Mary’s Meals was introduced in India for the first time at St. Joseph’s School, Assandh, Haryana, in April 2004. It began by serving daily lunch to 40 deserving children of the school. Soon the help was extended to different parts of India. Today Mary’s meals feed 82,967 Children from the most disadvantaged communities in 05 states of India within the context of education/learning.

It is an inclusive attempt to provide daily nutritious meals to the children in school/non-formal learning centres, regardless of their diversity. This meal encourages children into the class-rooms. It gives children the hope and sustenance they require, not just to survive, but to concentrate, learn, grow and develop healthily.

In this way Mary’s Meals builds a ladder to come out of poverty to receive education as it increases opportunities for productive employment and creates more-self-reliant and healthier societies. Thus, the world’s poorest communities can be transformed