from the Daily Record This is a story on the charity called Mary's Meals. This charity gives a lot lore than food to the children of Liberia. - KaleBy Samantha BoothORPHANED children wandering alone around city streets is not an unusual sight in Liberia.The war-torn country is home to thousands of youngsters who have lost parents in the battles between factions who seek to gain control over the gold and diamond mines.Many are former child soldiers who are desperately trying to adapt to life free from enslavement by the rival armies.Some are simply lost and lonely children looking for a way to stave off starvation.Life in Liberia, on the west coast of Africa, is particularly cruel for youngsters with a disability.One nine-year-old deaf boy was found wandering the streets in the city of...
from the Daily RecordBy Samantha BoothDRAGONS' Den Scot Duncan Bannatyne reckons a small Scots charity holds the key to solving African poverty.Mary's Meals, which is run from a wooden hut in the Argyll countryside, offers children a meal a day in return for school attendance.But the scheme has proved such a success since its inception five years ago, that they now feed more than 300,000 children around the world. And entrepreneur Duncan, who is worth more than £300million, believes it could be the answer to Africa's problems."Mary's Meals is one of the most fantastic things that has happened in this world for a long time," he said. "It could actually bring Africa out of poverty."It is such a simple concept but when I first went to Malawi to see what Mary's Meals do, I could see how...