News that Southampton FC have nominated Mary’s Meals as their official international charity partner is a genuine great football story, and a significant landmark for the Scottish-based charity which now feeds over a millions children per day.
Mary’s Meals were in touch on Friday with news and photographs from the fourth school kitchen paid for by Celtic Quick News readers, in Chibwata, Malawi. Since the kitchen was built, school enrolment has increased by 34% to 1226 pupils. Each day over 4,000 pupils are fed in school kitchens built by CQN readers.
The school role has increased because of the availability of a daily meal, but as well as being better fed and healthier, hundreds of pupils are now getting an education who previously missed out. Benefits are not limited to food today, there are lifetime benefits of getting a primary education, which will help the pupils and the nation as a whole for decades.
Those of you who have put the occasional £1 into Appeal alongside the Magners’ competitions we run, or who have put significantly more than this on occasion, should be enormously proud of what you’ve achieved. It is a stunning testament to the Celtic support. Thanks for all your help.
Celtic have done enormous work with Mary’s Meals in the past through the Foundation but let’s hope this break into English football opens up many more opportunities for the charity.
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A song for my mate in Denny. He exposed Lawwells lies. How he survived it Ill never know.
Justice for Gingers
God Bless you S
http://youtu.be/S6gW57vhhpo
I was at Hampden in 88. I was there when Martins bhoys won 6-2. The St Patricks day massacre in 92, Portugal in 03 as we marched into a european final.
Nothing can compare to Andytown when Tom Williams came home
http://youtu.be/RLpPOpK6PgQ
Morning,all.
By ‘eck,HERBO,you’ve been busy. It used to take a team of us on a moonhowling shift to have everyone else spluttering into their cornflakes!
Proud of you,bud-but ca’ canny,please.
Firstly,an apology for a post I made here towards the end of last month. A betrayal of confidence,and more,and I’m not proud of it. But it’s done,I’ll deal with that.
More importantly,I see suggestions are finally being made about getting the blog back to how it was for,say,the first ten years of its existence.
Not before time-in fact,I’ve been discussing that very thing with a few people over the last few days. A lot of us have formed very real friendships through this site,we’ve had many a good time together.
We’ve raised a bliddy fortune for various great causes,and will continue to do so.
In that time,aye,there’s been a few heated discussions,but the level of civility tended to be as high as the level of debate. I think we all know that is not generally the case now. And I’ve been as guilty as anyone when it comes to that…
So,I’m cutting short my planned absence from the site in order to make an impassioned attempt to lure back the lurkers and the disillusioned,the lads and lasses who made this THE go-to site for all things Celtic-and a lot more besides.
I’ll be e-mailing a few of them too,so be warned!
It’s coming up to Christmas,many of us will have a bit more time on our hands than usual,and will hopefully be of good cheer. So,please,get back on here folks.
It was a great site not so long ago,and it should be a great site still. But it is only as good as the people who post on it.
HH
Dry with clear skies overhead, a little cool – cold enough to wear a racket – here on Dublin’s Nortside.
Oooooooops!
I really should have done a test on my new moniker…
That 654 post was from the resident technophobe!
Bmcuwp
Good on Ye
Welcome back Bobby!!
Bobby
Viva la revolution
http://youtu.be/ZUpEljuMEFM
BMCUWP
Nice tae see ya back Booby.I’m away tae keep the creditors fae the door.
The winkle pickers return
Next we’ll have the weather please
awe shit he’s back :)
The Wakes ~ The Myth of Return ;)
https://youtu.be/HHX2j-AMhSk
HH
Good morning bhoys and ghirls – good to see a few auld tins around..
Last night I lit a very blue touch paper called RH Davidson but had to retire due to being knackered – wherever he is now its not the same place as Jinky!
He caused me to use a sweary in front of my uncle – never done that in my life prior to that but it was justified – the B had just sent Jimmy off for ‘retaliation’ – Aberdeen game I think.
What were they getting away with before wall to wall TV and the coming of the Bampots?
Bobby: Great to see you back
Hoooooooooopy Birthday to our very own Celticrollercoaster.
Have a great day mhate.
BMCUWPC’s, good to see back chief.
You’ve been missed.
Reading about the new League Cup set up for next season. A positive is at least they’re trying something different. However, we have a problem with our co-efficient because every season every Scottish team is knocked out of Europe by the end of July/early August, the exception being Celtic who struggle to qualify to the group stages. How does this new venture into ‘summer’ football assist our teams in Europe if they don’t enter the League Cup competition until September?
so they are changing the diddy cup to look like the euros and a squirrel is born
Doc,
got to agree, many happy returns to CRC, this [place has went downhill since he stopped the Friday night quiz, even if I didnt participate.
Lymmbhoy
Cheers , great tune. Great band
Ah the Friday night quiz, CQN at its best. My weekly fight with a fading memory and a bottle of red.
BobbioMurdochNo1CSC
Welcome back
HH jamesgang
Canamalar, agreed, I miss mid-table mediocrity!
I can say that having won the last ever!
Good morning from a slightly less miserable than it was yesterday Finneston
Nope – doesn’t sound the same – get back here Bobo
Gotta work now Bhoys, laters.
Anybody know when ACGR is coming back?
Celticrollercoaster
Hoopy Birthday
Have good one
League Cup revamp is at least an attempt to reinvigorate the competition. Might not be perfect but at least it is an attempt.
So any other ideas get them on here about how we improve our lot.
My thoughts – the match experience must be improved. Surely we can learn from Germany here? Halve ticket prices and make up the shortfall through fans spending their money on other merchandise.
A winter break is a no brainer for me.
Scrap the League Cup and start league matches at the beginning of July.
The playoffs have been a success – could they be further enhanced?
Neilbhoy,
“League Cup revamp is at least an attempt to reinvigorate the competition. Might not be perfect but at least it is an attempt.
So any other ideas get them on here about how we improve our lot.”
Ditching corruption is no a priority for you then, oh look there’s a squirrel eh
looks to me like there’s plenty that just want to move on, nothing to see here timmy, lets all talk about the new squirrel, ffs.
HAPPY HOOOOOPY BIRTHDAY to
CELTICROLLERCOASTER!!!!!!
(and grateful,humbled thanks for the welcome back,folks)
And bring Jobo with you!!!
HH jamesgang
Happy birthday to crc …. have a good one mate … you deserve it
This may be of interest to some on her or someone you know
• http://www.boots.com › … › The NHS Minor Ailments service
I’d never heard of it
HH
CRC
You’re an angel trapped in the body of Brad Pitt – have a Hoopy birthday mhate.
Laters Timdom
HH jamesgang
neilbhoy on 8th December 2015 8:36 am
Would prefer to see a summer season (March to November) but beginning the league at he beginning of July and having a break in January would be a decent alternative.
League Cup revamp?
Regionalized,?
Gerrymandering more likely,so they can get their fixture back on,such a wheeze! no need for diedco to be in the big League just as long as there is a diedco,sorted.
HH
WhitScoddishfitba`needsScoddishfitba`getsCSC
Can anyone tell me why Neil lennon took the Bolton job.. their debts make rangers seem thrifty and not paying hmrc or players wages.