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The power of the “microblogging” platform Twitter and its super-active community cannot be underestimated. The Mamas learned about the following non-profit program while following @nerdseyeview during the Conde Nast Traveler World Savers Congress.
Five & Alive reaches children ages five and under to prevent and treat malaria, water-borne illness, pneumonia and malnutrition. Five & Alive, a program of Population Services International (PSI), provides children and their families with the education, products, services and care needed to improve health and save lives in more than 30 countries.
Five & Alive is the sister initiative of YouthAIDS, an HIV/AIDS education and prevention program of PSI. Together, these two programs raise awareness of the global health crises facing the developing world while providing sound solutions to save the lives of the poor and vulnerable.
Actress Ashley Judd traveled to Rwanda and the Congo to exactly what these young children need. The Traveling Mamas want to help support the efforts of PSI, Ashley Judd, and Conde Nast Traveler by asking you to join with us in this cause. Readers can make a difference with as little as a $5 donation.
Each year 350 to 500 million cases of malaria occur worldwide, and more than 1million people die, most of them young children in Sub-Saharan Africa. This fatal disease can be prevented and treated. Five & Alive/PSI is working with host governments in 32 countries worldwide to prevent and treat malaria. Your donation can help provide treated mosquito nets for children in Rwanda to sleep under.
More than half of children in the developing world suffer from iron-deficiency anemia. Between the ages of six and 24 months, this type of deficiency can result in the irreversible loss of a child’s mental and physical potential. Your donation will assist in providing Babyfer, an easy-to-use nutritional supplement that helps offset deficiencies in Haitian children’s diets.
Water is essential for all living things, yet more than a billion people worldwide lack access to safe sources. Without a tap to turn to, millions of people in the developing world are forced to drink from contaminated rivers and dirty ditches. Your donation will help individuals in places such as Malawi provide safe drinking water for their children.
Pneumonia is the leading cause of death in children under five in the world, killing more children than AIDS, malaria, and measles combined. Over 2 million children die from pneumonia each year, accounting for almost one out of five children under-five deaths worldwide. Your donation can save the lives of 25 children in Ethiopia and Myanmar by helping to fund life-saving pneumonia treatments to these small patients.
To read more about Five & Alive or to donate, please visit the official site.
