Sponsor A School

You can help Mary's Meals reach many more hungry children – and give your fundraising a focus – by pledging to cover the cost of feeding a whole school for an entire year! By sponsoring a school, you're not just providing a daily meal to the world's poorest children, you're giving them hope, a chance at a better future, and the opportunity to break free from the cycle of poverty.

As a school sponsor, you are doing something incredible - it is an amazing gift! Raising funds to provide meals for an entire school gives every child enrolled hope for a brighter future, feeding them the fuel they need to climb the ladder out of poverty.

Your generosity makes it possible for Mary's Meals to keep our promise of a daily meal to the children – a meal that is more important than ever. Wars, famine, and the outcomes of the global pandemic are causing new and terrible hardship throughout the world's poorest nations. Child hunger is on the rise once again. We are more passionate than ever in our desire to keep the promise to those children already in our program – and to reach out to many more still hungry and waiting.

Your fundraising target will be set depending on the number of children enrolled at your school.

School sponsorship is vital to our fundraising as it allows us to be more ambitious in our plans. We aim to keep expanding our programs worldwide, and your sponsorship makes growth possible.

Sponsoring a school starts at $8000.
Schools available for sponsorship are in Malawi and Zambia.
Schools can be sponsored by individuals, organizations, in the name of a loved one, or a shared cause.
Sponsorship lasts for one academic year. We encourage supporters to renew sponsorships for additional years, but this is not compulsory.
As a school sponsor, you will receive an annual report from your school, including photos and quotes from students, teachers, and/or volunteers. This report will not only keep you updated on the impact of your sponsorship but also allow you to see the direct benefits of your support on the children's lives.

Email us to Sponsor a School

Fitting tribute to Bridgid

The dusty blue letters on the side of the Balaka Primary School in Malawi read ‘In loving memory of Bridgid Davidson’. The sign pays tribute to the much-loved teacher, who passed away from cancer in 2013.

Bridgid was also the founding member of Mary’s Meals Canada. Inspired to act after she came across our work via CNN, she was responsible for setting up the Canadian branch of Mary’s Meals, as she battled the early stages of her illness.

Shortly afterwards, Bridgid organized the first-ever Oatmeal Day at the Sacred Heart School in St. Catharines, in aid of our work. She hoped it would be the first of many Oatmeal Days at schools across Canada.

In 2014, students and staff from the Niagara Catholic District School Board took the first steps to realizing Brigid’s dream, when they organized their first Oatmeal Day. Their goal was to raise $8,800 – enough to feed a school of over 600 children one hot meal a day for an entire year.

The final figure was four times that amount – an excess of $33,000, which will feed over 2,000 children in Malawi one hot meal a day for an entire year. A fitting memorial to Brigid’s exceptional life.