WATER BUCKET CHALLENGE

The organisers of Christian Aid Week in Kinross-shire were delighted with the response to their ‘Water Bucket Challenge’ held to raise money to provide water dams in African countries hit by climate change.

The Challenge was for young people to experience a little of the task many people in Africa face daily by carrying a bucket of water from Loch Leven to Kinross Parish Church, with sponsorship from family and friends.

Alisdair Stewart of Kinross Parish Church said: “We worked with our church youth organisations and KYTHE (Kinross-shire Youth Enterprise, supported by the local Church of Scotland congregations) and were delighted that no fewer than 41 young climate champions took part. Our aim was to raise £907 – the cost of one earth dam. Remarkably, the Challenge has raised £1,931, more than twice our initial target.”

The Christian Aid team in Kinross-shire came up with the Water Bucket Challenge and other ideas to help replace the £5,000 normally collected in the county by door-to-door collection. By the end of Christian Aid Week they had raised £4,747 with donations still being received.