DEC Scotland
The Disasters Emergency Committee in Scotland brings together 6 of 15 UK members charities to raise funds fast to respond effectively to major overseas humanitarian crises.
- Severe storm #Byron is heading for #Gaza Floods have already made life even more difficult for hundreds of thousands of people in the territory without safe shelter, food, water and medical care. If you can please support our Appeal. www.dec.org.uk Thank you
- Floods are making already desperate conditions worse for the most vulnerable families in #Gaza Thanks to @FCDOGovUK for boosting #AidMatch on #GivingTuesday with an extra £3 million for our Middle East Humanitarian Appeal. If you're persuded by our video, your donation will be doubled.
- “The ceasefire is not the end, it is a beginning.” If you can, please donate to our renewed Appeal to help @christianaid and our other member charities save and protect lives in #Gaza app.scotsman.com/story/536447...
- Aid trucks have just started rolling into #Gaza www.thenational.scot/news/2553572...
- This is the beginning of a long, difficult road to recovery for the people of #Gaza If you can, please donate now. Thank you. app.scotsman.com/story/535557...
- The #Gaza ceasefire agreement brings hope to so many people whose lives have been shattered by the conflict. Our member charities and their local partners are ready to resume operations at scale - so, if you can, please support this vital effort now. 👇 bit.ly/DECScotHope
- Great to help our member charities Tearfund and Christian Aid to secure vital funding from the Scottish Government for projects in #Sudan and #SouthSudan - the world’s worst but largely unreported #humanitarian crisis 150,00 killed, 30 million need aid! www.thenational.scot/news/2549922...
- You’d be excused for forgetting, but it’s now 6 months since the huge #Myanmar earthquake. Great support in Scotland - £2.4 million, £27m UK wide - has funded our member charities to help hundreds of thousands of people to survive and recover. Thanks www.dec.org.uk/appeal/myanm...
- Our Middle East Appeal has now raised more than £50 million, around £4.3m in Scotland. Thanks to this continued support - despite huge challenges - DEC member charities and their tireless local partners can still save and protect lives. How we do it 👇 www.dec.org.uk/report/middl...
- Despite the huge security and logistical challenges, DEC charities and their partners in #Gaza are still able to get life saving support to those who need it most. If you can please donate to support their efforts www.dec.org.uk
- Important for our Chief Exec @salehsaeed and others to brief the CEEAC, (External Affairs) Committee at the Scottish Parliament earlier today on the acute and deepening #Humanitarian crisis in #Gaza You can watch a recording via this link. www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/cons...
- We’re briefing the CEEAC, (External Affairs) Committee @ScotParl at 0930 on the deepening #Humanitarian crisis in #Gaza You can watch via this link www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/cons...
- The headlines move on quickly but the life saving work of @decappeal charities in #Myanmar is scaling up fast with your support. Strong aftershocks, extreme heat and floods are making their efforts to reach the most vulnerable even more challenging. If you can please donate now dec.org.uk
- People across 57 townships in Myanmar are now living in makeshift shelters after the quake destroyed their homes. Our DEC member charities are working to get shelter, food, water and medical assistance to those affected. Please help. bit.ly/DECMyanmarEa...
- The #MyanmarEarthquake appeal has raised £1.5 million here in Scotland in just a week, now £16 million UK wide! A huge thanks again to anyone who has donated, your solidarity is making a life saving difference right now to the people who need it most
- £30 could help our member charities provide 30 families who have been affected by the earthquake with clean water for a day. With temperatures in Myanmar reaching 40 degrees, access to water is crucial for survival. Please help. bit.ly/DECMyanmarEa...
- Thanks to @anassarwar.bsky.social and your @scottishlabour.bsky.social colleagues for supporting our work once again. Cross party solidarity @parliament.scot is hugely helpful in emphasising the urgency and impartiality of the work of @decappeal.bsky.social members right now in #Myanmar.
- People are cut off from vital services in Myanmar, where roads and buildings have been destroyed, including hospitals and water supplies. Network and power lines are also down. Your support helps DEC charities get aid to where it is most needed. Donate now. bsky.app/profile/deca...
- Wondering how DEC charities are able to ensure aid reaches the people who need it in Myanmar? Here, DEC Director of Programmes and Accountability, Madara Hettiarachchi explains how working closely with trusted local partners makes this possible. 1/2
- "Myanmar suffered its biggest earthquake in a century. Holy sites destroyed in seconds along with homes and businesses". The earthquakes have compounded the significant pre-existing humanitarian need in Myanmar. Please donate today: bit.ly/DECMyanmarEa... www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
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- "I had no idea what was happening. My bed was beside the window, so I jumped out. I got hurt a little, but I ran toward the road and lay on the ground. Now, my chest hurts. "I wish I had the power of time travel. Then I could go back and fix whatever caused the earthquake." (Zarni*, 13, Myanmar)
- A man from Myanmar now living in Glasgow has warned people in his home country, Myanmar, are “suffering a lot” as DEC emergency fundraising drive raised £1m in Scotland in just 24 hours. @scotsman.com www.scotsman.com/news/scottis...
- People in Myanmar were already facing a severe humanitarian crisis. One in four people did not have enough to eat. Now the situation is even more critical. The earthquakes destroyed 120,000 buildings and displaced 1.2m people. Please donate. bit.ly/DECMyanmarEa...
- Our DEC member charities are working tirelessly on the ground to deliver urgent emergency relief to people impacted by the earthquakes in Myanmar. People are in need of: • Medicine • Shelter • Food and water Please give what you can to help save lives. bit.ly/DECMyanmarEarthquakeAppealX
- £800,000 raised in Scotland in a day for the Myanmar Earthquake Appeal. Thanks to everyone who has donated so far and to the Scottish Government for its support once again. Collaboration works - your solidarity is saving lives once again. Please watch and donate. dec.org.uk
- A huge thank you to @itvnews.bsky.social for broadcasting our appeal and to Simon Pegg for presenting. DEC member charities are in Myanmar now delivering vital aid but the needs are huge. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZWB...
- Thanks so much @johnswinney.bsky.social. The support of all party leaders @parliament.scot emphasises the solidarity needed to help the most vulnerable people whose lives have been shattered by the #MyanmarEarthquake.
- This evening before the 6pm news the BBC broadcast our appeal film. A huge thank you to BBC News and to Hugh Dennis for presenting the film. DEC member charities are responding in Myanmar now but the needs are huge. Please donate today. donation.dec.org.uk/myanmar-eart...
- A powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake has devastated huge areas of Myanmar. The Disasters Emergency Committee has launched an urgent appeal. Members of DEC Scotland member charities launched the appeal at Calton Hill, Edinburgh this morning.
- The DEC has launched the Myanmar Earthquake Appeal to help those affected by the powerful earthquakes that have caused widespread devastation. Our spokesperson spoke to BBC Radio Scotland about the aftermath. 1/2 donation.dec.org.uk/myanmar-eart...
- A powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake has devastated huge areas of Myanmar. The DEC has launched an urgent appeal. Hundreds of people are still missing. Many more have no access to the safe shelter, clean water, food and medical care they need to survive. Please donate. www.dec.org.uk
- Today we say a huge thanks to one of our best ever fundraisers. Archie Douglas, from North Berwick, has lived for years after a brain tumour and asks for sponsors for new activities to help him recover. He's now raised more than £30,000 Here's his video from 2023. Fore he's a jolly good fellow⛳️👏🥰
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