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The Race to Feed Kids was created and planned by a group of local volunteers who are passionate about feeding children in most desperate need of food. All proceeds are donated to Mary’s Meals, an international nonprofit organization, focused on providing children in some of the world’s poorest with a daily meal in their place of education. Mary’s Meals encourages chronically poor children to the classroom where they can gain a basic education that provides an escape route from poverty. This race specifically sponsors children in the village of Mcheza in Malawi (east Africa).
Mary’s Meals feeds over 2 million children around the world in 20 countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe, and the Caribbean. With 59 million children out of school, and many more hungry, their work is only just beginning.
The school feeding programs are owned and run by community volunteers in the countries where Mary’s Meals provides food. For example, there are over 80,000 volunteers in the African country of Malawi who take turns to prepare, cook, and serve the daily meal in each school. As an organization working in some of the world’s poorest communities, Mary's Meals is committed to keeping running costs low to maximize the good with donations entrusted to them. At most, Mary's Meals spends just 7 cents of every dollar donated on governance and fundraising.
