WEE BOX Appeal

In Ethiopia, women, girls and boys walk for hours under the scorching sun just to find it, risking their safety as they search remote, unsafe places.  

Without water nearby, they are trapped in a cycle of poverty, spending their days collecting instead of going to school or caring for themselves. Communities suffer too – children miss lessons, disease spreads, livelihoods collapse, and hope withers and dies. 

Often, the only water they can find is dirty - but they must drink it to survive.

Despite decades of progress in Ethiopia, war has torn families apart, extreme weather is destroying landscapes and livelihoods, and now international aid cuts risk further decimating vital services. 

However thanks to people like you, water is bringing life back to communities, helping women and girls get to school, and make sure everyone has the basic dignity of clean water. But our help doesn’t stop with water. Once they have the basics, together with our local church partners, we help families grow more food, rebuild homes, access healthcare, and send children back to school. By standing shoulder to shoulder with communities, we give young people like Hirit the chance to reclaim their lives and pursue their dreams. 

For Hirit and her family, access to clean, safe water and other life essentials has helped unlock a happy, healthy and hopeful future. Today, from Scotland to Ethiopia, you can help that hope flow further, to other communities in need.

This Lent, please put your faith into action and use your WEE BOX to make a BIG CHANGE.