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Motion · S6M-16917 · 21 Mar 2025

SCIAF Wee Box Appeal 2025

Lodged by Clare Adamson (Scottish National Party) Standard Motion 28 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament welcomes the Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund’s (SCIAF) 2025 Wee Box Appeal; understands that this year’s Wee Box Appeal highlights SCIAF’s local partnerships with people in Chocó, Colombia, in building peace and offering tangible support; notes that the aims of SCIAF are to provide aid, including shelter, food and water, to those caught up in violence, with a focus on safe havens for children affected by war and assistance for communities to help with rebuilding lives long into the future; understands that 2025 marks the 60th anniversary of SCIAF, with its motto being "A Better World is Possible"; further understands that the launch of the film, Dignity, marked the start of SCIAF’s 60th anniversary year, with SCIAF having been founded in a Rutherglen classroom in 1965; considers that Deacon Blue's iconic hit, Dignity, was centre-stage at the GFT in Glasgow as the film was launched in its name, and welcomes what it sees as SCIAF’s positive partnerships and commitment to a just world, free of poverty, where people flourish and live in harmony with each other and all creation.

Supporters (28)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.