Mary's Meals Zambia

Mary's Meals Zambia We are providing daily school meals to more than 3 million children in 19 countries globally🌍and to more than 600,000 children in Zambia💙

Our idea is a simple one that works. We provide one daily meal in a place of education in order to attract chronically hungry children into a classroom, where they receive an education that can, in the future, be their ladder out of poverty. Mary's Meals began by feeding 200 children in Malawi. Today we feed more than one million hungry children every day. In addition to our school feeding project

s, which are very much the core of our work, Mary's Meals also supports a home for HIV-positive young adults - who were abandoned as children - in Romania. Our work is named after Mary, the mother of Jesus, who brought up her child in poverty. We consist of, we respect and we reach out to people of all faiths and none. The average worldwide cost for us to feed a child for a whole school year is just £15.90/€18.30/$21. Wherever possible, Mary's Meals uses locally grown food to support the local economy. We work hard to keep our running costs low and to ensure that at least 93 percent of donations go on our charitable work. This is only possible since most of our work is done by an army of volunteers. With 300 million chronically hungry children in the world, our work is just beginning.

Happy Mother’s DayIn 2025, over 301,000 women supported the Mary's Meals School Feeding Programme in Zambia. This year, ...
11/05/2026

Happy Mother’s Day

In 2025, over 301,000 women supported the Mary's Meals School Feeding Programme in Zambia. This year, even more women continue to show love and selflessness through their support for the programme.

We salute your dedication and commitment to the programme.

Your support provides the warm motherly love and care that enables children across the programme to receive a daily nutritious cup of porridge each school day.

To all the women, grandmothers, and aunties who show up every morning to serve and care for children across 1574 school in Zambia: Happy Mother’s Day.

A cup of porridge at school does more than ease hunger. It provides energy, restores focus, and turns classrooms into sp...
23/04/2026

A cup of porridge at school does more than ease hunger. It provides energy, restores focus, and turns classrooms into spaces of opportunity. It helps learners stay attentive, participate fully, and even rise to the top of their class.

“My dream is to become medical doctor…... I point part of my academic success to the school feeding programme, because porridge helps me focus and gives me the energy I need in class. I do not always carry food from home, but the porridge served at school ensures I remain attentive and active throughout the school day”, says Blessings.

For many like blessings, the school meals change the school experience from struggling with hunger to excelling academically.

This is the quiet power of the Mary's Meals School Feeding Programme.

Mary's Meals in Zambia feeds over 720,000 learners in 1,574 Schools in the Eastern and Northern Provinces every school day ,removing hunger as a barrier to education.

Catch the Mary’s Meal’s film premieres titled LettieThe film+ revisits the story of a girl who featured in its 2012 awar...
22/04/2026

Catch the Mary’s Meal’s film premieres titled Lettie

The film+ revisits the story of a girl who featured in its 2012 award-winning documentary Child 31, and whose experience of hunger left a lasting impression on audiences.

When Mary’s Meals first met Leticia (Lettie) in 2012, she was just 11 years old. Following the death of her parents, she was out of school and caring for her younger brothers while facing severe hunger herself. More than a decade later, the organisation returns to her story to show where her life has taken her.

Today, Lettie is an educated, working mother in Malawi, providing for her son, who is excelling in school. She is a powerful example of what daily school meals can help make possible, not only reducing hunger at school, but helping to create the conditions for hope, opportunity, and lasting change that can carry forward into adulthood, family life, and the next generation.

Lettie’s story reflects the impact school feeding can have on children across Mary’s Meals’ school feeding programmes.

Lettie is just one example of the long-term impact school meals can have. For more than two decades, Mary’s Meals has served daily school meals to children, bringing hope of a brighter future to children, families and communities.

In 2026, the charity is reaching more than 3 million children in 16 countries across 6,400 places of education.

In Zambia Mary’s Meals is feeding over 720,000 learners across 1574 schools in 17 Districts of Zambia.

Attached below is the link: Film Lettie | 2026 - YouTube
https://youtu.be/tl_Jbg_Kd0Q?si=ffcGuMpMUVOlyzNy

Join us yet again for another insightful discussion on Isunga RADIO FM 92.7 FM where our head of programmes Mr.Mathias Z...
21/04/2026

Join us yet again for another insightful discussion on Isunga RADIO FM 92.7 FM where our head of programmes Mr.Mathias Zimba will be discussing the school feeding program and the community.

Tune in on 92.7 FM for Senga Hill and surrounding areas.

Also streaming live on Online Radio Box - https://onlineradiobox.com/zm/mwansabombwe/?cs=zm.mwansabombwe

LIVE RADIO PROGRAMME ALERTJoin us tomorrow on Radio Mano at 11:00 as our Head of Programmes Mathias Zimba discusses the ...
20/04/2026

LIVE RADIO PROGRAMME ALERT

Join us tomorrow on Radio Mano at 11:00 as our Head of Programmes Mathias Zimba discusses the Mary’s Meals School Feeding Programme and the Community.

📻 Tune in on 89.3 FM for Kasama and surrounding areas

📱 Live on Facebook: Radio Mano 89.3
https://www.facebook.com/radiomano89.3fm

🌐 Streaming on Online Radio Box -
https://onlineradiobox.com/zm/mano893/

Tune in and be part of the insightful discussion.

Mr. Banda, a father of two, wakes up before sunrise not just for his own children, but for hundreds more. As a volunteer...
17/04/2026

Mr. Banda, a father of two, wakes up before sunrise not just for his own children, but for hundreds more. As a volunteer cook, he prepares porridge that many learners depend on. For some, it is the only meal for the day.
“I know what hunger feels like,” he says. “That’s why I come every day. These children need us.” He has witnessed the transformation with his own eyes.
“Before, many struggled to concentrate,” he shares. “Now, they eat, they smile, and they focus. You can see the difference.”
For him, this is more than cooking.

It is showing up so that no child goes hungry and learns on an empty stomach.
“When the children are full, they are happy,” he adds. “And when they are happy, they learn.”

Pope Leo lands in Africa, gifted Mary’s Meals Mug and T-shirt on papal flightOn the papal flight, journalists presented ...
14/04/2026

Pope Leo lands in Africa, gifted Mary’s Meals Mug and T-shirt on papal flight

On the papal flight, journalists presented him with a Mary’s Meals T-shirt and mug. They also shared with him that our school feeding programmes now serve more than 3 million children every school day.
Yesterday (Monday, 13 April), Pope Leo landed in Africa as part of a major tour of the continent. Already familiar with our mission, the Pope smiled warmly when he heard how much our school feeding programme has grown over the years.

The Mary’s Meals School Feeding Programme story and reach that has been growing for close to 24 years now, reaching more than 3 million children today across 16 countries.

The vision is that every child receives one daily meal in their place of education, and that all those who have more than they need share with those who lack even the most basic things.

This vision has brought smiles to countless children each school day, bringing hope for a brighter future. A school learning experience is then filled with happiness, not thoughts of hunger.

Food insecurity, child hunger, and malnutrition continue to be persistent and critical global challenges, particularly in areas where we work. Globally, one in four children are living in severe child food poverty in early childhood, amounting to 181 million children under five years of age. Additionally, 78 million children of primary school age (about 6 to 11 years) are out of school.

In Zambia, Mary’s Meals is feeding over 720,000 learners in 1,574 schools across 15 Districts in the Eastern Province and in Senga Hill and Kasama Districts of the Northern Province each school day.


A donation of €22 (EUR) / $25.20 USD / £19.15 (GBP) to Mary’s Meals provides a child with daily school meals for an entire school year.

Every cup raised is a promise of a brighter tomorrow.We are determined to keep our promise of a nutritious daily meal in...
02/04/2026

Every cup raised is a promise of a brighter tomorrow.

We are determined to keep our promise of a nutritious daily meal in school to those children who are already part of our global school feeding programme and – as funds allow – reach the next child waiting for Mary’s Meals.

As the school term winds down, it’s a reminder of how much these everyday moments truly matter for fueling minds and fueling dreams.

30/03/2026

Mary’s Meals is a simple idea that works. By providing a daily meal in a place of education, Mary’s Meals encourages children experiencing poverty and hunger into the classroom where they gain a basic education that can provide an escape route from poverty.

Prepped with care: Local parents giving their time.

Eaten with purpose: 720,000+ learners fueled for their dreams.

Driven by your support: One meal cost just K501.36 for a child’s entire school year.

Every cup is a promise kept. Thank you for being part of the story.

This is the road to Kalembe Primary School in Chipangali, where Mary’s Meals serves meals to 271 learners every school d...
26/03/2026

This is the road to Kalembe Primary School in Chipangali, where Mary’s Meals serves meals to 271 learners every school day. For many children, this journey leads to more than a classroom, it leads to a meal, hope, and the chance to learn.

At the heart of our work is a simple promise: a nutritious meal every school day. Every week, Kateya, a School Feeding Officer travels this road, often challenging and unpredictable, to ensure that each child is fed and that the programme continues to deliver with quality.

Sometimes, the smallest things tell the biggest stories.A cup of porridge meant one less worry at home… and a better cha...
24/03/2026

Sometimes, the smallest things tell the biggest stories.

A cup of porridge meant one less worry at home… and a better chance to focus in class.

Quiet changes like these are shaping how children learn, grow, and show up every day.


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Mary's Meals
Chipata
P.O.BOX510302

Opening Hours

Monday 09:00 - 17:00
Tuesday 09:00 - 17:00
Wednesday 09:00 - 17:00
Thursday 09:00 - 17:00
Friday 09:00 - 17:00

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