PLATFORM Article 25 is building a digital platform to enable anyone to advocate for their right to health. The platform will have three main functions: 1. Sign: Influence decision-makers by enabling anyone to sign or start an online petition campaign. 2. Vote: Shape the strategy of a campaign through online votes on which actions to take next. 3. Fund: Crowd-funding for additional campaign actions such as protests and demonstrations. RATIONALE In 1948, the UN passed Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights stating that health is a human right. Over the following decades individuals all over the world stood up to fight for this right. When experts said complex diseases couldn’t be treated in poor communities, doctors from Lima to Kigali built programs to prove them wrong. When political inaction on AIDS threatened to wipe out a generation, activists from New York to Cape Town acted up saving millions of lives around the world. Yet today, due to growing inequality, we face a global health crisis that needs a global movement to fix it. More than 20 million people now die each year due to inequities in global health. More than 100 million people face catastrophic out-of-pocket costs for health care each year plunging millions of households into poverty. Our platform aims to build this movement by providing 21st century activists the tools they need to start and win powerful right to health campaigns in their communities. BUDGET Through a partnership with the Department of Global Health & Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Partners In Health we have secured the following funding for development of the platform. CATEGORY DESCRIPTION AMOUNT Platform Development For web development services. $25,000 Hosting Allocated for AWS or similar hosting solutions for 24 months. Could also be used towards web development or other web services. $10,000 Hardware / Other Could also be used for services such as Optimizely, Mailchimp, etc. $5,000 Total Budget $40,000 OUR VALUES We are a movement building organization. Everything we do–from the way we set strategy to the types of activism we engage in–is driven by a relentless focus on movement building for the right to health. This focus is grounded in 3 core values: ARTICLE 25 | CAMPAIGNS PLATFORM WE BELIEVE POWER SHOULD BE IN THE HANDS OF PEOPLE. Currently, power over people’s health is in the hands of the few– from drug companies to global health agencies. We seek a shift in power so that these institutions are accountable to the people they most directly affect. WE BELIEVE IN A MOVEMENT BUILT BY ALL OF US. In order to make the change we seek, we need to build a movement owned by all of us –not just an organization led by a few. WE BELIEVE HEALTH IS A HUMAN RIGHT. This means everyone has the health care they need to live healthy lives, and that these services are protected by governments as a fundamental right. Sources: [1] J Garay, L Harris, M Beam, S Zompi. “Global Inequity Death Toll: Targeting global health equity and estimating the burden of inequity.” APHA Meeting. Nov 2–6, 2013 [2] Global Health Observatory. “Health Financing.” World Health Organization. http://www.who.int/gho/health_financing/en/ (accessed Apr 25, 2014)