Scottish Catholic Observer

Catholic aid agency SCIAF today launched a new campaign calling on people across Scotland to support its work in combating hunger in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

One in seven people go to bed hungry every night, with the total number of hungry people amounting to more than the populations of the European Union, the US and Canada combined, while one in four children suffers from malnutrition.

SCIAF is working on many levels to address the huge problem of hunger throughout the world and its multiple causes, which include poverty, unfair international trading systems and climate change.

“Global poverty is a huge problem which cannot be ignored,” Lorraine Currie, SCIAF’s head of international programmes, said. “Over 925 million people do not have enough to eat and 98 per cent of them live in developing countries.

“SCIAF and our partners are working every day of the year to give people the direct support and assistance they need so they can provide enough food for themselves, either by growing it themselves or earning enough money so they can provide for themselves and their families.  SCIAF’s appeal will enable us to continue to provide life-saving support.  I would ask everyone to give whatever they can so that we can help more people to become free of hunger.”

To make a donation to SCIAF’s Hunger Appeal visit http://www.sciaf.org.uk or call SCIAF on 0141 354 5555.

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