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<\/p>\nIn 2017 we were the first recipe box company to partner with the charity One Feeds Two. Since then, for every box you enjoy from us, you also donate a school meal to a child living in poverty in Malawi. With your help, we\u2019ve reached an extraordinary milestone: 20 million meals donated to children living in poverty. We caught up with Owen Burton from One Feeds Two to discuss what your incredible donations mean to the school children living in poverty in Malawi.<\/p>\n
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A) Congratulations Mindful Chef and thank you so much to you and your customers. This really is an incredible milestone. It means so much to One Feed Two, but the real impact and change is for the children. These school meals mean more to them than we can comprehend. It gets them to school and keeps them there. It means kids can have a childhood – they can play, make friends, learn, laugh. Just be kids as they should be. Sometimes the school meal is the only meal that the child will have that day.\u00a0 For their parents, it means a level of support and security that otherwise would not exist. They know their kids are being fed, sometimes when they can\u2019t feed them themselves. It means breaking cycles, giving kids a different way to look at the future.<\/p>\n
A) If you imagine it as just one school year, Mindful Chef customers have fed over 105,000 children every single day, for a year. We started our partnership in 2017, so for some children in Malawi, Mindful Chef\u2019s partnership with One Feeds Two has fed them through their entire primary school journey.<\/p>\n
A) We work towards 8 impact goals, so we know that a meal reaches far beyond a bowl of porridge.<\/p>\n
A) We were so grateful to have Mindful Chef founders, Myles and Giles, travel to Malawi with us in 2019, to see first hand the impact that the Mindful Chef community has made. Together we spoke to so many children, parents and teachers – and had the humbling realisation of the hundreds of impact stories that come from the partnership. Just changing even one child\u2019s trajectory makes it all worth it. We know Ulemu, who at 15 is still in primary school, having missed years of school due to hunger. He\u2019s facing challenges at home, but is working hard and dreams of being a Doctor. We know Tijanjane, she walks 5km to primary school but she is committed to going everyday, to have a school meal and play netball with her friends. She wants to be a nurse. 14 year old Miriam is the lucky one amongst her siblings, she gets to attend school while her brother has dropped out to support the family after their parents both passed away. Her sister married young to ease the burden on her family. Then there\u2019s 77 year old Gogo Kumpini, who takes in orphans. She feels the safety net of the school feeding program, knowing that as she ages there is a community there for her \u201cgrandchildren\u201d to feed them and keep them in school. Mindful Chef have fed the equivalent of over 105,000 school children for a year. So, we know there are 105,000 other stories just like these.<\/p>\n
A) There is so much uncertainty in the world – political, economic and environmental – so we are 100% focused on continuing our work and being there to support the children and communities that we work with and to grow to support more. We know that providing a vulnerable child with access to a school meal is an incredibly powerful intervention in determining their final level of education – and better literacy and numeracy has a dramatic impact on their future livelihood. So we will be continuing to drive this model forwards. The One Feeds Two movement is an incredibly simple yet impactful opportunity for food companies, and the food industry as a whole, to make a real change.<\/p>\n
A) On one level we built One Feeds Two to be a movement that food companies can embrace to make a real, tangible social impact as a part of their day-to-day business operations – but at the same time we also hoped that it would do something similar for you. We know that you love your Mindful Chef meals (we do!), but your support for Mindful Chef has given children access to a reliably available school meal and a path to a better future. Thank you for making an incredible impact, just by choosing a delicious recipe box that wants to feed you – and a child too. \u00a0 Find out more about our partnership with One Feeds Two, and how your donations make a lasting impact, by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In 2017 we were the first recipe box company to partner with the charity One Feeds Two. Since then, for every box you enjoy from us, you also donate a school meal to a child living in poverty in Malawi. With your help, we\u2019ve reached an extraordinary milestone: 20 million meals donated to children living…<\/p>\n