Has it occurred to anyone that foreign aid is one of the key factors in keeping peace around this planet?

SCIAF is absolutely shocked at the announcement that the UK Government will be slashing the UK aid budget by 40% - from 0.5 % GNI to 0.3% to fund defence spending. This is once again balancing budget decisions on the world’s poorest people. 🧵1/5

Ian Murray MP George Foulkes The Scotsman Cutting aid for this is incredibly short sighted and wrong. Britain is following Trump & Putin to the pits instead of leading the preserve of the norms and values necessary for global peace.

Gen Lord Richard Dannatt claims aid budget cuts are a 'strategic mistake'. Read more⤵️ theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

Please ask your MP to take action NOW, and say NO to these aid cuts. Act now: campaign.sciaf.org.uk/aidcuts

This Lent, you can ensure no one is left behind - in Colombia and beyond. Please share this video and give today, if you can: supporters.sciaf.org.uk/-/XLAUULKE

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! Sanjeev said: “I’m a Sikh but went to a Catholic school in Glasgow, so grew up knowing and supporting SCIAF."

This morning my Scottish Labour colleagues Anas Sarwar and Neil Bibby 🇺🇦 and I were joined by Scottish faith based aid organisations & the Red Cross in Parliament. Constructive discussions on key issues and the importance of working together.

Psyching everybody up for the most important collection of the year - this Sunday, 30th March, is SCIAF Sunday - and its 60th birthday too. Wednesday 26th Poverty Supper and sreening of SCIAF's info film on Colombia - this years campaign focus.

The idea that new oil & gas fields are a key lever for economic dynamism in the UK is completely at odds with the reality of the North Sea basin's inexorably declining contribution to the UK's economic & energy security--not to mention the costs of escalating climate change. /1

Brian McGee, Bishop President of SCIAF, has written to the Prime Minister critiquing the recent UK aid cuts and urging the Government to reconsider. “I know that cuts to ODA funding across the world will hurt lives and livelihoods amongst the poorest.”

'Francis was not only a pastor but a prophetic leader' — SCIAF heraldscotland.com/news/25116303.…

1/17.🗣️NEW OP-ED: In a new op-ed for Climate Home News, the former First Minister of Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, and #LossAndDamage champion, Nicola Sturgeon and Ben Wilson of Stop Climate Chaos Scotland explain why #ClimateJustice ⚖️ is vital for global security. 🔗 Read the op-ed here: climatechangenews.com/2025/05/09/cli…

How many more people in Gaza need to be killed, injured or starved by Israel, until the Government does the right thing and brings in widespread sanctions - on arms, on trade and on the individuals responsible for this genocide?

Climate change itself is costing Scotland billions every year. It is devasting the poorest communities in the world, and destorying environment for future generations. The costs of in-action are far more than the costs of action. Russel Findlay is taking garbage

Aid cuts are already driving more global instability, exacerbating conflicts and deepening extreme poverty - forcing more and more people to flee their homes. Counting these costs as ODA is foolish and wrong. This government really needs to start thinking global and long term

🎙️ julius ng'oma, CISONECC National Coordinator, speaks on Malawi's race for climate cash: “Malawi urgently requires adequate and timely financing for Loss and Damage associated with climate change impacts,” he says. #climatefinance #LossAndDamage

1/5 News is just reaching us that the Holy Family Church in Gaza has been struck this morning, tragically killing two people and leaving many injured.

1/7. 📢Today the International Court of Justice (CIJ_ICJ) issued a milestone advisory opinion ⚖️ affirming that States have a binding legal duty to prevent #ClimateHarm including #LossAndDamage and to protect #HumanRights from the impacts of the #ClimateCrisis. 🥳 🧵

We have been sent an update from our partners at Caritas Jerusalem reporting that their main humanitarian hub in southern Gaza has been seriously damaged due to intensified bombing and ground incursions in recent days, loosing critical medical supplies. 🧵1/7