WEE BOX, BIG CHANGE 2016

Every £1 you give to the WEE BOX Appeal between 5 th Feb and 4 th May will be doubled!

£1.8 Million raised last Lent Over £1.2 Million from parishes and schools £3.4 Million once doubled! Last Lent

All donations to our 2016 Lenten Appeal: WEE BOXES 4th Sunday Collection Lenten fundraising events: eg coffee mornings What WILL be doubled?

Donations for anything other than Lent 2016: Real Gifts Emergency Appeals Old WEE BOXES Restricted donations What WON’T be doubled?

Please fill in a UK Aid Match Consent Form to make sure that Lenten donations from your parish, school or group are doubled.

91p: overseas projects, emergency aid, awareness raising and campaigning 9p: fundraising and management How your donations are spent

The money we get from the UK government will help pastoralist communities in Ethiopia

The Borana people are Pastoralists who depend on their cattle for survival

2 in 3 families live in poverty 60% don’t have enough water 70% don’t have proper sanitation In Borana:

Drought turns grazing pasture into desert. Animals die, children go hungry

We’re helping families get back on their feet and protect themselves from future disasters

new skills so they can earn a living

Enough clean, safe water all year round

business skills, savings and loan co-operatives

helping pastoralists preserve their way of life Keep animals healthy Insuring cattle Camels, donkeys & goats

Carfi Dabo Loko Gamachu Guyatu Kabale The Sara family

Carfi was given 8 goats, a camel and a donkey to replace the animals that had died

“Before, we were paralysed by poverty. I can’t believe how different life is for me and my family.”

Helping people live their faith through: Almsgiving Prayer and reflection Campaigning to end poverty and injustice Join our Lenten journey

WEE vote, BIG Change We’re asking the government to: Make sure Scottish businesses help, not harm, the poor Meet our climate targets Make all government policies work for the poorest

Sign the parish petition or fill in the campaign card Ask questions at a ‘candidate cafe’ Join the post- election climate lobby How to add your voice

Find your closest candidate café DateLocationTimeVenue SAT 27 th Feb Inverness12:30 – 3pm Old Church Hall, Academy Street MON 29 th Feb Motherwell pm GLO Bookshop, 78 Muir Street SAT 5 th March Dumfries12:30 – 3pm Oasis Youth Centre, WED 9 th March Edinburgh pm St Andrews and St George’s West, George Street MON 14 th March Irvine pm Volunteer Rooms, Parterre Hall TUE 15 th March Glasgow pm Hillhead Library, Byres Road SAT 19 th March Dundee12:30 – 3pm Discovery Point, Discovery Quay MON 21 st March Stirling pm Council Chambers, Pitt Terrace

Year of Mercy Stations of the Cross (accompanying photo PowerPoint available) Reflection video Children’s liturgy for 4 th Sunday Daily prayers, readings & reflections (online) Rediscovering Mercy: 4 part reflective resource

How you can help Put up poster & hand out WEE BOXES before Lent Help spread the word about Aid Match Use our prayer resources Book a SCIAF speaker or read Mass talk Include our updates in your parish bulletin

Want to go the extra mile? Volunteer to do talks in other parishes Show WEE BOX videos after Mass Hold a WEE BOX fundraiser Arrange a postcard signing in your parish

Ask people to return WEE BOXES & campaign cards during Holy Week Encourage them to Gift Aid their donations Return parish petition by 15th April Send Lenten donations before 4th May After Lent