House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW tylerp@parliament.uk home 01452 812099 22 February 2021 As we receive our Covid-19 vaccination free from the NHS many of us may be reminded both of our good fortune and of the challenge faced by lower income countries. Since it is so obviously in everyones interest that the pandemic is tackled on a global basis there is now a practical way to say thank you. This week GAVI (the Global Alliance on Vaccination and Immunisation) has made it possible for us to make individual donations to support COVAX, the UN/WHO sponsored initiative to provide access to safe and effective Covid-19 vaccine in 92 poorer countries. We hope as many UK vaccine recipients as possible will follow our lead to donate what they can to this programme through the website www.gavi.org/donate by selecting the specific link for COVAX One World Protected. In this way we can all celebrate our first or second vaccination with a very practical contribution to the efforts to defeat the pandemic: Get One = Give One. Signatories: Helene Hayman (Baroness Hayman, former Lord Speaker, Crossbencher) Doreen Lawrence (Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon, Labour) Alan Smith (Lord Bishop of St Albans) Paul Tyler (Lord Tyler, Liberal Democrat) George Young (Lord Young of Cookham, Conservative)