Never Seconds

In Scotland in a small town named Lochgilphead, a nine year old school girl from named Martha Payne took an interest in the lunches served at her school.  She began photographing them and posting the photos along with a rating on a blog she created called 'Never Seconds'.  She soon found many other young students from other countries sending in photos and reports about what they were eating at their school lunches. Her blog became such a sensation that one day the authorities at her school called her in to the 'office',  and told her she could no longer photograph her school lunches and write about them. 

Martha Payne

Martha reported to her blog followers that she was being shut down.  What followed was a minor firestorm, with internet followers from around the world coming to Martha's defense.  The school board backtracked and gave their blessing to Martha to resume her daily ritual of photographing and reporting on her meals at school. 

Now Martha's blog is largely focused on the stories of students and school lunches around the world.   Martha has a donation link on her page to a group called Mary's Meals that is raising money to build kitchens at schools in places like Malawi in Africa.  Martha's effort has raised a lot of money for Mary's Meals.

Martha Payne and her father have co-authored a book about her experience.  Next, they will travel to Malawi to visit students there who were touched by her blog.


Here is a story from the U.K. Guardian newspaper about Martha's story...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/jun/16/martha-payne-never-seconds-blog-climbdown


Here is the link to Martha Payne's Never Seconds webpage...
http://neverseconds.blogspot.com

I love stories like this.  They give me hope...