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This year you made connections with new people. In the first half of the year you connected with 1226 pupils at Chibwata Primary School, Dowa, Central Malawi, who eat in a school kitchen you paid Mary’s Meals to build. This is it:
Chibwata sign 400

Chibwata internal 400

Two months ago you connected with the 1292 pupils at Kholoni Primary School, Mchinji, Central Malawi, who also eat at a school kitchen you paid Mary’s Meals to build. Here it is:
Kholoni internal kids 400
Kholoni internal cooking 400
Kholoni sign 400

There is now around 4000 kids attending schools in Malawi with kitchens you paid for. Not only are they being fed, they are being educated in greater numbers than ever – enrolment is up around 30% after the kitchens go up. This gives them better life chances. Some will graduate from subsistence living to a life with opportunities.

Villages with better education facilities become more productive and wealthier, as do districts and countries. Across Mary’s Meals 1m plus daily meals, this will provide a significant lift to the drive away from absolute poverty for decades to come.

These are big numbers but the detail is always more revealing. Magners offer us a pair of premium seat tickets for most home games. When we run these competitions dozens of you click to donate to Mary’s Meals, putting food in the larders of school kitchens.

Then there are the regular donations to the Celtic FC Foundation. Celtic work with those who have fallen through the cracks in the UK, Ireland and the developing world. They feed the homeless in Glasgow, make facilities available to kids with autism, and generally go around like a green and white caped crusader. You have always responded to the call.

I get to see lots of this in action, there are small causes too numerous to mention, helped more often than not from people who don’t want you to know what they’ve done. There have been 100 stories in 2015 which will never be written, but will live as private anecdotes, or as kitchens in Africa, or winter clothing for refugees in Serbia.  Celtic fans have been doing this for 128 years, each act is a commemoration of what started it all back in 1887.

I’ve met hundreds of CQN’ers but yet to meet one I didn’t like. Even the raging lunatics online (you know who you are!) are actually very decent people when you get them away from the keyboard. On behalf of the thousands you’ve helped this year, thank you very much.  I’m sure Brother Walfrid would be very proud of you.

Have a great Christmas, you deserve it.

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  2. leftclicktic on

    Starry plough

     

    merry Christmas,just missed you earlier,

     

    TBJ enjoy yer break sir,

     

    bmcuw hope yer dinner prepared itself well :)))))))

  4. sixtaeseven - Gardez la Foi on

    “Joyeux Noel” to everybody at CQN, especially to Paul67 and family !!!

     

     

    Hoping for 3pts on Sunday and then kick on from there.

     

     

    Supporting Ronnie and the Celts through thick and thin.

     

     

    We shall not be moved !!!

     

    ;o)

  5. notthebus on

    Its my fav time in Xmas day, man cave with a cuban reflecting on the blessings on family,friends and the joy of sharing this special time with loved ones.

     

     

    Merry Christmas to all my fellow Celtic family

  9. Hunderbirds are Gone on

    Merry Christmas to all CQNrs and Celtic supporters everywhere.

     

     

    I know Santa has had a very busy few days, but here’s hoping 3 points on Sunday is an extra gift he can deliver to Ronny and all of us.

  11. proudbhoy on

    Happy Christmas everyone

     

     

    Not the greatest for me , away working until Tuesday. Had to be done sadly, usual full shift on Christmas Day .

     

    These big Yankee oil&gas companies are ruthless ..

     

     

    Roll on 2016 for me.. Back to Ireland and couple trips to paradise before season ends hopefully .

     

     

    Enjoy rest of your holidays

     

     

    Up the magic Glasgow Celtic

  13. weet weet weet(GBWO) on

    BigNan

     

     

    In the 50s 60s my wee uncle played for the hi hi

     

     

    He gave me an airdrie strip

     

     

    I feckin hated it,and still do to this day

     

     

    HH

  14. clunks on

    any ayrshire tims fancy a beer tomorrow?

     

     

    at a loose end and would rather spend it in good company…

  15. Dannymac on

    Just had the best wee Christmas Day ever with ma wife,3 teenage weans,wee brother and my wee ma..

     

    We ate,drank,drank more,laughed a lot and cried a lot reminiscing…Hope ma weans speak as highly about me when am no here.

     

    HH

  19. MickTT on

    Evening hope everyone had a lovely day, I was working, tinged with a bit of sadness, always someone needing a wee prayer. If you could say one for a wee man who needs it.

     

     

    God bless you all and the Glasgow Celtic

     

     

    Ayrshire is Green and White

  23. Celticrollercoaster supporting Shay,our bhoy wonder along the way on

    Good morning fholks

     

     

    I hope you all had a fine and peaceful day yesterday.

     

     

    Not content with putting all the LMS eggs on the same basket ( case) in week 1, the predictions have flooded in.

     

     

    With 41 history buyers ( so far) joining our 18 first round winners, we are lining up as follows

     

     

     

    Manchester City 43

     

    Aberdeen 4

     

    Arsenal 3

     

    Hamilton 2

     

    Dundee Utd 1

     

    Motherwell 1

     

    Manchester United 1

     

    Celtic 1

     

    St Johnstone 1

     

    Liverpool 1

     

    Inverness 1

     

     

    The Black Cats are 11/1 to spring a surprise

     

     

    HH and good luck

     

     

    CRC

  25. Sandman on

    Bloody hell, CQN getting more difficult than ever to access, now grown sidebreezers over Xmas (looking in on firefox) …

     

     

    Merry Christmas to all, awesome article there, Paul.

     

     

    Can’t wait ’til Sunday.

     

     

    Until then, best to all Tims everywhere – including our kid far flung, attempting to avoid The Force Awakens spoilers.

     

     

    Nae luck, our kid, it’s like this – you won’t believe that Kylo Ren’s thingy’s…. and what he does is just f…. I mean, jee-zus.

     

     

    Your nephew’s still trauamatised/energised/vibrating with the whole experience..

     

     

    ;))

  26. Delaneys Dunky on

    My son Ryan knows his da. Got me the Superstar Henrik shirt just released by Boca 10.

     

    Class Christmas gift. Thanks my bhoy.

     

    Hail Hail

  27. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    DELANEYSDUNKY

     

     

    I got a cracking addition to my collection,a wee pressie from The Tall Fella.

     

     

    Hand-painted print of an early Celt firing a clubbie home.

     

     

    Aye,it will be worn wi pride. But not the morra. Bliddy freezing here!

     

     

    SoftsouthernerCSC

  29. Delaneys Dunky on

    BMCUW

     

     

    Molly and Eileen were asking after you today. Both were hoping you were wi your folks in Kilwinning. The sisters think you are one of my sensible friends. :)

  30. ROAMER on

    Hi all’ just popping up to say that myself and travellerbhoy had a great Christmas with the family. Tiredness’ full bellies’ horrible jokes galore. Merry Christmas everyone

  32. Delaneys Dunky on

    Roamer

     

     

    God bless you faither and oor whole Celtic family.

     

    You Will Never Walk Alone.

  34. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    ROAMER

     

     

    Yer Dad is a gem and yer Mum is a diamond. You’re emerald green to the core,wi a big heart.

     

     

    Get my number off your Dad re June 10.

     

     

    Meantime,I hope you all had the bestest of best days in the bestest of all company.

     

     

    HH,my guid pal.

  38. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    DELANEYSDUNKY

     

     

    Got ma baws booted off my Mum earlier. Not been home at Christmas since last century,it seems.

     

     

    Molly and Eileen are wonderful girls and extremely poor judges of character. That they think so well of me is wonderful,but it makes me feel like a conman.

     

     

    Or a smooth-talking dude-I’ll settle for that on past memories,hahah!

     

     

    Give them a huge hug from me,mate. I think as much as them as they seem to do of me. And of you.

     

     

    HH

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