It’s a great opportunity to connect with other volunteers while taking action on our #YesWeCanEndTB campaign.
Your actions in September will be our last opportunity to influence how Canada shows up at the United Nations High-Level Meeting on TB this September.
to go above and beyond, invite your MP to meet you at your event and take photos.
Results is independent from corporate funding or government donations. October 17 – International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (IDEP) – is a globally recognized day to stand in solidarity with those living in extreme poverty. A most impactful way to support Results Canada is creating your own personal fundraising page.
Fundraising is a great skill to have as an advocate. Just be yourself, communicate why this is important to you and do not be afraid to ask for donations: you will never know the answer if you don’t ask!
The beauty of being part of the Results Canada volunteer network is that you are never alone: reach out to Results volunteers – especially those nearby as you can walk together, cook, etc.
Write an LTE if you want to make your opinion heard in a timely manner. You don’t need a lot of research, and your LTE can be brief and to-the-point - just 150-200 words! When time is of the essence, choose to write an LTE.
Once submitted, you can track your letter by doing an internet search of your name and following up with the publication to find out if/when it is getting published.
Your letter doesn’t have to be perfect, and you don’t have to be an expert to have an opinion. You simply need to care.
Use your voice on social media to tell Canada why they need to TB and the need to increase investments in research and development for TB.
Tweets with images can receive approximately 160% more retweets than those without.
When posting on social media, be genuine and speak from the heart. People want to connect with other human beings online, so be yourself and it'll help you get your message across!
Call-to-action summary:
To end TB and to prepare for future threats, Prime Minister Trudeau must participate in the United Nations High-Level Meeting on TB this September and commit 0.15% of Canada’s overall research and development expenditure annually to developing and delivering new tools to prevent, diagnose, and treat this deadly infectious disease.
letter to the editor (LTE)
: a letter written to a newspaper, magazine or other periodical about issues of concern to readers, usually intended to be published in the paper/periodical
With the United Nations High-Level Meeting on TB rapidly approaching, September is our last opportunity to influence how Canada will show up to this event. Write an LTE on why Canada must increase its investments in TB R&D to enable to development of improved tools to prevent, diagnose, and treat TB.
Be sure to send your LTE to your local community papers for the best chance of being published.
Use our instructions, tips, and resources below to get your LTE published in the media. Refer to past volunteer LTEs but don’t fall into the trap of copying other people’s styles.
Volunteers on average spend 1-2 hours researching and planning, 30 minutes writing their draft and 15 minutes submitting it to newspapers.
Canada should invest $1-billion in the Global Fund: reader
The COVID-19 pandemic has magnified the contribution of frontline community health workers around the world to protect communities. Health workers are the overlooked backbone of any well-functioning health system. Much of the success of the Global Fund is due to the efforts of these health workers—most of whom are women. They identify and fight disease outbreaks, provide vital health services, and prepare communities for future health threats. More than two million community health workers are on the front lines in countries where the Global Fund invests.
To recover from yet another wave of COVID-19 and its devastating impact on AIDS, TB and malaria, and to strengthen systems to build a healthier and pandemic-proof world, Canada must invest a billion dollars in the Global Fund.
Randy Rudolph, Calgary, Publication date: September 26, 2022, The Hill Times
See more published volunteer LTEs.
See all our resources to help you write your LTE, along with key dates, hashtags, tags and keywords found on our call-to-action page.
– Megan, Results Canada volunteer
