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Goudhurst and District

Mary's Meals

Event type: Meeting
Date: 15th July 2026

Mary’s Meals grew out of a charity called Scottish International Relief (SIR), which was set up after Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow and his brother Fergus took aid from their home in Argyll, Scotland, to Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, during the conflict in 1992. SIR relied heavily on the generosity of local people in the village of Dalmally in Argyll, Scotland, who diligently donated food, blankets and other items of aid, which were then stored in the family shed. That same shed still serves as the global headquarters of Mary’s Meals to this day. Our locally owned school feeding programme takes place in 16 countries around the world. The story of Mary’s Meals is told by Roy Peachey.