PBI’s work is so important for you to see and feel what is happening and how you can act to open spaces and change it a little bit!

Susanna Lange 
Colombia

During my time at PBI I have learned not only to listen to the defenders, but also to each person on the team and probably most importantly to myself, beginning to better understand my thoughts, emotions and actions as well as my strengths and weaknesses. My volunteering with PBI will always be an essential part of my life because it made me the person I am today.

Stephanie Brause
Guatemala, 2016-2017

PBI has made me aware of things that were not there before, among others, that it is possible to work in a horizontal organization and be productive and do things well

Martin Gómez
Honduras

PBI’s work is important because it provides protection for human rights defenders. It has impacted me on several levels: on a personal level by living with the team, on a work level by acquiring a lot of new knowledge and skills

Meike Wolter,
Honduras, 2019-2020

In the field it has been very nice to be able to meet the men and women we accompanied, but also to see how such a small organization can do such a complete and relevant work

Roberto Meloni,
Guatemala, 2016-2017

PBI’s work is important because the defenders feel safer with the accompaniment without invading their space

Laura Gomariz
Guatemala

I think it is important to defend the people who defend, it has allowed me to know closely the work of the social movement in El Salvador. Then I got involved in an NGO, in a free radio station, in the social movement of my neighborhood, irala, in Bilbao, and now especially with refugees, in Ongi Etorri Errefuxiatuak

Catherine Verbruggen
El Salvador, 1991-1992

PBI makes struggles visible and generates a coherent feeling of solidarity on a personal and work level, as well as inside and outside the organization

Paulina Martinez Larrain
Guatemala

PBI’s work is important because it creates the right spaces for human rights defenders to fight with dignity for the causes they defend

Antonio Pérez
Guatemala

I am absolutely convinced of the good work of PBI and of the need for the persistence of non-violent work for the respect of human rights and the defense of the different struggles. I also respect the different organizations accompanied by PBI

Pilar
Mexico, 2006-2007