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We are looking forward to starting Christian Aid Week with a coffee morning this year. Before the pandemic envelopes were delivered around Dumfries and collected by volunteers during the week. This is no longer appropriate, in some parts of the town envelopes will be delivered and can be returned to a local collecting point.
Christian Aid Week remains an opportunity to find out more about Christian Aid's work. Each year there is a focus on a particular part of the world and this year it is farmers in Malawi. Food, fuel, fertiliser and school fees have doubled in price in the last 12 months. And hard-working farmers are seeing their harvests fail as the climate crisis brings increasingly erratic weather. Many families are having to choose which of their children they can afford to send to school. Christian Aid works through local partners and has been using pigeon peas to transform lives This is a small seed which is drought-resistant, soil-revitalising and high-protein. As well as in cooking it can be used to make bread.
"For over 60 years the people of Dumfries have been supporting Christian Aid's work and over the years we have seen how the money we raise transforms lives. We are very grateful for the local support and hope this new method is helpful.