Volunteer
Volunteering your time is the best way to make a difference. Contact an ACTION partner about volunteer opportunities in their country.
Don’t live in an ACTION Country?
There is still plenty you can do.
(1) Engage key decision-makers. Reach out to your elected officials, candidates running for office, and government decision-makers about TB. Make them pay attention.
These advocacy toolkits may help you:
How to Speak Powerfully
How to Get to Know the Staffer Who Works on Your Issue
How to Meet Face-to-Face with Your Elected Official
How to Ask a Question at a Community Meeting or Candidate Forum
Invite an Influential Decision-Maker to Travel with You to a Key Country
(2) Generate media. Write a letter to the editor or contact the editorial board of your paper to raise the profile of TB in the media.
These advocacy toolkits may help you:
How to Write a Letter to the Editor
How to Generate an Editorial in Your Local Paper
Write a Letter to the Editor on a Newsworthy Day
(3) Reach out to local HIV/AIDS groups. Many HIV/AIDS groups do not know that TB is the leading killer of people with HIV/AIDS. Reach out to local HIV/AIDS groups, tell them about TB, and work together on joint TB-HIV advocacy.
These advocacy toolkits may help you:
How to Speak to a Local Community Group
How to Build a Grassroots Community Network
How to Organize a Community Forum
How to Organize a Community Dialogue Session
Building Networks in New Countries
(4) Let people know. A big part of the problem is that not enough people know that TB is such a problem. Tell friends about the tuberculosis epidemic and organize an event in your community that highlights TB.
These advocacy toolkits may help you:
How to Speak to a Local Community Group
How to Build a Grassroots Community Network
How to Organize a Community Forum
How to Organize a Community Dialogue Session
Building Networks in New Countries
(5) Make a donation. Your financial support for ACTION will go a long way. Your contribution to global TB advocacy can help multiply funding for TB detection and treatment services. Please make a donation today. Donate Now!