PHM-Exch> [PHM News] EUR 60383.21 still to be raised!

[Anneleen De Keukelaere]

Thanks to all who generously donated towards the PHA4 related debt (see more
information below). We need to continue and increase our efforts

So far a total of EUR 12 616.79 has been raised towards the debt of 73000
Euro. Individual donations totalled to EUR 6616.79 coming from PHM activists
in Australia, Belgium, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Croatia, UK, Brazil,
Switzerland, Germany and Italy. Friendly organisations and PHM country
circles have donated EUR6000 in total.

EUR 60 383.21 still needs to be raised to cover the debt. Please share this
call for donations wide and far amongst your networks and comrades.

CLICK HERE <https://actions.vivasalud.be/1f3cblqa2lh0>  to be referred
directly to the donation page!

We will continue to give regular updates. 

 

PHM global secretariat

 

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MORE INFORMATION

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We have just completed a very successful 4th People's Health Assembly
(PHA4), the largest to date in PHM's history. 1400 registered participants
(approximately 700 from Bangladesh and the remainder from around 73
countries) attended a total of 9 plenaries, 18 sub plenaries and 51
workshops. The discussions were vibrant and action oriented, and soon we
will be releasing on the PHM website the statements, declarations and plans
of actions that we collectively committed to.

 

All this happened despite severe disruptions to our plans and programmes,
arising from the volatile situation in Bangladesh pre-elections. While the
Assembly has been a huge success, the disruptions resulted in significant
unanticipated expenditure, for which we are appealing for solidarity
contributions to avoid these impacting on the continuation of PHM. We trust
that with the support of like-minded organisations, networks and
participants of the PHA, we would be able to secure adequate funds to cover
this expenditure and for the immediate continuation of activities. Further
details can be found below.

 

Initially the Bangladeshi authorities perceived the Assembly to be a threat
to the elections, and tried to stop it by denying visas to many participants
and announcing less than two days before the PHA was due to start, that we
could not use the planned venue.

 

After several high level interventions, and thanks to the firm resistance of
the local organising committee, continuation of the Assembly was allowed,
albeit at a different and more expensive venue and with a programme reduced
from 5 to 4 days. The inconveniences at the airport however continued, and
overall these unpredicted disruptions impacted on the travel plans of a
significant number of participants, with several being detained for lengthy
periods at Dhaka airport and some being deported or cancelling their travel
plans. We sincerely apologise to those who were inconvenienced due to
circumstances beyond our control.

 

While we decided against cancelling the Assembly, the changes in venue and
of many air tickets incurred additional expenditure and have significantly
impacted PHM's finances. Although the accounts are not yet finalised, the
change of venue alone resulted in an additional and unexpected expenditure
of 73,000 Euro.

 

This deficit places PHM in a very vulnerable financial position, and may
threaten PHM's continuing activities at a time when it is even more
important to consolidate the plans and commitments made at the Assembly, and
follow them up to strengthen our networks.

 

If many of us contribute, we can cover the deficit and ensure PHM's ability
to continue with its core functions that are essential for networking and
coordination.

 

 

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