DEC Scotland
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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.
“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
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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...
The ceasefire in Gaza is not the end, it is a beginning
The ceasefire is bringing a long overdue increase in aid into Gaza, but there is still a massive shortfall
app.scotsman.com
October 18, 2025 at 9:09 AM
“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...
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...
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...
If you can, please donate now. Thank you.
app.scotsman.com/story/535557...
This is the beginning of a long, difficult road to recovery
Now must be the time to bring long overdue relief
app.scotsman.com
October 12, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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...
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
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
October 10, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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
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...
150,00 killed, 30 million need aid!
www.thenational.scot/news/2549922...
Scottish Government announces £250k in humanitarian aid for Sudan
The Scottish Government has announced a further £250,000 in humanitarian aid for Sudan.
www.thenational.scot
September 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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...
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...
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...
September 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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...
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...
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...
September 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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...
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
If you can please donate to support their efforts www.dec.org.uk
July 31, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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
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...
You can watch a recording via this link.
www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/cons...
Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee | Scottish Parliament TV
www.scottishparliament.tv
May 22, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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...
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...
You can watch via this link
www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/cons...
Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee | Scottish Parliament TV
www.scottishparliament.tv
May 22, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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...
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
@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
April 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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
@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...
Our DEC member charities are working to get shelter, food, water and medical assistance to those affected. Please help.
bit.ly/DECMyanmarEa...
April 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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...
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
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
April 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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
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...
With temperatures in Myanmar reaching 40 degrees, access to water is crucial for survival.
Please help.
bit.ly/DECMyanmarEa...
April 9, 2025 at 8:44 PM
£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...
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.
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.
April 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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.
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.
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Your support helps DEC charities get aid to where it is most needed. Donate now.
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April 7, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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...
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
Here, DEC Director of Programmes and Accountability, Madara Hettiarachchi explains how working closely with trusted local partners makes this possible. 1/2
April 7, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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
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/...
The earthquakes have compounded the significant pre-existing humanitarian need in Myanmar.
Please donate today: bit.ly/DECMyanmarEa...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Myanmar earthquake: How the scale of loss is clearer one week on
More than 3,000 people have been confirmed dead after last week's earthquake and the toll is expected to rise.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 6, 2025 at 8:06 PM
"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/...
The earthquakes have compounded the significant pre-existing humanitarian need in Myanmar.
Please donate today: bit.ly/DECMyanmarEa...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Reposted by DEC Scotland
DEC charities in Wales came together outside the Senedd today to launch the #MyanmarEarthquakeAppeal following the powerful earthquakes that have caused catastrophic devastation.
Thank you to the #WelshGovernment for your generous support.
To donate: dec.org.uk
Thank you to the #WelshGovernment for your generous support.
To donate: dec.org.uk
April 3, 2025 at 11:39 AM
DEC charities in Wales came together outside the Senedd today to launch the #MyanmarEarthquakeAppeal following the powerful earthquakes that have caused catastrophic devastation.
Thank you to the #WelshGovernment for your generous support.
To donate: dec.org.uk
Thank you to the #WelshGovernment for your generous support.
To donate: dec.org.uk
Reposted by DEC Scotland
Thanks to your generous support we've raised £400,000 here in #Wales, and £7.5m at UK level, since launching the #MyanmarEarthquakeAppeal yesterday.
Member charities are working hard to reach people with desperately needed aid.
Thank you - Diolch yn fawr 🙏🙏🙏
Member charities are working hard to reach people with desperately needed aid.
Thank you - Diolch yn fawr 🙏🙏🙏
April 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Thanks to your generous support we've raised £400,000 here in #Wales, and £7.5m at UK level, since launching the #MyanmarEarthquakeAppeal yesterday.
Member charities are working hard to reach people with desperately needed aid.
Thank you - Diolch yn fawr 🙏🙏🙏
Member charities are working hard to reach people with desperately needed aid.
Thank you - Diolch yn fawr 🙏🙏🙏
Reposted by DEC Scotland
People in Myanmar were already facing a severe humanitarian crisis, with over a third of the population in need of aid.
Now, the earthquake has made the situation even more critical.
Please help our member charities deliver vital food, water, shelter and medical care. Donate at: www.dec.org.uk
Now, the earthquake has made the situation even more critical.
Please help our member charities deliver vital food, water, shelter and medical care. Donate at: www.dec.org.uk
April 6, 2025 at 11:03 AM
People in Myanmar were already facing a severe humanitarian crisis, with over a third of the population in need of aid.
Now, the earthquake has made the situation even more critical.
Please help our member charities deliver vital food, water, shelter and medical care. Donate at: www.dec.org.uk
Now, the earthquake has made the situation even more critical.
Please help our member charities deliver vital food, water, shelter and medical care. Donate at: www.dec.org.uk
"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)
"I wish I had the power of time travel. Then I could go back and fix whatever caused the earthquake." (Zarni*, 13, Myanmar)
DEC Myanmar Earthquake Appeal
Please donate now. Powerful earthquakes in Myanmar have caused catastrophic devastation. Survivors urgently need critical support.
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April 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM
"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)
"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
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www.scotsman.com/news/scottis...
The £1 million raised by Scots for Myanmar in first 24 hours of earthquake disaster campaign
The fundraising campaign has raised £1m in Scotland in 24 hours
www.scotsman.com
April 6, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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...
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...
Now the situation is even more critical.
The earthquakes destroyed 120,000 buildings and displaced 1.2m people.
Please donate.
bit.ly/DECMyanmarEa...
April 6, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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...
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
People are in need of:
• Medicine
• Shelter
• Food and water
Please give what you can to help save lives.
bit.ly/DECMyanmarEarthquakeAppealX
April 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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
People are in need of:
• Medicine
• Shelter
• Food and water
Please give what you can to help save lives.
bit.ly/DECMyanmarEarthquakeAppealX