supporter of Margaret Thatcher and her Government and in my opinion was very short sighted and naive politically with no comprehension of the social consequences of political policies.
When he started at the bar he quickly became known as an expert in criminal appeals and specialised in that area partly because in his early days he was more comfortable addressing judges than a jury. In front of a jury of ordinary folk he was far less effective than when arguing about the technicalities of the law.
In my opinion, he was a very good interpreter of the law once it was written in statute and in suggesting how that law should be applied in certain circumstances and when certain facts prevailed.
However, he would have been a bloody awful legislator in terms of policy and like many of our senior legal figures, he would have hitched his wagon to whatever political philosophy was expedient in his opinion.
If that sounds a harsh criticism then so be it. It does not detract from the fact that he could be a great lawyer when he put his mind to it and that he was incredibly busy and successful.
However his constant search for that success lead to overwork and some strange bedfellows in furtherance of a career path.
Big Nan
Last
IMO PMcB fancied being a judge and was trying to help himself along
Probably thought he’d damaged his chances if he was in anyway associated with the ( perceived)less palatable elements of CFC
vmhan – ynwa wee oscar
11:13 on 14 December, 2013
Not read back, when are you coming up with Ton Che?
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Sydneytim
Morning Celts,one and all.
a fine victory for Celtic today.just the tonic.
Hail hail to Neil and the bhoys
Celtic,identity and history intact since making the decision to feed the poor in 1887.
3-0 celts
BRTH
Fair comment re PMcB
I’ll always remember bring in the Appeal Ct the day PMcB gained entry to “The hole in the head club”….. What a ribbing he took that day from his peers…he wasn’t happy …just as you’d expect
Yes mr tony xx
PFAyr,
What’s the “hole in the head club”?
paddy gallagher- Joe Joe super Joe?
antipodean red
Admission time always had a soft spot for the England cricket team.I think it was because they were always been stuffed by the Windies and the Aussies, felt sorry for them.Give England their due they had the one of the best sledges in Test cricket
Mark Waugh: F**k me, look who it is. Mate, what are you doing out here, there’s no way you’re good enough to play for England.
James Ormond: Maybe not, but at least I’m the best player in my family!
Enjoy rest of the test it will be all over by christmas!