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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. dena29 on

    ELDIEGOBHOY on 24TH DECEMBER 2015 10:16 PM

     

    Dena

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Best wishes from H and myself.

     

     

    – Cheers hope you are well

     

     

    HH

  9. dena29 on

    OLDTIM67 on 24TH DECEMBER 2015 10:37 PM

     

    Just on to wish everyone a happy Christmas.

     

     

    -and the same to you and yours

     

     

    HH

  10. sipsini on

    The blog has been nice the past couple of days.

     

     

    I’ve been warned with my daughter, early to bed tonight as me and my bhoy have been invited over for Christmas dinner with her boyfriends family.

     

     

    First time of meeting, so, a wee bit nervous.

     

     

    Ach, they’re from Donegal, I’ll fit in well.

     

     

    Have great one, you rebellious bassas. KTF

  14. Hamiltontim on

    Sipsini

     

     

    Have a great time mo chara. That’s my wrapping just finished so time for a wee glass of vino.

  15. Almore on

    Dena29: Sorry to hear about your aunt, it’s always difficult losing someone at this time of year.

     

     

    Can you email me at your convenience to discuss travel arrangements for Stranraer match. I may go over on Saturday and hook up with Delaney’s Dunky and Eddieinkirkmichael

  21. dena29 on

    Goodnight Timland

     

     

    be good to each other and appreciate all those around you (family and friends) you don’t appreciate what you have until its gone

     

     

    Happy Christmas to you all and many thanks to Paul67

     

     

    HH

  22. Greenpinata on

    Dena 29,

     

     

    Very sorry to hear your news. Will remember you / family at Midnight Mass.

     

     

    ( Hopefully the roof won’t fall in when I take my pew. )

     

     

     

    Hail, Hail to all.

  27. Lennybhoy on

    Been to our Christmas Mass, Midnight in our Parish is 21:00 so the PP can have a long lie…quite right they are human just like you and me.

     

    I wish each and everyone of you and your friends a families a happy and Holy Christmas and think of those less fortunate and indeed those who have gone to a better place.

     

    As Hamiltontim just posted time for a wee libation or two, three…:)

     

    God Bless you all, you are members of the best family in the world bar none…

     

    Keep the Faith!

     

    Hail Hail

  29. Park Road 67 on

    Wishing everybody on here a Happy Xmas have a good one ! Let”s get back to winning ways on Sunday !

  31. Almore on

    Santa Claus (aka Hamiltontim): Go raibh míle maith agat and enjoy your night and day tomorrow.

     

     

    Best wishes to all at Christmas, enjoy them festivities and be nice to each other.

     

     

    C’mon the Hoopsn

  34. Catman on

    Merry Christmas to Paul and all CQNers.

     

     

    Here’s hoping for some decent signings in 2016

     

     

    Catman

  35. gerry123 on

    wishing paul and all cqns and your families a happy peaceful christmas

     

     

    and good wishes for the new year

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