Edinburgh, step up this May for hungry children

Every step taken this National Walking Month can transform a life with Mary’s Meals

This May, Edinburgh residents are being encouraged to ‘step up’ and help Mary’s Meals feed more hungry children around the world.

During National Walking Month, the school feeding charity is calling on people to take part in its Move For Meals challenge, which encourages participants to raise sponsorship whilst keeping active.

Mary’s Meals serves a daily school meal to children living in some of the world’s poorest countries. The promise of a nutritious meal encourages children into the classroom, giving them energy to learn and hope for a brighter future.

The charity reaches 2,429,182 children every school day in 18 countries, including South Sudan, Syria and Ethiopia.

Morven Macgillivray, supporter engagement manager at Mary’s Meals, says: “With the weather getting warmer and the days growing longer, everyone is keen to get outdoors and get some exercise!

“This National Walking Month, you can help to transform the lives of some of the world’s poorest children by simply getting active, making the most of the sunshine and signing up to Move for Meals.”

Throughout May, Mary’s Meals is asking people to walk 10,000 steps a day as part of the Move for Meals challenge.

Morven continues: “It costs just 10 pence to feed a child with Mary’s Meals. So even raising as little as £1 for every 10,000 steps you complete will provide 10 children with a nutritious meal and an education that can be their ladder out of poverty.

“Walking 10,000 steps a day is just a small change you can make that can have a big impact on a child’s life.

“I hope that as many people as possible in Edinburgh will pull on their walking shoes and step up to the challenge this May to help us keep our promise to the 2.4 million children we feed every day with Mary’s Meals.”

It costs just £19.15 to feed a child with Mary’s Meals for an entire school year.

Signing up for Move For Meals couldn’t be easier.

Find out more and get your free Mary’s Meals T-shirt at:

marysmeals.org.uk/move-for-meals