Hello politicos,
The anti-poverty advocacy organisation ONE is looking for some MNers to report on an upcoming conference of world leaders in London. The aim of the conference is to provide funding for the roll-out of vaccines against diarrhoea and pneumonia, the two leading causes of death in children in developing countries.
The GAVI conference on June 13 hopes to raise $3.7bn dollars in funding pledges to enable the vaccines to be given to millions of children who are currently at risk, with the aim of saving approximately 4 million lives in the next five years (and helping to meet Millennium Development Goal Number 4).
The idea is that the MNers would be given front seat access to vital campaign events, detailed insider briefings about the campaign, and an insight into how an international NGO goes about trying to influence governments. In return, we'd like you to report back here to let us know your thoughts.
Ideally you'll be able to attend an event tomorrow (Tuesday) evening in central London (although this isn't a deal-breaker), and be available during the day on June 9, 10 and 13. Because the conference itself will be in London this might best suit people who are based in the south-east, but if you're outside the south-east and still interested, let us know and we'll see what we can do.
Please post here if you'd like to get involved. If you can't go but fancy doing some clicktivism, do please sign the petition.
Thanks,
MNHQ xx