Comments on: Mary’s Meals shortlisted as Britain’s most innovative charity http://forargyll.com/2010/03/marys-meals-shortlisted-as-britains-most-innovative-charity/ Fri, 25 May 2012 17:47:14 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: David Kamauhttp://forargyll.com/2010/03/marys-meals-shortlisted-as-britains-most-innovative-charity/#comment-36278 David Kamau Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:02:40 +0000 http://forargyll.com/?p=20592#comment-36278 I grew up and studied in Glasgow though I was born in Kenya. Last November I felt proud when I bumped into a multitude of school children when we were driving from Uganda to the Tanzanian boarder near a place called Masaka. They were all carrying nice bags and mugs on their back. Others were seated in the huge compound eating. We stopped the car and spoke to one of the teachers who informed us that they were fed by Mary's Meals from Scotland..Imagine feeding children thousands of kilometers away. I think they deserve a prize. If they do not get it this year, it does not mean that they are not the best. UK based charities are normally given priority. I do not know why....David. I grew up and studied in Glasgow though I was born in Kenya. Last November I felt proud when I bumped into a multitude of school children when we were driving from Uganda to the Tanzanian boarder near a place called Masaka. They were all carrying nice bags and mugs on their back. Others were seated in the huge compound eating. We stopped the car and spoke to one of the teachers who informed us that they were fed by Mary’s Meals from Scotland..Imagine feeding children thousands of kilometers away. I think they deserve a prize. If they do not get it this year, it does not mean that they are not the best. UK based charities are normally given priority. I do not know why….David.

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]]> By: Kenneth MacCollhttp://forargyll.com/2010/03/marys-meals-shortlisted-as-britains-most-innovative-charity/#comment-34160 Kenneth MacColl Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:12:16 +0000 http://forargyll.com/?p=20592#comment-34160 As a native of Argyll and a long time resident in Oban I know of some of the immense effort that goes into charitable fund-raising here and elsewhere across Argyll & Bute. I know too of organisations working within the community and for the benefit of that community which are run efficiently and effectively by volunteers. Scottish International Relief and Mary's Meals is one such organisation that has adopted a "can do" and an international dimension to its good works and we should endeavour, where possible, to support their excellent efforts. Based in Dalmally in North Lorn they are tireless workers for the young in many centres in the Third World. When the earthquake struck in Haiti and the larger aid agencies were scrambling to gain access and to bring help it was no surprise to learn that Mary's Meals had been there, already established in the poorest country in the Western world, and feeding children. They are a credit to us all. As a native of Argyll and a long time resident in Oban I know of some of the immense effort that goes into charitable fund-raising here and elsewhere across Argyll & Bute. I know too of organisations working within the community and for the benefit of that community which are run efficiently and effectively by volunteers. Scottish International Relief and Mary’s Meals is one such organisation that has adopted a “can do” and an international dimension to its good works and we should endeavour, where possible, to support their excellent efforts. Based in Dalmally in North Lorn they are tireless workers for the young in many centres in the Third World.

When the earthquake struck in Haiti and the larger aid agencies were scrambling to gain access and to bring help it was no surprise to learn that Mary’s Meals had been there, already established in the poorest country in the Western world, and feeding children.

They are a credit to us all.

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