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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. Nye Bevans' rebel soldier on

    Merry Christmas Timland.

     

     

    I hope you all have a fantastic day.

     

     

     

    seeyathemorraCSC.

  4. Dontbrattbakkinanger on

    The very best wishes to all at CQN, I hope Santa is good to you and we are all fortunate enough to have plenty to eat and a roof over our heads.

  5. ....PFayr supports WeeOscar on

    Best wishes to all

     

     

    Have a good day

     

     

    Health , wealth and happiness

     

     

    HH

  8. Jobo Baldie on

    Good morning all and a very Happy and Peaceful Christmas from a damp, calm and mildish East Kilbride.

     

     

    Let the games begin ;-)

  9. Marrakesh Express on

    To Paul67 and the rest of CQN, Hail Hail and Merry Christmas. My favourite Christmas was 1966 when Santa got me new Football boots and a bike, but my best present ever was already in the making, and delivered exactly five months later.

     

     

    Td67 Lol

  10. Cowiebhoy on

    Gooooood Christmas morning CQN

     

     

    May I wish you all a very Happy and Peaceful Christmas

     

     

    Hail Hail

  14. weet weet weet(GBWO) on

    Morning all

     

     

    Hell of a lot of malt whiskey in this hoose the day :)

     

     

    Plus CQN books

     

     

    Peace to you

     

     

    HH

  18. spiritof67 on

    MERRY CHRISTMAS to all posters n lurkers n all the charity workers.

     

     

    Hope we all take time to think of those not as fortunate as us

  24. spiritof67 on

    QUONNO

     

     

    Sorry no access to Lennox Herald but i know a lot of people struggle in life so time for thought costs nothing,

     

    maybe i’m on the wrong track but no matter i think of my youth when we had troubled times at home.

  33. corkcelt on

    ACGR, I have joined your gang but following your example, one little post Christmas Morning won’t hurt.

     

    So may I wish all Celts posting and Lurking a Happy Holy & Peaceful Christmas and a special prayer for our deceased friends. They didn’t walk alone then and they are not forgotten now. God Bless ye all.

  37. spiritof67 on

    QUONNO

     

     

    Thanks , yep Dan Lynch was the kinda charity worker i had in my mind not the fat cats who take obscene wages to do not a lot, tis why i hesitate to put money in certain collection cans. Thoughts to all genuine charity workers who give their time to help the needy 24/7 and seek no praise , Merry Christmas to All.

     

     

    Quonno enjoy your day and thanks again for our wee chat

  40. FourGreenFields on

    Merry Christmas CQN

     

    Hope you all have a great day .

     

     

    ACGR and CORKCELT good to see you Bhoys back on , even if only for a quick visit .

     

     

    HH

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