PBI’s work is fundamental because it represents international solidarity with human rights defenders and a commitment to change the world. PBI offers an opportunity to grow as a person, in contact with human rights defenders who fight for human rights despite the risks they face, and because of the horizontal organizational structure that forces greater reflection and greater responsibility from each of its members
Vicente Vallies
Colombia, 2000-ahora
Opening spaces of peace for women and men defenders seems to me necessary and urgent, they are the last bastion of civilization in this world.
Carla Cavarretta
Mexico, 2008-now
The experience has changed my life, both personally and professionally
Romina Bettucci
Honduras, 2015
Mexico, 2018
Working with PBI made me change my way of seeing the world and also labor organizations. I was very inspired by the horizontality of the organization and the non-violent communication it promotes, always based on love
Laetitia
Colombia, 2016-2019
There is a before and an after PBI. It has made me grow personally and professionally
Melissa May
Mexico, 2015-2021
I can say that PBI’s work is important, beyond my opinion, based on the testimony of the human rights defenders that PBI has accompanied specifically in Guatemala, where I had the opportunity to be a volunteer
Jorge Palomeque
Guatemala, 2009-2011
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