0:00:02 > 0:00:04What a year for Martha Payne!
0:00:04 > 0:00:08Her simple blog on school dinners won worldwide attention...
0:00:10 > 0:00:13..and raised money to help change the lives of thousands of children.
0:00:13 > 0:00:17Her efforts inspired others and now the girl from Lochgilphead
0:00:17 > 0:00:21is a global star. This is the story of how Martha made such a difference
0:00:21 > 0:00:24and raised money to buy meals in Malawi.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50- AMERICAN NEWSREEL:- A nine-year-old girl from Scotland has started
0:00:50 > 0:00:51her own food blog called NeverSeconds.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55She shows how disappointing her school lunches are, and she's gone viral.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58Check this out. Every day Martha Payne takes a photo of her lunch.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01She's not always happy about it, saying, "I'm a growing kid,
0:01:01 > 0:01:05"I need to concentrate all afternoon and I can't do it on one croquette. Do you think you could?"
0:01:05 > 0:01:08No, Martha. I don't even know what a croquette is.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11Martha Payne dreams of being a journalist,
0:01:11 > 0:01:15but she didn't expect to hit the headlines at the age of nine.
0:01:15 > 0:01:19Why would anyone listen to a little kid talking about food?
0:01:19 > 0:01:22They would probably think I had nothing...
0:01:22 > 0:01:25didn't know what I'm talking about!
0:01:26 > 0:01:30They would probably think I was going to say something like...
0:01:30 > 0:01:34"Chocolate's not good for you. Eat apples."
0:01:34 > 0:01:39"Don't eat chocolate oranges. Eat real oranges instead."
0:01:39 > 0:01:41Boring.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45That's what they probably expected.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48Well, I wanted to do a blog because I wanted to do writing projects,
0:01:48 > 0:01:50but we thought of school dinners
0:01:50 > 0:01:53because I always came home hungry and we've always wanted to do
0:01:53 > 0:01:57something about them but we've never actually been bothered to.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59Then we decided to do it on that.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02So why do you come home hungry from school?
0:02:02 > 0:02:04Well, cos sometimes the meals are a wee bit small,
0:02:04 > 0:02:07and sometimes I don't eat them that much cos they're not very nice.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10Martha might not always be keen on her school dinners,
0:02:10 > 0:02:14but Argyll and Bute Council weren't impressed with the attention
0:02:14 > 0:02:18her blog generated, especially this centre-page spread
0:02:18 > 0:02:20in one of Scotland's best-selling newspapers.
0:02:20 > 0:02:25The council banned her from taking photos in the dinner hall.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29But that just made her site even more popular.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31So they had a rethink.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34By that time millions had logged on to the site.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37The blog may have started as a writing project
0:02:37 > 0:02:39but Martha saw an opportunity.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42She thought she could raise £2,000 for charity.
0:02:42 > 0:02:47Well, I had the idea to raise money because...
0:02:47 > 0:02:51someone made a comment on the blog saying, "Why are you complaining?
0:02:51 > 0:02:54"At least you're having school meals."
0:02:54 > 0:02:57So we thought about the people who didn't have school meals
0:02:57 > 0:03:01and decided to raise money for the people who didn't.
0:03:01 > 0:03:06As the hits on her site soared, the donations rolled in.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09She's now raised over £117,000.
0:03:11 > 0:03:15- Did you ever think you'd raise that amount of money?- No, not at all!
0:03:15 > 0:03:20- And how did that make you feel? - Absolutely...startled.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23I don't know what that means. Don't put that!
0:03:23 > 0:03:26I don't know... SHE LAUGHS
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Er...absolutely...
0:03:29 > 0:03:32..I can't say amazed, cos I've used that a lot.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36Absolutely...
0:03:36 > 0:03:38shocked!
0:03:38 > 0:03:41There's a good word - shocked. SHE LAUGHS
0:03:45 > 0:03:48Martha chose to support local charity Mary's Meals,
0:03:48 > 0:03:51which feeds children across the world.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55Mary's Meals is just a very simple thing.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58It's aimed at helping the very poorest children in the world,
0:03:58 > 0:04:01who so often don't go to school because of poverty,
0:04:01 > 0:04:05and we break that cycle of poverty they're trapped in
0:04:05 > 0:04:09by providing one good meal every day in their place of education.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16Around the world others took inspiration from Martha's blog.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30I'm Maya, I'm nine and I live in Perth, Australia.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34Hi, my name is Courtney Pisano and I'm from Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36I raised 563 dollars and 75 cents.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39It was a huge inspiration for me.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41She really is an amazing person.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44Now I want to do what Martha was doing
0:04:44 > 0:04:47and help build a school kitchen shelter in Malawi.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52Food is important to this family.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55They have a smallholding and raise their own sheep.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59- Polly, can you spot the ones for the freezer this year?- This one, this one and the white one there.
0:05:02 > 0:05:06I don't bring money home each week and put it in the jar, put it in the bank.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10I put good food on the table. And that's really important to me.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13And then I'm there for the kids after school and in the holidays.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16But then the rest of the time I see that as my role and it's what I do.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19So when it was clear that Martha's blog had raised enough money
0:05:19 > 0:05:21to build a kitchen in Malawi
0:05:21 > 0:05:25they decided to cancel their summer holiday in France
0:05:25 > 0:05:27and head to Africa instead.
0:05:27 > 0:05:31In Lochgilphead Martha's kitchen just feeds the family.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34In Malawi, her kitchen will feed 2,000 children.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40Well, once I was feeling really sick at lunchtime
0:05:40 > 0:05:44because I was so hungry, because I didn't have any breakfast!
0:05:44 > 0:05:50And it was making me feel really, really sick and horrible.
0:05:50 > 0:05:55They must be so hungry and I don't know how they're managing,
0:05:55 > 0:06:00because we have food at the weekends but sometimes they don't,
0:06:00 > 0:06:05so on Monday morning they must be so, so, so hungry.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08The whole family are thinking about what they might face.
0:06:08 > 0:06:12I wonder how the kids will cope with seeing such a different environment,
0:06:12 > 0:06:14whether they'll understand what they're seeing
0:06:14 > 0:06:16and how that's going to affect them.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20I've been to Africa before and I've travelled in that sort of environment
0:06:20 > 0:06:22and I'm very aware that it is very different,
0:06:22 > 0:06:27and a very...life-changing experience, really, so we'll see.
0:06:27 > 0:06:28We'll see what happens.
0:06:28 > 0:06:32Here we're always worried about how badly off we are.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35People in Malawi don't have very much
0:06:35 > 0:06:37but they're remarkably happy with what they have.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40And if they can learn something of that lesson,
0:06:40 > 0:06:42that there is more to life than the material things,
0:06:42 > 0:06:46it's having somebody to care for you and having the basics in life,
0:06:46 > 0:06:49that would be a really precious thing to learn.
0:07:12 > 0:07:13We're in Malawi!
0:07:15 > 0:07:19Malawi. Home to 15 million people.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22Three-quarters of them live on around 60 pence a day.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25HIV has swept through this country.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29One million adults are thought to be living with the disease.
0:07:29 > 0:07:3270,000 die of AIDS each year.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36These orphans are among those left behind.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38Most have HIV themselves,
0:07:38 > 0:07:42some walk miles to this centre run by Mary's Meals.
0:07:42 > 0:07:47# A, B, C, D, E, F, G... #
0:07:47 > 0:07:52Here they get two meals a day as well as lessons.
0:07:52 > 0:07:53It's a long way from Lochgilphead.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56SHE SINGS
0:07:58 > 0:08:03But this is the world Martha and her family have come to see.
0:08:19 > 0:08:24Meet Ben. He lives in a small village with his mother and brother.
0:08:24 > 0:08:28- BEN SPEAKS MALAWIAN LANGUAGE - He likes playing football. - Same here.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32Even though they live thousands of miles apart,
0:08:32 > 0:08:34the two children have some things in common.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36LAUGHTER
0:08:36 > 0:08:40Most children in Malawi live in rural areas
0:08:40 > 0:08:43and their day usually involves many chores.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47- DAVID:- So it's a young lamb, so it's a small sheep, and we...
0:08:47 > 0:08:50we eat those when they're about eight-months-old.
0:08:50 > 0:08:56Owning livestock in Malawi is rare, and Martha's house and her family
0:08:56 > 0:08:59are proving to be a real source of fascination to the village.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05The camera is a new toy for these young children.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08Like four million others in Malawi,
0:09:08 > 0:09:10they live in desperate need of food
0:09:10 > 0:09:13and their mud hut is their only shelter.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17The insides... I thought they were going to have, like,
0:09:17 > 0:09:20just paint or something or just plain,
0:09:20 > 0:09:23but they had nothing at all. Nothing.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27No furniture, and for the doors they had blankets.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30Blankets hung on the door frames.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34Martha also learns that even preparing something to cook
0:09:34 > 0:09:37- is hard work. - LAUGHTER
0:09:37 > 0:09:41But ten-year-old Ben hopes to change his life.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43He takes Martha to his school.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47Only a quarter of children here stay on till secondary school.
0:09:47 > 0:09:48Ben says he will be one of them.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52He knows that when he gets to school each day he'll get porridge
0:09:52 > 0:09:55provided by the charity Mary's Meals.
0:09:55 > 0:09:59And it's children like Ben Martha and her family hope to help.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02- Hello. CHILDREN:- Morning, Martha.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07- DAVID:- The clothes are dirty, full of holes, but the kids in them,
0:10:07 > 0:10:09smiling, wonderful, chatty.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12I think it was a real eye-opener for my children to see that.
0:10:12 > 0:10:17They were welcomed with open arms - "Come and see our house, come and meet our children" -
0:10:17 > 0:10:19and it's the same parents' pride.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21The mums and dads, they tell you about, you know,
0:10:21 > 0:10:24how old their kids are, what grade of school they're in.
0:10:24 > 0:10:28Going to school's so important for them and they tell you how far their kids have gone,
0:10:28 > 0:10:33and we were just...we were welcomed in such a wonderful way, it was... slightly unexpected but fantastic.
0:10:33 > 0:10:37Well, Ben was so nice. He was really funny!
0:10:37 > 0:10:40What kind of things did he show you?
0:10:40 > 0:10:45He showed me his house, his school, and...
0:10:47 > 0:10:49..the water pump.
0:10:51 > 0:10:55Ben's lucky. He lives ten minutes' walk from water.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58About half of all children in Malawi
0:10:58 > 0:11:00don't live near a fresh water supply.
0:11:02 > 0:11:06But even those that do have to carry it back.
0:11:09 > 0:11:14This bucket weighs about 20 pounds, or ten bags of sugar.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17- Are you OK?- Yeah. - Now put your head up.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19Yes. Are you OK?
0:11:20 > 0:11:23- Are you OK, Martha?- Yeah!
0:11:23 > 0:11:25SHE LAUGHS Arrrgh!
0:11:25 > 0:11:28No wonder Martha's finding it hard.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32Children here practise this skill from the age of three
0:11:32 > 0:11:35and she's only carrying half the weight.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41She manages a few hundred yards at least.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44- Can I take it off now? - Maybe I have to help you.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46LAUGHTER
0:11:46 > 0:11:48- Are you OK?- Yeah. I'm wet.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51It was fun putting the water in, but not carrying it.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53I've now got a sore head.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56After a day of village life, thoughts turn to the big day,
0:11:56 > 0:12:00when the family will open Martha's school kitchen.
0:12:12 > 0:12:17It's the one day that I'm really, really, really looking forward to,
0:12:17 > 0:12:23because we get to go to the school and we get to see the kitchen.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26I want to make lots of new friends.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29CHILDREN SINGING
0:12:29 > 0:12:32And so, to a wall of noise,
0:12:32 > 0:12:36Martha from Lochgilphead met the children of Lirangwe.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39How you doing? Hello.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42- Hi.- Hi.- Come and sit down, shake her hand.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53The reason for so much gratitude is this.
0:12:53 > 0:12:58Maize porridge - likuni phala.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00Their one meal a day.
0:13:00 > 0:13:04Donations to Martha's blog funded this school kitchen.
0:13:04 > 0:13:09It means that 2,000 children a day will no longer go hungry.
0:13:11 > 0:13:12Look at the pot.
0:13:12 > 0:13:17For Martha and her family, this was the moment they had waited for.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20CHILDREN SINGING
0:13:20 > 0:13:23We can't stand in the garden, but we can stand here and watch them.
0:13:23 > 0:13:27Can you count the pots? There's one, two...
0:13:27 > 0:13:34Four. Four, five. Five. Five.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36Five pots. One...
0:13:36 > 0:13:40The porridge gives this village hope for its children,
0:13:40 > 0:13:43and they intend to celebrate and say thank you.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48The father of this girl...
0:13:48 > 0:13:50APPLAUSE
0:13:50 > 0:13:53And my other helping hand.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56LOUD CHEERING
0:14:00 > 0:14:03I don't know why they're surrounding me, because I'm not that special.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07So... And it's kind of overwhelming, because there's millions
0:14:07 > 0:14:11and millions of children gathering around you every minute
0:14:11 > 0:14:15And it's so loud as well. They sing so, so loudly!
0:14:15 > 0:14:19SINGING
0:14:19 > 0:14:23I'm so proud of you.
0:14:23 > 0:14:27It's not just this kitchen which has been paid for by the blog.
0:14:27 > 0:14:3110,000 children across Malawi will now get porridge every day
0:14:31 > 0:14:35thanks to donations through Martha to Mary's Meals.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46Soon it's time for Martha to leave her mark.
0:14:49 > 0:14:53CAMERAS CLICK
0:15:04 > 0:15:07The people of Lirangwe know that this kitchen has been built
0:15:07 > 0:15:10with the help of donations from around the world.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13But it was nine-year-old Martha who led the way,
0:15:13 > 0:15:16although she's not sure she likes the limelight.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19It was quite nerve-racking,
0:15:19 > 0:15:22because everybody was singing and staring at me.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27- Are you a bit overwhelmed?- Yeah.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32- Are you a bit more relaxed now? How do you feel now?- Happy!
0:15:33 > 0:15:37Mary's Meals has been building kitchens in schools for the last
0:15:37 > 0:15:40ten years, often in straw huts like this one,
0:15:40 > 0:15:42which double as classrooms.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46It gives you a great feeling of satisfaction
0:15:46 > 0:15:51to see the link between children in Scotland and children in Malawi.
0:15:51 > 0:15:56How a small amount of effort by kids in Scotland
0:15:56 > 0:16:00can have a huge impact here in Malawi.
0:16:01 > 0:16:08Each child is given a cup to keep, that way the portions are fair.
0:16:08 > 0:16:13The porridge is also enriched with vitamins to help children to grow.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16I thought it was actually quite nice, but I've seen people putting
0:16:16 > 0:16:22salt and sugar and nuts in the bottom when I was serving it.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27I think it will help them learn in class.
0:16:27 > 0:16:31I think it will help them concentrate, because they're not
0:16:31 > 0:16:36concentrating on how hungry they are, and it gives them something to eat.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38The population of Malawi is exploding.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41The population is growing all the time,
0:16:41 > 0:16:43so it means more and more kids all the time.
0:16:43 > 0:16:48The important thing about Mary's Meals
0:16:48 > 0:16:50is that we get kids into school.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53If you speak to a teacher here at this school, and they will be
0:16:53 > 0:16:56telling you, the big thing about Mary's Meals, kids are better
0:16:56 > 0:17:00behaved, I've got better discipline, I can actually teach my lesson now.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03And the kids come in every day, so I can actually do a lesson plan
0:17:03 > 0:17:05and know the kids are going to come in.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07So, we provide porridge, but actually
0:17:07 > 0:17:11the knock-on effects are huge - it just keeps on going on and on.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14One in eight children in Malawi die each year,
0:17:14 > 0:17:16most of them through malnutrition,
0:17:16 > 0:17:22and although each child here gets a cup of porridge, not all eat it.
0:17:23 > 0:17:27There was this boy and a girl, brother and sister, 12,
0:17:27 > 0:17:31and I think seven, they shared one mug of porridge,
0:17:31 > 0:17:34and then they put another in a bag for their mum.
0:17:34 > 0:17:38Soon it was Martha's turn to try school lunches in Malawi.
0:17:38 > 0:17:39Thank you.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44She sat with the older children to eat.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50Many of them wouldn't be here if it was not for the porridge every day.
0:17:52 > 0:17:58- Martha, what would you think if you had to eat it every day?- Hmmm.
0:17:58 > 0:18:02It would be quite nice, but sometimes you would get...
0:18:02 > 0:18:04You would want something else.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07What are you going to write on your blog about it?
0:18:07 > 0:18:09That it's yummy.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12Right guys, we've got to go, so it's time to say goodbye. Bye!
0:18:12 > 0:18:15- THEY ALL SAY GOODBYE - See you.
0:18:15 > 0:18:195,000 miles is a long way to come to see a kitchen,
0:18:19 > 0:18:22but seeing what has been achieved, and understanding how much it
0:18:22 > 0:18:25means to these children has made the journey worth it.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28They've got stuff to eat, and that's a good thing.
0:18:28 > 0:18:33And they like the things that they eat, so that's so good.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35Did you taste the porridge?
0:18:35 > 0:18:40Yeah, I tasted a little bit. It was quite thick and smoky, but delicious.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43Probably the most outstanding thing
0:18:43 > 0:18:47was being in a kitchen with those women, cooking porridge.
0:18:47 > 0:18:51The noise, the singing, the smoke in your eyes, and just the heat,
0:18:51 > 0:18:54and they had babies on their backs, and it was just amazing.
0:18:54 > 0:18:58And I think for me, this has been a lot about being a mum,
0:18:58 > 0:19:01and trying to support your family.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04Those women were doing something similar,
0:19:04 > 0:19:07but in just such a different way, and it was just fantastic.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10And that, for me, will really stick in my memory, and stick in my mind.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13Back in Lochgilphead, you told us about putting food on the table,
0:19:13 > 0:19:16providing food. Do you feel that's something you and your family
0:19:16 > 0:19:18have managed to do here in Malawi?
0:19:18 > 0:19:20I think with everyone's support, we have.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22That's what Mary's Meals achieved, is coming up with
0:19:22 > 0:19:25such a great answer that everyone supports and does their bit.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27And it's such a simple little bit of support that we've shown,
0:19:27 > 0:19:29which has just echoed around,
0:19:29 > 0:19:32and I think that's what social media has done,
0:19:32 > 0:19:35it's just taken Martha's response, and shared it,
0:19:35 > 0:19:38and encouraged people to do the same. It is, as any parent, I think,
0:19:38 > 0:19:40you want to provide for your children,
0:19:40 > 0:19:41and I think we, in Lochgilphead
0:19:41 > 0:19:43think about providing for our children,
0:19:43 > 0:19:46in terms of, they've got the right clothes, and they go to the right
0:19:46 > 0:19:49clubs after school, but here in Malawi, providing for your children
0:19:49 > 0:19:53starts and stops at food, and that's something we can help with.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58- Bye.- Nice to see you.
0:20:08 > 0:20:12- See that lorry?- Yes, I can. - Do you recognise it?- Yeah.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14Look at the lorry!
0:20:14 > 0:20:16Oh, lorry, don't fall!
0:20:16 > 0:20:18For many children in Malawi,
0:20:18 > 0:20:22the arrival of this lorry is a very special day.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25CHEERING
0:20:27 > 0:20:29Mary's Meals has asked Martha
0:20:29 > 0:20:33to help hand out presents from children around the world.
0:20:33 > 0:20:38These sacks contain nearly 1,000 school backpacks.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43- What do you think the reaction will be when you actually see it?- Aaagh!
0:20:44 > 0:20:48I don't know what they're singing but they're singing something.
0:20:48 > 0:20:53The packs are often old school bags donated to Mary's Meals.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55As they are being handed out,
0:20:55 > 0:20:58it is clear the gift is treated with care.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00CHEERING
0:21:04 > 0:21:08- Say thank you.- One, two, three!- Go!
0:21:08 > 0:21:12The children are told to wait and open them all together.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15CHEERING
0:21:25 > 0:21:29Inside the bags are clothes, shoes and precious pens.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33Basic items that families here cannot afford.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39SHE SHOUTS
0:21:39 > 0:21:41I can't hear you!
0:21:46 > 0:21:50- ALL: Thank you!- Again. - ALL: Thank you!
0:21:50 > 0:21:52That was very special.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55They were all so happy.
0:21:55 > 0:22:00- What did you think of the noise? - It was tremendous.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03Aagh! Everyone screaming.
0:22:06 > 0:22:10When you hand them a backpack, how grateful were they?
0:22:10 > 0:22:12They do little curtsies to you.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17- That was quite sweet, wasn't it? - Yes. You give it and they go...
0:22:18 > 0:22:20And then go sit down.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27It's hoped that having these things, however small,
0:22:27 > 0:22:30will encourage children to come to school.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32Their reaction surprised Martha's family.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36We've all been quite tearful at times.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39Yet minutes later we have been laughing and roaring.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42The kids are so happy and so nice to be around,
0:22:42 > 0:22:44so friendly, so enthusiastic.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47How they can be like that being so hungry, I've got no idea.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51The backpacks are handed out under strict guidelines
0:22:51 > 0:22:54and schools are visited only once.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56Children are not told when they will arrive,
0:22:56 > 0:22:59only that they must be in school to receive one.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02This girl arrived late.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06Devastated, she sat alone in the playground.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09Her pleas went unheard.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11This is tough love.
0:23:11 > 0:23:16Children are taught that an education is their best way to escape poverty.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20Martha and her fund-raising may have brought so much joy,
0:23:20 > 0:23:24but it's clear there is so much left to do.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28As Martha's story hit TV screens across the world,
0:23:28 > 0:23:30it inspired others to act.
0:23:30 > 0:23:34It had a huge wow factor.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38There was one particular scene where Martha was
0:23:38 > 0:23:42surrounded by hundreds of children her own age, happy,
0:23:42 > 0:23:46they were joyful, they had huge smiles across their faces.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51You could almost sense the happiness of those children
0:23:51 > 0:23:54oozing out of the television screen.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59And it was at that moment, in my heart I knew
0:23:59 > 0:24:04I wanted to be a part of it, I wanted to achieve what Martha had achieved.
0:24:05 > 0:24:10I wanted to be a small part of changing lives of children in Malawi.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13Shabnam felt moved to sponsor
0:24:13 > 0:24:16a school kitchen for at least the next year.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20It means hundreds more children will get one meal a day.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23Back in a now wintery Lochgilphead,
0:24:23 > 0:24:26the Payne family are preparing for Christmas
0:24:26 > 0:24:30and wondering how their friends in Malawi will celebrate.
0:24:30 > 0:24:34- I wonder if they get holidays. - Do you think they do?
0:24:35 > 0:24:37I don't think they do but...maybe.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40I'm not sure.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43- Do you think they'll get presents? - Probably not.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46I don't think Christmas will happen in Malawi
0:24:46 > 0:24:50because they don't really afford presents
0:24:50 > 0:24:52and they can't afford presents and things
0:24:52 > 0:24:55and they can't really afford anything.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59Like, they won't have anything special to eat
0:24:59 > 0:25:03because they'll just have likuni phala like normal.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06- Porridge, like normal.- Yes.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08So, when you are eating your Christmas dinner,
0:25:08 > 0:25:12will think about Ben, maybe? What will you think about?
0:25:12 > 0:25:14I think I'll think about all the children
0:25:14 > 0:25:20when I was just, after they got served the likuni phala
0:25:20 > 0:25:22and just eating it.
0:25:22 > 0:25:28And the two children sharing the mug to take home for their family.
0:25:28 > 0:25:32If you could get Ben anything, for Christmas, what would you get?
0:25:32 > 0:25:36- A wind-up lantern. - Wind-up lantern, why is that?
0:25:36 > 0:25:38Because it would be no use getting him lights
0:25:38 > 0:25:40because there is no electricity.
0:25:40 > 0:25:47And most things you need electricity for, so wind-up lanterns.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53Martha is no longer writing her blog every day.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56She's now getting on with life as a 10-year-old girl.
0:25:56 > 0:26:00She's won several awards for the impact of her writing this year
0:26:00 > 0:26:03and was nominated for Young Campaigner of the year
0:26:03 > 0:26:05by the human rights organisation Liberty.
0:26:05 > 0:26:10Martha very publicly stood up for freedom of expression
0:26:10 > 0:26:15when her local council tried to ban her blog NeverSeconds
0:26:15 > 0:26:18which rated her school dinners.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22After huge public outcry,
0:26:22 > 0:26:24the ban was reversed
0:26:24 > 0:26:29and Martha has since gone on to raise over £100,000
0:26:29 > 0:26:32which helps feed children in the developing world.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35The winner is Martha Payne.
0:26:45 > 0:26:49Martha is still not entirely at home centre stage.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52Her simple blog written in Lochgilphead
0:26:52 > 0:26:56has thrust her into a world where she's not exactly comfortable.
0:26:56 > 0:27:01She may now move on in 2013 but it has been an incredible year
0:27:01 > 0:27:04and the impact she has had will be lasting.
0:27:13 > 0:27:17I have learnt we need to be grateful.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19Those backpacks were simple things to us
0:27:19 > 0:27:22but really good things to them.
0:27:25 > 0:27:29Until you really see it,
0:27:29 > 0:27:32as an adult, I think I had put it away in a box.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34I knew kids in Malawi were struggling for food.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37I knew families were struggling for food, and yet somehow
0:27:37 > 0:27:40I put that in a compartment that I didn't need to visit every day.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43I could continue to put good food on my family's table and not go there.
0:27:43 > 0:27:48Martha reminded me and reminded a lot of people that there is more.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51You can't put it away. You can't forget it and hope it goes away,
0:27:51 > 0:27:54because when you meet these families and visit them and things,
0:27:54 > 0:27:57their whole life is about survival.
0:28:07 > 0:28:12I have learned that they can sing very loudly.
0:28:12 > 0:28:13That...
0:28:17 > 0:28:20..they don't have what we have
0:28:20 > 0:28:22and that we need to appreciate what we've got.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26Yay!
0:28:26 > 0:28:27Yay!
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