Dear Orkney News,

Mary’s Meals has launched an urgent appeal to feed chronically hungry children in Turkana, one of the driest and most impoverished parts of Kenya.

We already serve nutritious meals to more than 23,000 children in nurseries in Turkana, but primary-aged pupils have not received meals since a programme run by another organisation stopped around a year ago.

Nursery school children eating Mary’s Meals in Turkana, Kenya Picture Copyright Chris Watt Tel – 07887 554 193 info@chriswatt.com http://www.chriswatt.com Twitter @chriswattphoto

Desperate pupils can often be found watching children at neighbouring nurseries being fed, and we have heard heartbreaking reports of children as young as three saving their food to take home for hungry siblings.

Turkana, Kenya Picture Copyright Chris Watt Tel – 07887 554 193 info@chriswatt.com http://www.chriswatt.com Twitter @chriswattphoto

Mary’s Meals already feeds more than 1.5 million children in 18 of the world’s poorest countries every school day. We are determined to continue feeding these children while expanding, as funds allow, to reach primary school children in Turkana.

Daniel Adams UK Executive Director of Mary’s Meals

Your readers can support our appeal by visiting marysmeals.org.uk/turkana or phoning 0800 698 1212.

Best wishes, Daniel Adams UK Executive Director of Mary’s Meals