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PROMOTING NON-VIOLENCE AND DEFENDING HUMAN RIGHTS SINCE 1981

Peace Brigades Interna tional

PBI UKAnnual Review 2002

Mission Statement

P eace Brigades International is a unique grassroots organisation that works to open a spacefor peace in which conflicts can be addressed in a non-violent way. PBI applies a strategy

of international presence and concern that supports local initiatives and contributes todeveloping a culture of peace and justice. We act on the request of local organisations andgroups working for human rights, social change and development of civil society which usenon-violent means in regions where there is oppression and conflict.

The aim of PBI's international presence is to accompany both political and social processesthrough a joint strategy of deterring violence and promoting active non-violence. Ourinternational teams of volunteers use methods such as protective accompaniment, peace education, independent observation and analysis of the conflict situation. In addition, PBIlearns about, develops and models forms of non-violent intervention. Where possible, PBIinitiates contacts with all the parties to a conflict in order to establish and inform of ourpresence. This work is supported through a broad, international network of organisations andindividuals. Our identity is built upon non-hierarchical structures and consensual processes.

Adopted at PBI General Assembly, Sweden, July 1998

This Annual Review is published by Peace Brigades International/PBI UK

Cover Photos (top to bottom)

• Spanish volunteer with a member of the San José de Apartadó Peace Community, Colombia• An accompaniment to the airport for a member of women’s rights group Flower Aceh, Indonesia.

Photo: Dorina Sedoeboen• Mexico City: Families of the disappeared on a march seeking justice

Peace Brigades International/PBI UK

PBI Country Groups

Aotearoa/New ZealandAustraliaBelgiumCanadaFranceGermanyIndiaItalyLuxemburgNetherlandsNorwaySpanish StateSwedenSwitzerlandUnited KingdomUnited States

Associate GroupsAustriaPortugalRomaniaTunisia

Current PBI Projects

Colombia (founded in 1994)Indonesia (founded 1999)Mexico (founded 1999)Guatemala (re-founded 2002)

Past PBI Projects

Balkans (Coalition partner in Balkans Peace Teamsfrom 1994-2001)El Salvador (1987-1992)Guatemala (1983-1999, re-initiated in 2002)Haiti (1995-2000)North America (1992-1999)Sri Lanka (1989-1998)

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As was said in our last annualreport, the aftermath of

September 11, 2001, has had aprofound effect upon the world.The “war against terrorism”continues, recalling the oldsaying that violence only begetsmore violence.

In this climate of globaluncertainty, PBI UK initiallystruggled hard in 2002 to attractthe levels of funding that itneeded to carry out its plannedactivities for the year. Thankfully,however, by adjusting to thetimes, and redoubling ourefforts, we were able to getourselves back on track again.We did this by raising our profilethrough increased awareness-raising activities and networkingamongst potential funders, themedia, supporters and otherNGOs - activities whichconsolidated our donor andmembership base, as well asour ties with like-mindedorganisations.

While a lot of work went into our fundraising and outreach/publicity activities (see Activitiesin 2002, page 2/3), PBI UK alsoorganised two successfulOrientation Weekends forpotential PBI project volunteers.Thirteen people served in thefield with PBI’s Colombia,Indonesia and Mexico projectsand ten more were preparing fordeployment, including to PBI’snew project in Guatemala (seethe Projects, page 8-11).

PBI UK also developed, maintained, and mobilised itsEmergency Support Networks(ESN). The ESN was activatedand successfully used on fouroccasions in 2002, twice forboth the Colombia and

Indonesia projects (see the ESNcase study page 12).

None of our activities wouldhave achieved the levels ofsuccess that they did withoutthe co-ordination, guidance andcontinued hard work of PBI UK’sCo-ordinator, Susi Bascon. Susi,in conjunction with the team ofdedicated volunteers that shehas nurtured in the past couple

of years, has played a vital rolein making PBI UK’s plansachievable. In 2003, Susi will betaking a sabbatical so that shecan serve on the PBI MexicoProject. We wish Susi well inher new venture with PBI!

Stepping into Susi’s role as PBIUK Coordinator during 2003Laura Clarke, a recentlyreturned volunteer from PBI’sColombia Project. Laura wasoffered the job following anintense recruitment process,which included over 80applicants. We believe Laurabrings with her invaluableexperiences from the field aswell as knowledge of the PBIUK office where she volunteeredbefore going to Colombia.

PBI UK ManagementCommittee

Introduction

Laura Clarke, pictured here accompanying a member of the Committee forSolidarity with Political Prisoners in Medellin, has stepped into Susi’s shoes for2003. Photo:Julien Menghini

PBI UK’s co-ordinator Susi Bascón hastaken a sabbatical year to volunteer forthe Mexico Project.

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In 2002, the UK sectioncontinued to work hard in

support of PBI’s fieldprojects around the world.We are a small organisationin Britain but, thanks to thequiet beavering of manydedicated volunteers, wehave continued to raise ourprofile and reach. Highlightsof our work include:

Fundraising

PBI UK carried out importantfundraising work in 2002.During the year, grants totallingmore than £46,000 werereceived and we are particularly

grateful for the continuingsupport of the Polden PuckhamCharitable Foundation and theNetwork Foundation/ Networkfor Social Change, as well asthe contributions of individualdonors and members. We alsocarried out a number offundraising events. InDecember, for example, wejoined forces with Europe’s leading flamenco companyAlma Flamenco to celebrateInternational Human RightsDay! The London event, whichraised more than £860,featured a vibrant flamencoperformance with Felipe deAlgeciras as principal dancerand choreographer.

Field Volunteer Recruitment

Speaking Tours

Returned volunteers fromColombia and Indonesia gavepublic presentations at eventsall over the country, includingthe Amnesty InternationalConference on South EastAsia, the film festival at SOASuniversity, and War ResistersInternational.

Stalls

PBI UK also ran stallspublicising its work at theVoluntary Service Overseas Fairin London, Manchester andEdinburgh; the Quakerconference - One World Weekin Shetland; and the Foreignand Commonwealth OfficeHuman Rights Day event.


Activities of PBI UK

Europe’s leading flamenco company AlmaFlamenco helped us to raise funds onInternational Human Rights Day

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Orientation Weekends

Two orientation weekends were run by PBI UK’sco-ordinator and returned field volunteers in Mayand September. The weekends had a total of 40participants, 10 of whom continued the trainingprocess for placement overseas. A number ofthem did some work for PBI UK before going outto the field.

Political Support Networks

PBI UK has developed, maintained and mobilisedits network of international support – itsEmergency Support Network. The network ismade up of individuals, NGOs andparliamentarians. Activated four times in 2002, itnow counts more than 50 MPs, MEPs and Lordsamong its members.

Media work

PBI volunteers have continued to get the vitalwork of PBI publicised in the media. Stories onvolunteers appeared in a number of newspapersincluding the Islington Gazette, Western DailyPress, The Yorkshire Post and the SouthShropshire Journal. Articles on the work of PBIfeatured in other publications such as the PeaceNews Magazine and Bradford University’s Peace,Development and Conflict Magazine.

Volunteers also continued to improve and updatePBI UK's publicity materials, as well as producingthe 2001 Annual Review and two newsletters,including a special 20th anniversary edition. Ouranniversary exhibition was displayed at variousvenues.

Some activities planned for 2003

• Returned volunteer talks at various Amnesty Student Groups, universities and aid agencies to help spread awareness of the work we do

• PBI stalls at a number of fairs and other events, including VSO-organised Volunteering World and Central America Week

• Visit of PBI-accompanied Colombian human rights defender, as part of his European speaking tour

• Two orientation weekends, in May and September

• Training for Trainers Day - to train up returned field volunteers as trainers for orientation weekends

• Mobile photo exhibition, to be launched in June at the House of Commons

• Sky-diving and auction to raise funds


Impressions of PBI UK field volunteers

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James Savage / Colombia

Having been involved with PBIfor seven years working withboth PBI UK and the PBIInternational Office, I decidedit was time to go and see whythis fascinating organisationreally existed. I spent most of2002 with PBI in Bogotá,Colombia, accompanyinghuman rights defenders whoselives are at risk for theirlegitimate and courageouswork.

Alirio Uribe Muñoz, Presidentof the “José Alvear Restrepo”Lawyers Collective and Vice-President of the InternationalFederation of Human Rights(FIDH), faces a level of threatthat requires dailyaccompaniment by PBI.Wherever Alirio travels, be itfrom home to work, to court, orto meetings around the city, hemoves in a bullet-proof car,wears a bullet-proof jacket and

has a constant PBI presenceat his side.

Accompanying Aliriothroughout this year has beena privilege and yet a soberingexperience for me. One daywe parked in the undergroundcar park of the 30-storeybuilding in which his office islocated. “Do you mind if we

walk up rather than take thelift?” he asked. “It’s just that Inever get any exercise thesedays - it’s simply too risky forme to go to the gym or thepark”.

Richard Bennett / Mexico

The thing that motivated me tojoin the organisation was myinterest in Mexico and inMexican politics and workingfor PBI promised a privilegedposition on the inside fromwhich to observe Mexico upclose. PBI has delivered on allof those things and on manymore. PBI, of course, is notonly about observing, butabout creating a social andpolitical space in which localhuman rights defenders cancarry out their work. It’s been achallenging year in many waysbut my overall impression inthis, my penultimate month, isof having learned a hugeamount.

Richard Bennett (second from the right) and a colleague at a meeting with the Guerrerostate Attorney General's office, presenting the work of PBI and expressing their concern

for the safety of Enedina Cervantes whose husband was abducted and disappeared.

James accompanying human rights defender Berenice Celeyta

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Stuart Bowman / Indonesia

I joined the PBI IndonesiaProject in June, 2002, and ithas been great.

I spent four months working inthe Jakarta office mostlybuilding up and sustaining ourpolitical networks in theIndonesian capital. This meansus getting our best clothes onand meeting embassy officials,representatives of theIndonesian government,security forces and localNGOs. It can be fascinatingwork, picking the brains ofpeople who have a real insideknowledge of what goes on inIndonesia. It is also reallyvaried. One minute you aredrinking wine at an embassy

reception and thenext welcoming agroup of Papuanhuman-rightsactivists into the PBIhouse. It can also bechallengingconvincing scepticsthat "unarmedbodyguards" canreally have an impactin a place like Aceh.

One of my bestmoments in my four months inAceh was a recent field trip wedid to a small village with oneof our clients, Women'sVolunteer Team For Humanity(RpuK), to the closingceremony of one of theirtrauma counsellingprogrammes.

PBI accompanied RPuK to thisvillage about 18 months ago,four days after many of the houses had been burnt downfollowing a clash betweengovernment soldiers and GAM(The Free Aceh Movement), anarmed group who have beenfighting for Acehneseindependence.

At that point, RPuK did not feelsafe enough to go to thevillage alone and PBIsubsequently went back withthem when they began thetrauma counselling programmefor local children. However,over the next 11 months RPuKgained in confidence andvisited the villageindependently.

Going back for the closingceremony gave us a greatopportunity to see howconditions in the village hadimproved and how the initialpresence of PBI had reallyopened up space allowingRPuK to work there.

UK volunteer Ruth Halstead with members of PB-HAMLangsa office, Indonesia

StuartBowman


What others say

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PBI is getting stronger every year and receives increasing support from around theworld. The organisations and individuals it accompanies often claim they owe their

lives to PBI. Here is what some of those we accompany and high-profile internationalfigures have said:

“It is important to recognise that the accompaniment work of PBI has beencarried out permanently, unconditionally, and in solidarity. At the same time ithas the transparency and neutrality demanded of humanitarian work in themiddle of the war that we live through in Colombia.”Yolanda Becerra, Popular Women’s Organisation, Barrancabermeja (Colombia)

“The Special Representative takes this opportunity to pay tribute tothe work done by international NGOs in Colombia, in particular PBIwhose courageous members help to save the lives of human rightsdefenders.”

Hina Jilani, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General on human rights defenders

“International accompaniment is very importantbecause powerful interests will think twice beforetrying to attack us. There are always people on thestreet corners spying on us to watch ourmovements. So when they see that internationalsare physically entering our offices, this helps ustremendously.”

Aura Elena Farfán, Guatemalan Families of the Disappeared, GuatemalaCity (Guatemala)

“If PBI is not here we won’t be able to go into the fieldand PBI’s presence also makes a difference when wehave to deal with the military or police. We feel safer.”

Ephie, Flower Aceh, Aceh (Indonesia)

Aura Elena Farfan ofFAMDEGUA

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“The majority of PBI’s members have a profound humanitarianvocation. Our great respect and admiration for their altruistic work, aswell as our enormous gratitude links us with PBI. I can say withcertainty that if we are still alive, it is mainly because of PBI’s work.”Luis Guillermo Pérez Casas, member of the Lawyers’ Collective “José Alvear Restrepo”, Bogotá(Colombia)

“By [its] long-term approach, PBI is, as one of the very fewinternational NGOs present in Aceh, instrumental in creating theenvironment that may lead to a peaceful solution to Aceh’sproblems.”

Luk Darras, Belgian Ambassador to Indonesia, Jakarta

“In Mexico, the human rights situation is awful. There aresystematic and selective violations which, to some degree,can be stopped by the international pressure provided byorganisations such as PBI. This is very important inpreventing further aggression against human rightsdefenders.”Emiliana Cerezo, Mexico City (Mexico)

Edgar Cortezof PRODHwith a PBIvolunteer

"We are convinced that the presence of PBI is important, and so we aredemonstrating to the government, NGOs, and society in general, theviability of this other form of accompaniment. Our decision was basedon the fact that PBI's presence could ensure an adequate level ofsecurity for us."

Edgar Cortéz, Director of the Centre for Human Rights Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez (PROdh), Mexico City(Mexico)

Overview: Colombia’sdeteriorating civil conflict

currently takes the lives ofroughly 20 people a day,according to AmnestyInternational. The civilianpopulation, including humanrights defenders and other civilsociety leaders, continues to livein fear of falling victim toincreasing political violence.Hundreds of thousands weredisplaced from their homes andland, fleeing the warring factionsand adding themselves to theranks of over two millionindividuals displaced in the lastdecade. This situation hasworsened following the Februarybreakdown of the four-year oldpeace process between thegovernment and the largestguerrilla group, the FARC.

Presenting the fourth report onthe human rights situation inColombia, the former UnitedNations High Commissioner forHuman Rights, Mrs MaryRobinson, called on theColombian Government to stepup efforts to protect humanrights defenders and to complyurgently with the relevant UnitedNations Declarations. As ÁlvaroUribe took presidential office in

August, human rightorganisations expressedconcerns that measures tostrengthen security couldexacerbate the human rightscrisis.

The PBI-Colombia Project hasan average of 38 volunteers inthe country, working in fourlocations: Bogotá, Medellín, theMagdalena Medio region andUrabá. Nine of thosevolunteering in 2002 wererecruited through the PBI UKoffice. Their work includesprotective accompaniment ofhuman rights defenders anddisplaced communities, regularvisits to conflict zones,dialoguing with civil and militaryauthorities, and carrying outpublic relations and lobbyingwork to encourage internationalsupport. The project,founded in 1994, regularlyissues publications on thesituation of human rightsand human rightsdefenders in Colombia. Italso provides mentalhealth workshops for localhuman rights groups.


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A Spanish PBIvolunteer reads ahuman rights reportwhile present at theMedellín office of theAssociation ofRelatives of theDetained andDisappeared(ASFADDES). Photo:Julien Menghini.

A Canadian volunteeraccompanying a member ofCREDHOS

Some of the organisationsaccompanied by PBI

- Lawyers Collective “JoséAlvear Restrepo” (CAJAR):Promotes and protectshuman rights. Provides legaladvice and representation.

- Association for thePromotion of SocialAlternatives (MINGA):Provides legal advice topeople and organisationsaffected by politicalrepression. Offers humanrights education andassistance to displacedpeople.

- Regional Corporation forHuman Rights (CREDHOS):Documents human rightsviolations in the MagdalenaMedio Region

- People’s Training Institute(IPC). Based in Medellin, theIPC carries out research,training and documentationin the areas of human rights,development, peace andconflict.

Overview: While the firsthalf of 2002 saw killings

increase in Aceh, PBI sawthreats decrease against thegroups it helps protect in theprovince. The bombing of anightclub in Bali on October 11threw the world spotlight onIndonesia. Despite fears offoreigners being targeted, PBIvolunteers working in Aceh andJakarta were not affected andthe tragedy had no directpolitical or security implicationsfor the team in Indonesia.

On December 9, the Indonesiangovernment and GAM (FreeAceh Movement) signed acease-fire agreement, offeringhope to the Acehnese people.However, human rightsviolations are still being reportedby local and international non-governmental organisations inthe province as well as in otherregions of the archipelago.

Journalists were expelled fromAceh on several occasionsduring the year, and two

foreign women were detainedon charges of visa violations.

In response to requests madeby numerous Indonesian non-governmental organisations, PBIopened a new office inLhokseumawe in North Aceh.

The PBI-Indonesia Project. Atthe end of 2002 PBI had sevenvolunteers in Banda Aceh anfour in its new North Aceh office.Another team in Jakartamaintains various contacts withIndonesian government officials,the diplomatic community andlocal and international NGOs.Founded in 1999, the projectalso provides peace educationworkshops in Aceh and otherparts of Indonesia. StuartBowman and Ruth Halsteadwere amongs those in the fieldin 2002.

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Accompanying RpuK in West Aceh distributing food packagesfor displaced people. Photo: Dorina Sedoeboen

Some of the organisations accompanied by PBI

- Association of Human Rights Abuse Victims (SPKPHAM): Province-wide network of torture survivors, theirwork includes assistance for health care,accompaniment to legal aid foundations, and lobbyingthe Indonesia government for survivors' rights.

- Women's Volunteer Team for Humanity (RPuK): Workswith women and children members of internallydisplaced populations.

- Legal Aid Foundation (LBH): Provides civil rights andlegal advocacy, aiming to remove social, political, andcultural inequality as an obstacle to political transition.

The PBI-Mexico Project, founded in 1999,

focuses on protective accompaniment, information

distribution and workshops on protection and

security for human rights defenders. The teams,

based in Mexico City and Chlpancingo, Guerrero,

averaged 10 volunteers in 2002, and included

Richard Bennett and Vanessa Van der Vagh from

the UK.


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A French volunteeraccompanyingJuan AntonioVega from theNationalHuman RightsNetwork “AllRights for All”

Overview: In thewake of the

assassination of DignaOchoa, the generalfeeling of insecurity hasincreased for humanrights defenders inMexico.

President Fox has stated that respect forhuman rights is apriority for hisgovernment. Butorganisations such asAmnesty Internationalcontinue to expressconcern for theauthorities’ inability toadequately address frequent human rightsviolations in thecountry. Amnesty

pointed to the manycases of illegaldetention, abuse andtorture carried out bythe police force as wellas the campaign ofharassment againsthuman rights defendersand political violencecarried out by armedgroups acting withapparent complicityfrom local authorities.

Guerrero is increasinglybecoming aninternational focus with,among others, therepresentative of theUN Secretary Generalfor displacedcommunities, FrancisDeng, visiting the area.

Some of the organisations

accompanied by PBI

- National Human Rights Network "All

Rights for All" (RED): Connects over 40

human rights organisations throughout

Mexico. PBI accompanies its staff in

Mexico City.

- Enedina Cervantes: Wife of

“disappeared” man from Tlapa, Guerrero.

Accompanied at the request of various

human rights groups providing legal

support for the case.

- Centre for Human Rights Miguel

Agustín Pro Juárez (PROdh): Provides

legal defence in cases of human rights

violations. PBI accompanies its legal

teams both in Mexico City and in

Chilpancingo, Guerrero.

- Regional Human Rights Centre “Jose

María Morelos y Pabón”. Offers legal

advice and human rights education to

mainly indigenous communities in

Guerrero.

Overview: A rise inhuman rights violations

in Guatemala led to PBIreturning to the country inthe summer of 2002 to laythe groundwork for re-establishment of a fieldteam. PBI returned at therequest of local non-governmental organisationsthat were under threat.Many of these requestswere from groups that PBIaccompanied during its 16-year presence inGuatemala between 1983and 1999. PBI withdrewfrom Guatemala in 1999when the country becamerelatively stable – threeyears after the PeaceAccords were signed. Thepeace agreement formally

ended the civil war that hadgripped Guatemala for 36years. Recent high profilekillings include individualslinked to the Committee ofCampesino Unity (CUC)and the Rigoberta MenchuFoundation.

“Returning to Guatemalaafter a three-year absence,I was very shocked to findout how much the situationhad deteriorated and howmuch anxiety had onceagain become part of thedaily lives of peopleworking for human rightsand social justice.” EveScarfe of the PBIGuatemala ProjectCommittee.

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Eve Scarfe, pictured here in Colombia, iscurrently doing the groundwork for re-establishment of a field team in Guatemala

Guatemalan human rights defender RosalinaTuyuc conducting a workshop on reparations forhuman rights violations of the indigenous

Organisations which have

requested PBI’s presence include:

- Myrna Mack Foundation: Fights in favor of accountability using

legal cases against presumed intellectual authors of human

rights atrocities.

- National Coordination of Guatemalan Widows (CONAVIGUA):

Advocates reparations for communities affected by the civil

conflict and struggles against discrimination.

- Centre for Forensic Analysis and Applied Sciences (CAFCA):

Carries out exhumations of clandestine cemeteries and

documents evidence of atrocities committed in the 1980s.

The PBI-Guatemala Projecthas been working to establish anadvance team in Guatemala City toevaluate requests for accompanimentand determine the direction of PBI’swork in the country’s changingenvironment. PBI pioneered protectiveaccompaniment in the mid-1980s inGuatemala as an innovativemethodology for the protection ofhuman rights.

On 7 February 2002, twofarm labourers from the

recently-returned internallydisplaced communitysettlements of Nueva Vida andEsperanza en Dios, located onthe Cacarica River in the north-western Colombian province ofChocó, were detained byparamilitary troops whilstworking on nearby communalcrops. One of them wasreleased after several hours’interrogation, the other the nextday - when another communitymember, Ramiro Vásquez, waskilled. PBI volunteers inCacarica heard helicoptersflying overhead at this time, andthe army confirmed that militaryoperations were beingundertaken in the area. Othercommunity members were

subsequently detained andtortured, the paramilitaries thenthreatening to attack within twoweeks in order to drive thesettlers away. Threateningcomments were also madeagainst the community’sColombian advisers, the

Intercongregational Commissionof Justice and Peace, as well asagainst “the internationals” thatprovide them withaccompaniment.

PBI immediately activated itsEmergency Support Network.Politicians, governments,embassies and other influentialfigures and bodies around theworld were asked to contact theColombian government andarmy to protest about thethreats against the Cacaricacommunities and those workingwith them, and to urge them totake measures to guaranteetheir safety.

The international responseplayed an important part inbringing about the release ofcommunity detainees andpreventing a paramilitaryincursion of the settlements.Justice and Peace was alsoable to continue its work.


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A happy return for some members of the displaced community of Cacarica. PBI accompanied them during the return. Photo: Julien Menghini.

Portuguese volunteer speaking on asatellite phonefrom Cacarica

Case study of an activation of PBI’s Emergency Support Network

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Financial Year

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Summary income and expenditure account for the year ended 31 December 2002

2002 2001Total income £ £Grants receivable from Trusts and Companies 46,278 16,656Other operating income 15,619 7,547

61,897 24,203Total expenditureOperating expenses (38,575) (36,674)Allocations to PBI projects/International Office (6,672) (9,288)

Operating Surplus/(Deficit) for year 16,650 (21,759)

Reserves brought forward 15,285 37,044

Reserves carried forward 31,935 15,285

Summary balance sheet as at 31st December 2002

2002 2001£ £

Fixed Assets 980 713

Current Assets 33,662 16,401Creditors: amounts falling due within one year (2,707) (1,829)

Net current assets 30,955 14,572

Total assets less current liabilities 31,935 15,285

Represented by:Restricted funds 8,250 0Unrestricted funds 23,685 15,285

31,935 15,285

The above represents provisional summarised accounts only and a fuller understanding of the financial affairs will be available from the full unaudited annual accounts which, after approval by the management committee, will be filed at Companies House for this organisation (Registered number 3912587).

PBI UK field volunteers in2002:

Colombia Project:Adam BairdLaura ClarkePaula GarivaldiAndrea InghamLibby KerrColin McNaughtonTeresa MurrayJames SavageDavid Troupe

Mexico Project:Richard BennettVanessa Van der Vagh

Indonesia Project:Stuart BowmanRuth Halstead

Peace Brigades International (PBI)UK Section1b Waterlow RoadN19 5NJ LondonTel/Fax: 020 7 281 5370email: [email protected]: www.peacebrigades.org

PBI UK ManagementCommittee in 2002:

Melissa BlackburnSusi BascónJohn CarlaneSusan CosgrovePeter HollingsAndrew KendleUlrika Strand

Special thanks to the manyvolunteers who worked for usin the UK, including:

Ruben AndersonAnneli BerggrenLucy CarverRuth CherringtonTony CorbalisLaura FantinelloClaudia FirthJoanna GrundyAndrew HickmanOyvind HoyenSue LearnerEstrella MartínezMaría Mastrolliani Jon MaydewRachel McFadzean-FergusonLaura McVeighBen MillerTamsin MitchellMia MoilanenSandra ObudoNicola O'ConnorSigne PoulsenStefania RicciNick RounceIciar San JoséBelen SobrinoMaría TinelliLouise WinstanleyAnn WrightDominique Young