The Value of Meals in Madagascar's Detention Centres | Mary's Meals

Since 2018, Mary's Meals has been working with a local partner to provide nutritious meals to vulnerable children being held in five detention centres and one re-integration centre across Madagascar.

The war in Ukraine is tearing lives and livelihoods apart in villages, towns and cities across the country, with little sign of relief for its beleaguered people. And around the world, people of every nation are already feeling the ripple effects of the devastation in their own day-to-day lives. Hunger is the biggest concern for an increasing number of families.

Long-standing Mary’s Meals volunteer, Marija, shares her Mary’s Meals journey and recounts a chance encounter with a man from Haiti who once ate Mary’s Meals at school which left a lasting impression on her.

15-year-old Nohe* tells of his traumatic journey from the outbreak of war in Tigray to becoming captain of his displacement camp’s football team.

A daily meal in school is essential for growing children but the impact can ripple much further out into the wider community. Read more about how the introduction of Mary’s Meals at one school in Madagascar has also dramatically changed the life of one of the parents.

World Refugee Day is a day that highlights the bravery of people forced to uproot themselves when they can no longer live in the place they call home and underlines the human right to seek safety.

The war in Ukraine is tearing lives and livelihoods apart in villages, towns and cities across the country, with little sign of relief for its beleaguered people. And around the world, people of every nation are already feeling the ripple effects of the devastation in their own day-to-day lives. Hunger is the biggest concern for an increasing number of families.

Three Mary’s Meals volunteers with one shared goal tell their stories.

This World Environment Day, we are sharing four ways our incredible partners are working to protect the environment.

This World Hunger Day, we are celebrating a garden project at a school in Zambia, fuelling pupils with fresh and nutritious vegetables and teaching them valuable skills for the future.