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‘Freeman’ Elaine backs SCIAF WEE BOX
27 March 2025
Hot on the heels of being awarded the freedom of her home city, Elaine C Smith is now backing SCIAF’s WEE BOX appeal and urging people get behind it.
Caritas Cup Final Match Report
14 March 2025
Josh Logan, an aspiring sports journalist from St Andrews & St Brides, wrote this excellent match report for our website.
Hope and inspiration sparked by St Columba's
13 March 2025
A reflective piece from SCIAF's Community Engagement Officer, Michael Hamilton on how inspired he feels by the work of the parishioners at St Columba's
Electricity and aid cut to Gaza
10 March 2025
This morning, the people of Gaza woke to a second day without electricity.
Indigenous communities find power in ancestral knowledge
8 March 2025
This International Women's Day, we highlight the work and ideas of Lucy, an indigenous leader in Chocó, Colombia.
Pope Francis continues to comfort the people of Gaza
4 March 2025
A Gazan Priest who visited Glasgow last year has spoken of his cherished nightly calls with the Holy Father.
Sikh Comic Sanjeev Kohli urges Scots to use their ‘Catholic’ WEE BOX
4 March 2025
Top Scots comedian Sanjeev Kohli is backing this year’s WEE BOX campaign for the world’s poorest people, saying it’s not just for Catholics!
Fancy a walk to the Vatican?
20 February 2025
This Lent, SCIAF is asking school pupils across the country to become ‘Pilgrims of Hope’ and sign up to the Big Lent Walk.
A family home rebuilt, thanks to funding from the Scottish Government
10 February 2025
Solomon and Colette's lived with their four children in their home in the mountains until one devastating landslide changed everything.
SCIAF monitors deteriorating situation in DRC
30 January 2025
SCIAF is monitoring with grave concern the deteriorating humanitarian situation which is unfolding in the Democratic Republic of Congo. SCIAF has worked in the DRC since 2001.
SCIAF blessed by Pope Francis
29 January 2025
SCIAF has been congratulated on 60 years of service to the world’s poor by none other than the Pope himself.
What is a humanitarian crisis?
24 January 2025
A humanitarian crisis is defined by widespread human suffering, often because of natural disasters, armed conflicts or other emergencies.