The 2026 PBI-USA Flash Fundraising Drive will take place September 1-4, 2026, a week we sometimes refer to as PBI Week in recognition of our founding during that week 45 years ago on Grindstone Island in Canada.
Click here to make a donation by Sept 4th to support the work of PBI and help us commemorate 45 years of standing alongside threatened defenders.
Each year, the PBI-USA Team comes together over a short time period - around 3-days - to raise much needed funds to support the work of PBI.
PBI-USA’s Flash Fundraiser has become an energizing way for PBI-USA staff and volunteers to raise funding to support both the work of our team in the U.S., including D.C.-based advocacy support and our newly established Solidarity Fellowship program, as well as the work of PBI’s teams around the world and our international office in Brussels.
How your donation helps
Funding from this year’s Flash Fundraiser will help us carry out our mission of providing protection and support to threatened human rights defenders around the world.
With your help spreading the word, our flash fundraiser is able to generate contributions from all across the country. We are more successful when our supporters choose to share the fundraiser on social media and directly with friends and family.
We also invite you to join our fundraising team at any time! It’s super easy to join. Simply click here to create your profile and start fundraising! We’ll add you to the team below! For help creating your profile or for fundraising tips and support, please click here.
Read below to learn how PBI-USA contributes to the overall work of PBI
Protective Accompaniment:
Peace Brigades International recruits, trains, and sends volunteers, backed by an international support network, to accompany human rights defenders and communities in areas of conflict. Through PBI’s physical presence and advocacy efforts, we’ve helped safeguard the lives and work of activists, journalists, and community leaders, allowing them to continue their vital work without fear of reprisals. Each year, PBI-USA commits a portion of our budget to the work of PBI’s teams abroad.
Capacity Building and Training:
Where there is a clear need for capacity development for human rights defenders which local organizations cannot meet, PBI provides as much support as possible – working in partnership with local organizations whenever possible. In this way PBI aims to support human rights defenders develop their capacity to carry out their work effectively and in relative safety, focusing much of their training on helping human rights defenders improve their security.
With your support, PBI-USA adds to this work by providing space for information exchanges and collaboration as part of our joint campaigns and speaking tours that bring defenders together from different organizations to engage in important conversations, both to increase their security but also to increase their mental well-being.
Advocacy and Awareness:
Advocacy is key to PBI’s work, and a vital element of international protective accompaniment. Your support allows us to bring to the U.S. and/or support the advocacy efforts of human rights defenders like Christopher Castillo, General Coordinator of ARCAH (Alternativa Reivindicacion Comunitaria y Ambientalista), who continues to be targeted for his human rights advocacy work in Honduras. Among other struggles, Christopher is leading the movement against Zones for Employment and Economic Development (ZEDEs) in Honduras. These zones, which operate as independent territories, not subject to Honduran law, threaten to envelop vast swathes of Honduras; up to 35 percent of the country could be made into such zones. With that would come the displacement of multitudes of people, many of whom are Afro-descendant and Indigenous and have ancestral right to the land they inhabit. By leading the struggle against these zones, which are backed by some of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful men, Christopher and fellow members of ARCAH have come under attack. Following a series of meetings with Christopher in 2023, he messaged:
Toda revolucion implica solidaridad y compartir y ustedes son Buenos revolucionarios
Every revolution involves solidarity and sharing and you are good revolutionaries
We know there are a lot of causes that need your support. We thank you for your donation to Peace Brigades International-USA. As a small but mighty non-profit organization, every donation truly makes a difference!
Meet Our Team
Thank you to our team members for dedicating you time to our flash fundraiser! We appreciate you.
And thank you to each and every one of our donors! Only with your support is PBI able to do this live-saving work!