Save The Children is a well-know organization that works to create change for needy children in the US and around the world. They have been rated 4 stars by Charity Navigator, and are an organization that I personally support. Save The Children has recently launched GoodGoes.org, a campaign dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of local health workers in developing countries. To help spread the word about this initiative, Save The Children have a GoodGoes.org Pedometer to give away to one lucky Contest Corner reader – so please read on & learn more about this campaign!
About Save The Children & GoodGoes.org:
Meet local health workers and the children they help to survive.
www.GoodGoes.org
Each year, almost 9 million children in the developing world die of largely preventable and treatable illnesses before they reach the age of five – that equates to approximately 24,000 child deaths a day.
However, every 4 seconds a child survives thanks to the basic health care provided by local health workers.
Save the Children and the Ad Council are working together to mobilize citizen action in the U.S. to help local health workers save more children worldwide.
Help local health workers bring the good to the children who need it most.
You are one step away from helping children around the world survive.
Giveaway time!
One lucky reader will win a GoodGoes.org Pedometer. Here’s how to enter:
1. For your first entry, click here to visit GoodGoes.org. Then come back here and leave a comment on this post telling me something that you learned. This step is required to qualify for the drawing.
Want extra entries? Do any of the following, and leave a separate comment for each one:
2. Click here to donate to Save The Children. You will earn an extra entry for each dollar donated ($1 donation=1 extra entry, $5 donation=5 extra entries, etc.). Be sure to leave a separate comment for each extra entry with your receipt number or donor ID number.
3. Write a post on your blog linking to this giveaway and GoodGoes.org. Then come back here and leave me the link!
4. Write a tweet about GoodGoes.org and this giveaway on Twitter. Then come back and leave me the link to your tweet! One Twitter entry per person. You can use the button at the bottom of this post to tweet with one click!
I learned that Every 4 seconds a child survives thanks to the basic health care provided by local health workers.
I learned Support
Submitted by hfcadmin on Mon, 2010-04-12 13:48
Local health workers are the heroes of our campaign. Help us train frontline health workers in communities around the world to bring lifesaving care to children in need. Your gift of $150 combined with those of others can provide resources for training programs for health workers who will promote healthy behaviors and diagnose and treat common childhood infections.
Nearly 4 million babies die each year in their first month — half within their first 24 hours — mostly from preventable or treatable causes. Kangaroo Care can help small babies survive. When the newborn is wrapped skin-to-skin with the mother, a baby can maintain a proper body temperature and breastfeed on demand. For $10, health workers can train a mom to use kangaroo care and provide a cap to keep the baby warm. This package is proven to cut death rates in half for babies born with low birth weights.
lkish77123 at gmail dot com
I learned that in Bangladesh, 50% of children under 5 are malnourished.
Dehydration due to diarrhea claims the lives of 1.8 million children under the age of 5 every year.
i learned that I can donate knitted caps to help babies keep warm
Every 30 seconds a child dies from malaria.
I have learned “Of the children under the age of 5 who die each year, almost 2/3 could be saved with the simple low-cost interventions delivered by health workers in clinics and in their communities”
I learned we need over four million MORE local health care workers to help children survive from disease etc. That’s incomprehensible.
i learned about the program of knitting hats for the babies. what a great idea. this program is ending early next year.
I learned that “global estimates suggest we need 4.2 million more health workers in developing countries. “
I learned they have 671 followers on Twitter.
I learned that 1 in 5 children in Malia dies before the age of 5.
I learned that global estimates suggest we need 4.2 million more health workers in developing countries.
I learned wrapping premature babies skin to skin helps their chances of survival.
I learned that it costs only $8 for a health worker to treat a child with pneumonia.
Tweet
http://twitter.com/italiaangel80/status/22849606861
I learned some of their Corporate Partners are the pepsi co foundation, kraft foods, starbucks, and youtube.
I learned that almost 9 million children in the developing world die from diseases like pneumonia, diarrhea, malaria, and newborn complications.
Had 24,998,777 health and nutrition program beneficiaries in 2008
I learned that dehydration due to diarrhea claims the lives of 1.8 million children under the age of 5 every year.SAD
I subscribed to your blog with email weeziestoy@centurylink.net
I learned that when you support health workers, you’re one step away from helping so many children survive.
I tweeted this giveaway @ http://twitter.com/samman324/status/23179905659
I follow you on GFC.
I learned that Every 4 seconds a child survives thanks to the basic health care provided by local health workers. Frontline local health workers help children all over the world survive threats like newborn complications, pneumonia, diarrhea, malaria, and malnutrition.
I subscribe via email.
Dehydration due to diarrhea claims the lives of 1.8 million children under the age of 5 every year.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Melanie’s original comment was automatically sent into moderation, and I accidentally hit “Delete” instead of “Approve” – so I am re-entering her comment manually! Melanie said that she learned that you can donate online. Sorry about my mistake, Melanie!!
гороскоп Дева февраля года