[HARMRED] FW: Hope for drug users in Moscow: please give and please share!

Wed Apr 4 07:55:15 CDT 2012

Sorry for the appeal on the email list, but just a few extra words about
this -- I really want to stress that the Andrey Rylkov
Foundation<http://en.rylkov-fond.org/>is run by some of the best harm
reduction people in the world and they are
very deserving of your support. If you have any amount to spare, *here's
the link to the donation
page<http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/moscow-health-for-1000-drug-users/?rf=ggWidget>
*, which also includes more info about ARF and the campaign. Donate today
and GlobalGiving will match an extra 15%.

I've known and worked with several people on the staff for more than 10
years now, from the time they were doing things like setting up the Russian
Harm Reduction Network, doing underground exchange in Moscow, organizing
people who use drugs around the country, and starting Russia's first
naloxone distribution projects. Even the name of the organization
recognizes our friend Andrey
Rylkov<http://en.rylkov-fond.org/who-is-andrey-rylkov/>,
one of the best outreach workers I've ever met, a major figure in Russian
harm reduction and a founder of Front AIDS (which was sort of the ACT UP of
Russia). ARF was founded as international funding for harm reduction in
Russia dried up and as the government became increasingly hostile, and
they're now one of the last groups fighting for drug user health and rights
in Russia. Just recently the Federal Drug Control Committee shut down ARF's
website<http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/02/08/russia-government-shuts-hiv-prevention-group-s-website>
for
its advocacy of methadone and buprenorphine access, which is illegal in
Russia.

OK, so that's probably enough arm twisting. Thanks for your attention,
please have a look the links to info and video about ARF, and please donate
if you can<http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/moscow-health-for-1000-drug-users/?rf=ggWidget>
.

Matt

On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 7:13 AM, Scott C. Burris <burris at temple.edu> wrote:

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> *Subject:* Fwd: Hope for drug users in Moscow: please give and please
> share!****
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> If anyone wants to help a worthwhile service in Russia, these folks are
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: *Shona Schonning* <shona.schonning at gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 3:26 PM
> Subject: Hope for drug users in Moscow: please give and please share!
> To: Dave Burrows <dave at aidsprojects.com>
> Cc: Anya Sarang <anyasarang at gmail.com>, Avet Khachatrian <
> khachatrian.a at gmail.com>
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> Hi Dave,****
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> As you know, we keep getting bad news from Russia – especially when it
> concerns harm reduction and rights and access to services for drug users.
> Anya Sarang's new, the Andrey Rylkov Foundation, is facing pretty tough
> persecution by the Russian government (see press release attached).  She’s
> fighting back though – partly by providing services to drug users in Moscow
> in spite of the lack of support.  ****
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> This month, through Global Giving we’re holding a fundraiser to raise
> money for the service.  Please see her appeal including links to a video
> about the organization and their Global Giving donations portal attached.
> We are reaching out globally for support.  I know we can’t do this for
> every organization – but this is truly an exceptional case.  Please share
> this message with your collegues.  And consider making a donation – even a
> little bit helps!****
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> Thanks, Shona. PS Greetings from Vietnam!****
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> *Mobile health services for 1000 Moscow drug users<http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/moscow-health-for-1000-drug-users/?rf=ggWidget>
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> ARF plans to purchase and maintain a mobile van to provide lifesaving
> health services to 1000 young disadvantaged drug users on the streets of
> Moscow, Russia.****
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