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Val Brown

Jul 30, 2026

8:40
So, Val, please.
8:43
Yes, absolutely.
8:44
I think we are hugely grateful for the Scottish Government's Humanitarian Emergency Fund because what it allows us to do is to support people when they are facing just multiple vulnerabilities because the HEF funding goes to places where we are already working.
8:59
And in every country that we work, we're always working through local partners, and our partners are of all faiths and none.
9:06
And the reason we work through partners is because we believe that they, and more so the people in poverty that they represent, best know what is needed locally.
9:15
And Francis said that, you know, the Scottish Government gave money to Gaza through the DEC.
9:20
And Gaza is a very good example of where our partners are clearly not distant responders, but they are people living in and with the affected communities, all of whom have been affected themselves.

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I wondered what you thought about social business as a kind of model in terms of development work.

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