Magnus featured in the Toronto Star

As the vision and mission of Mary's Meals continues to spread across the globe, our founder, Magnus, was able to share his story in Canada's largest daily print newspaper. 

Founded in 1892, the Toronto Star has long been Canada’s largest daily newspaper. Now a multi-platform news organization, the Star publishes a newspaper seven days a week in the Greater Toronto Area and publishes ongoing news and information to a global audience on thestar.com on web and mobile applications.

To this vast Canadian audience, Magnus shared how breaking hunger's vicious cycle is achievable. He talked about the beginning of the Mary's Meals story and then how despite "decades of progress in the global battle with hunger we are now heading rapidly in the wrong direction." After dispelling some myths about global hunger, Magnus continued by sharing the story of hope that is the story of Mary's Meals:

"Today, over 2 million children, across 19 of the world’s poorest countries eat meals served by local volunteers and consisting of locally grown food. These meals meet the immediate need of the hungry child, and at the same time draw them into the classroom where they gain an education that can set them, and their future children, free.

"The causes of hunger and poverty are complex, but that doesn’t mean a simple intervention cannot have an enormous impact. It would be perfectly possible for the international community to commit to every child in this world receiving one daily meal in their place of education. It would be an achievable, cost-effective game changer and make an enormous contribution to the realization of those laudable but currently out of reach SDGs."

Thank you to the Toronto Star for helping to spread the word about the work of Mary's Meals, and the hope that it brings to millions of children, their families, communities and countries. To read the entire article, visit the Toronto Star here.