WEE BOX Countdown

The countdown to the WEE BOX, BIG Change campaign has begun.

This year, we’re focusing on hunger and on our work in Ethiopia where many people struggle to grow enough food. Over one billion people will go to bed hungry tonight – that’s one in every six people on the planet. We’re working hard to change that, but we need your help.

Here in Scotland, people up and down the country – including N-Dubz, Miss Scotland and Ally McCoist – are preparing to take on SCIAF’s 40 Day Challenge and help us make hunger a thing of the past. Will you?

N-Dubz said: "SCIAF is helping some of the poorest people in the world to stand up on their own two feet and live with dignity. By joining the WEE BOX Campaign, you can help them make a difference."

It’s easy. Just give something for the 40 Days of Lent and put the money you save in a SCIAF WEE BOX. We’ll use it to give families across Africa, Asia and Latin America, tools, training and support to help them grow enough food and earn a living – long into the future.

Just a small change can make a BIG difference. For the price of 40 bags of crisps, SCIAF can afford to supply four families in Africa with a selection of seeds and for the cost of 40 bars of chocolate, we could give ten families in Cambodia the tools and equipment they need to set up a community fish farm. Not bad, for a WEE BOX.

We’ve designed loads of school resources and fun stuff to help you get to grips with Lent. Check out our A-Z of fundraising ideas for top tips on how to fill your WEE BOX and our 40 Days, 40 Ways which is packed with suggestions for things you can do on each day of Lent.

Visit our WEE BOX website to find out more about the issue of hunger, see what famous Scots are giving up for Lent and hear from some of the people your money is helping in the Tigray region of Ethiopia – including the Gebreselassie family who appear on this year’s WEE BOX.

SCIAF not only helps people in developing countries to free themselves from poverty, we also campaign to tackle its causes at the root. Click here to take action on global poverty.