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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PFAyr
I agree with you about Tosh and Tom. Much better Celtic gents.
However, I stand by my view that, for all the nonsense and annoying rubbish he speaks, the one fact of acknowledging Rangers are a new club, when it is such an official heresy on our Scottish media, outweighs all that.
I can admire that without liking him particularly.
Antipodean Red- there is not a single part of me that is in any way the tiniest bit jealous of your day.
Ryecatcher
I had the misfortune to be in the company of Walker in Dubia,I won’t make that mistake again.Ridiculed Celtic and Lenny all night.Souptaker IMO.
I see there’s a lot of resistance amongst the Hull City fans about the name change to Hull Tigers. Apparently this can only be done if the FA approve.
Maybe Sevco weren’t allowed to change their name to Sevco as CO/SFA knocked back their application – or maybe not!!!
Hey EddiefaeKirkmichael…..my good self got arrested in Manchester for doing the “can can” …mind you I was on the roof of a police panda …:)
I’m watching the stv news, where did that bloke get the false eyebrows from? Tam Sheperds!
It doesn’t make wrecking seats right but where’s the over hyped media coverage on this ?
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000297483/article/multiple-stabbings-in-parking-lot-after-denver-broncos-game
Eddieinkirkmichael- ‘Ege Bamyasi’?
Sipsini…. is that a joke ?
Good Afternoon Folks,
I can reveal that I have just completed a very special interview for the next edition of the CQN Magazine.
It has taken some considerable time and patience to set up, and we had to make sure that we went through all the official channels and correct protocols, but I can now reveal that after several false starts , we finally secured an interview with none other than Brother Walfrid himself.
This took place this morning with the official assistance of Archbishop Tartalgia of the Archdiocese of Glasgow, Brother Damien of the Order of Marist Brothers in Scotland, and one of Scotland’s most respected mediums who wishes not to be named in the article for personal and professional reasons.
The interview took place earlier this morning and I can honestly say that it was a life changing experience.
I obviously don’t want to reveal the whole interview here as I am saving that for the mag but I can reveal that according to Brother Walfrid there was great turmoil within the Celtic ranks about moving to the new ground and building a new stand in 1890 with John Glass keeping a very tight reign on the purse strings— much to the annoyance of some!
Further, When Celtic started to pay players for their services he took the view that the club would have been better served by bringing in talented amateurs from the clubs own support and boosting the donations to the Penny dinners rather then paying wages.
On the modern Celtic he has some pretty harsh views but was pretty complimentary on the efforts of the fans to raise money for good causes such as the one Paul has announced this morning especially as it feeds the incredibly poor.
However, he expressed a considerable amount of scepticism and indeed got somewhat angry about the idea of 2,000 innocent children being forced to endure the company of ” Yon big balloon Sannabhoy fae Ballieston” every second Saturday at Celtic park, and went on to opine that whilst the Kano Foundation is a magnificent effort and represents all that is good within the Celtic support, surely no one in their right mind would hand over innocent babes to ” Yon big Maddy John Paul”?
Regrettably, the interview ended at that point as Archbishop Tartaglia — who knows big JP is a saint in oul Nick’s clothing– lost the plot and punched the medium full in the chops and accused him of being of the same ilk as the guy doing the sign language at Nelson Mandela’s funeral!
The medium fella was laid flat out by the mighty blow from the Archbishop who was immediately aghast at his violent actions and asked Brother Damien to hear his instant confession.
Whilst they were away doing that, and with the medium fella unconscious on the floor and sporting a new holy keeker, I took the opportunity to empty the poor box and the plate from the early mass which was just sitting there in full view for all to see!
I made a quick exit as I think the Brother was doling out a few decades of the rosary by way of a penance to the Archbishop, and by the time the confession finished it could well have been into the late afternoon– and besides I had a lunch to go to with a woman who can only escape the husband for an hour or so on a Friday!
I will donate the money from the poor box and the plate ( minus the expenses of the lunch obviously ) towards the Malawi appeal.
Next week we have an interview with the late Sir Nicholas Fairbairn about the Offensive Behaviour Act and a feature on a well known WAG who reveals that the life of a footballing wife is by no means a bed of roses as her husband insists on practising zonal marking techniques in the middle of the night — and occasionally in Tesco — without giving her any type of warning whatsoever.
CQN Magazine —- A must read for all sorts of reasons.
Over on ‘F#llow F#llow’ they’re doin’ their own version of Mary’s Meals, called Gregg’s Grub.
Radio discussion /phone in re the growing problem of violence associated with football in Italy .
Usual hot air, going nowhere platitudes from the usual suspects but up pops a San SIro ” housewife ” with this ..
” Berlusconi gets 50 euros a head from 5k drunk Dutch morons and people like me get to spend money on bleach to remove the smell of Dutch piss from the entrance of my apartment block “
robcfc11,
Put it on and make your own decision on the reporter.
I remember free dinners during the summer hols…………St Pauls was shut
wee school just before Partick, looked like a Victorian stronghold……………….
…………cartons of warm milk, spam fritters, gloopy YELLOW ‘custard’.
eeyewerelucky CSC
Tam shepherds…. joke…. I’ve already got my coat….
BRTH
You’re a very brave man to confess to three mortal sins on CQN; all in one post too.
BRTH
On the plus side, you’ll maybe get a 30 days indulgence for your donation to the Malawi appeal.
Ege Bamyasi
Truly great Lp from the Can meisters ..
BMCUW
I read your post from early this morning. There is lots of help out there (and on here for that matter) and hope Travellerbhoy makes the right choices. I know myself I wish I had listened to people’s good advice about ten years earlier than I did. I still don’t think I had a problem with drink but spent far too much much time in the pub (if that makes any sense) I did have a problem with gambling, I dread to think how much I frittered away over the years and lied to my family where the money went but as I said thankfully I don’t gamble at all now. (A year off the gambling and the fags, woohoo!!!!!)
PFayr
Totally agree on guys like Walker and now Grant. They sold their souls. Tom Boyd and Tosh McKinlay are ten times the men those soup takers are.
BRTH….
Are you saving pretendy intellectual guy Nevin interview for CQN 2023 annual?
HurryupCSC
Ryecatcher
You said Walker is a good ghuy….unless someone can persuade you differently. I believe we are meeting up in Wolves in the neat year with BMCUW….I’ll try to persuade you then :-).
Spiers also says they are a new club and that that is the settled opinion of the various insolvency people he has spoken to.
On the other hand he thinks the new club should somehow be entitled to claim the honours of the old club.
I feel pretty bad now about launching my free milk carton at passing buses when I was at wee St Peters, everyone else was doing it, and the snow had just left.
BadBhoys.csc
Twists turns…look forward to it mate.
ryecatcher
13:51 on 13 December, 2013,
Tom Boyd has been the ex celtic players host in the number 7 for years, as you say a true gentleman.
I wouldn’t take his pre game forecast though, I’ve not heard him get one right yet.
Brogan Rogan Trevino and Hogan supports Oscar Knox, MacKenzie Furniss and anyone else who fights Neuroblastoma
14:11 on
13 December, 2013
Good Afternoon Folks,
I can reveal that I have just completed a very special interview for the next edition of the CQN Magazine.
It has taken some considerable time and patience to set up, and we had to make sure that we went through all the official channels and correct protocols, but I can now reveal that after several false starts , we finally secured an interview with none other than Brother Walfrid himself.
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Hoi,
Stop stealing my copyrighted ideas. I did the real interview with Brother Walfrid – published in CQN Mag # 15 (May 2013)
Stop being an imposter.
My legal team will be in contact by lunchtime on Monday unless considerable damages are offered.
Eggs?
Free Range xiM
Interesting article in The Irish Voice free paper.
Headlines on page 3
Police misled MSP over “armed forces day” enquiry. Otherwise they lied!!?
Maybe sumdae can cut and paste over here?
ernie lynch
Whatever the MSM and others say, we know the truth. Thems are trading on the continuation theory. Who is actually buying into it? The hurting berrz are parting with their cash. At present, its all going into the spivs’ pockets. I’d like to see their faces when it finally dawns on them that they’ve been so systematically and ruthlessly conned.
The UTT decision on TBC will help that process. Get the jelly and ice cream ready.
HH
A brilliant initiative.
TT
Does anyone think the Sevco AGM will take place next week?
ToomuchtohideCSC
Ally stood at the front of the stage.
The audience shouted… ‘It’s behind you!’
But Ally couldn’t turn around, because he was too fat and immobile.
Hamiltontim is praying for Oscar
13:28 on
13 December, 2013
SoT
Don’t agree, I’m sure that Shug would find a job as a professional dog walker or some such worthwhile profession.
Lollipop man.The kids would love him.They would think the one and only “Ned Flanders”was seeing them across the road.
Works night out this evening. Have just submitted a pile of work which has been hanging over my weary head.
This could get messy. If you see a drunk in a Celtic scarf and a suit tomorrow at Parkhead, that’ll probably be lil old me.
I heard Keith Jackson got in touch with Charles Montgomery Burns to see if he could plough some of his wealth into his beloved Sevco. After releasing the hounds on Jackson and a dog took a bite off of Jacko’s arse and brown brogue’s Monty was quoted as saying “excellent”.
Hamiltontim….
Is a drunk in a suit,from Hamilton,not normally referred to as…..The Accused?
BurnbankjungleCSC
On that last post. Did I miss it in our MSM?
Turkeybhoy
There’s a fair chance that someone might use the lollipop stick for another purpose :-)