Facts At A Glance

• SCIAF was set up in a Rutherglen classroom in 1965 with funds of just £8,000. Since then we have grown to become Scotland’s leading international aid and development agency.
• We work with local partners in over 16 countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America to fight against injustice and help people of all religious backgrounds to free themselves from poverty.
• We have an overseas office in Juba, Southern Sudan and share an office with our sister agencies CAFOD (England & Wales) and Trocaire (Ireland) in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.
• Our work focuses on three key areas: helping people to grow food and make a living; building peace in countries that have been torn apart by war and helping people living with HIV and AIDS.
• When disaster strikes, we get immediate emergency help to those who need it most and work with communities for the long haul to help them recover, rebuild and get back on their feet.
• Here in Scotland, we campaign to tackle the root causes of poverty and injustice. Climate change is already affecting millions of people in developing countries, even though they have done least to cause it. Last year, thousands of SCIAF campaigners helped to secure a world leading Scottish Climate Change Act which includes a pledge to cut Scotland’s greenhouse gas emissions by at least 42% (on 1990 levels) by 2020.
• Thousands of people across Scotland, including famous singers, sportspeople and showbiz personalities, supported SCIAF’s WEE BOX, BIG Change Lent campaign in 2009 and helped raised over £900,000.
• SCIAF visits over 200 schools across Scotland every year - speaking directly to over 30,000 young people.