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CHURCHGOERS across Inverclyde are being urged to dig deep and top the near-£40,000 they raised during last year's Lenten appeal. Parishioners in Greenock, Gourock and Port Glasgow donated over £39,900 for SCIAF's WEE BOX appeal in 2020. Over £20,000 was raised in Greenock, £8,372 in Gourock and £8,453 in Port Glasgow. With the UK Government committing again to matching donations pound-for-pound, the charity is appealing for more donations this year. SCIAF director Alistair Dutton said: "We’re incredibly grateful to the people of Inverclyde for supporting us year after year. ...

SCOTS are being urged to remember Syrians whose lives have been torn apart by the country’s brutal war on the 10th anniversary of the conflict today. The Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund (Sciaf) says that during that time numbers equivalent to more than twice the population of Scotland have fled their homes. As many as 12,000 children have been killed and wounded and, in what is the biggest refugee crisis on record, Syrians account for almost one-third of all refugees worldwide. Almost the entire population of Syria (80%) now lives below the poverty line and an estimated three...

HOLYROOD funding is to help three Scots charities deliver "urgent humanitarian relief" to thousands of people left without homes and food by turmoil in northern Ethiopia, it has been announced. Fighting has been raging in the rural Tigray region since November, driving thousands of people from their homes and into destitution. More than 1.3 million people now need urgent aid as conflict continues between Ethiopian government forces and the Tigray People's Liberation Front. Tens of thousands of people have fled into neighbouring Sudan, with access to food and hygiene increasingly diffi...

Generous Scots raise £2.6m for women victims of horrific sexual violence in Democratic Republic of Congo The Daily Record travelled to the ­Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) last year to expose the chilling reality of life there with women and children burnt to death. Gabrielle was one of the victims that spoke to the Daily Record (Image: Simon Murphy/SCIAF) Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our daily Criminal Record newsletter.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscrib...

MORE than £2.6 million has been raised for a charity appeal to help women and children facing hunger, poverty and violence in the Democratic…