DALMALLY-BASED charity Mary’s Meals has expanded its school feeding programme into Syria to help long-suffering children rebuild their lives following years of brutal civil war.
The school feeding charity, in partnership with the Dutch organisation Dorcas, is working in six schools in Aleppo, providing nearly 1,500 children in Syria with a daily meal in their place of education.
In a country where 1.7 million children are out of school and 69 per cent of the population are living in extreme poverty, the Mary’s Meals school feeding programme is designed to encourage children – who have endured unimaginable trauma – into the classroom where they can receive a nutritious meal and an education.