Christian Aid Scotland Week Reflect: Florence lives in Kyeng’e village, in a dry part of Kitui county in Kenya. Her community built a dam with help from Christian Aid’s partner, Anglican Development Services – Eastern. The water in the dam is helping her to change her life. ‘I have been sustained by the earth dam. […]

Christian Aid Week Reflect: In Kenya people pray for rain. Rose has to walk 8km to collect water with her donkey. She says, ‘Fetching water takes me six hours because I am old and can’t walk very fast. The drought had been severe. We are suffering.’ Rose is living with HIV and struggles to eat

The Prime Minister is to make a statement on Sunday evening regarding the easing of Lockdown restrictions in England, following announcements made by First Ministers for their countries. Hitherto the message has been simple, ‘Stay at home, and only go out if you have to, or for an hour’s daily exercise’. No one can be

There are commemorations today of 75 years since VE Day, the official collapse of the Nazi regime in Europe and end of the Second World War in Europe (albeit that the commemorations are very scaled back from what had been planned). Most people in the country today rely on the stories of over-80s, stories that

Went for a walk last night to the Pier Park. Very peaceful, no sound of cars, just birdsong. There were voices in the distance that seemed to be coming from West Ferry, across the Clyde. What a change from the usual persistent rumble of traffic along the M8/A8 or various parts of the North Bank.

Two photos of Siena Cathedral in Tuscany, Italy. In the mid-14th century it was a flourishing, prosperous city, and plans were made to more than double the size of the already impressive cathedral. Work started, but the Black Death came, the city’s population fell from about 42,000 to 14,000 and work stopped (they didn’t need

Owners and managers of businesses are concerned about the ability of their businesses to survive lockdown and a cautious relaxation of the restrictions, but are also concerned how they can operate in an environment with continuing social distancing rules, the fear of being sued for not taking sufficient care etc. Employees are worried about the

A report published on Friday indicated that the incidence of deaths linked to Covid-19 is higher among poorer sections of society, and in poorer communities/regions. There is a widespread hope (demand?) that when rebuilding the world after Covid-19 there will be a new set of priorities driving public policy: looking at the structure of society