BY Ian Dunn | March 6 | 
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Big hearts, and names, back SCIAF’s Wee Box appeal
In tomorrow’s SCO in parishes, your chance to win SCIAF T-shirts signed by the X Factor’s Nicholas McDonald
SCIAF launched its annual Wee Box, Big Change Lenten campaign yesterday as Scottish stars including Susan Boyle, Nicholas McDonald, Neil Lennon and Kaye Adams pledged to take part, and called on others to do the same.
The 2014 campaign was launched yesterday by pupils from Holyrood Secondary in Glasgow’s Merchant Square as well-known Scots from music, sport and the media made public their pledge to join thousands of Scots who will give something up for the 40 days of Lent and donate the money saved to help the charity’s work in some of the poorest countries in the world.
Global singing sensation Susan Boyle will go without chips for Lent because ‘it makes me really sad to know that so many people in the world today are still living in terrible poverty and struggling to feed themselves.’
“I know the money I save from giving up chips and donating it to SCIAF will help people in need to work their way out of a life of poverty,” she said. “We can all do something to help people less fortunate than ourselves this Lent. What will you do?”
Neil Lennon, Celtic FC, manager has committed to not eat chocolate during Lent.
“Global poverty and hunger are just plain wrong,” he said. “They are big challenges, but they can be overcome, and we can all do our bit to make this happen.”
Broadcaster Kaye Adams, who will be giving up sugar for 40 days, said she was taking part because ‘it’s crazy’ that ‘a third of the world’s population is overweight and yet still more than ten percent of people go hungry every single day.’
Last year, thousands of Scots in schools, parishes and communities across the country took action to raise more than £860,000 for SCIAF’s work.
The focus of this year’s appeal is Colombia and the plight of the native American Emberá people whose very existence is under threat as big business, guerrilla fighters, paramilitaries and others take their land. Money raised from the appeal will help people in Colombia and in the 15 other countries where SCIAF works.
Pic: Paul McSherry
— http://www.sciaf.org.uk/the-wee-box/the-wee-box.html
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