Worm Busters!
You can help children who are needlessly suffering…
Wouldn't you agree that one of the most gratifying things in life is
helping a child in need?
It is hard to realize that millions of children around the world
are needlessly suffering from serious health and developmental
problems that are easily treatable.
Right now over 2 billion people world wide, mostly children and pregnant
women, -- a quarter of the world's population -- are infected with debilitating
intestinal parasites. The problem continues to escalate and is one of
the most persistent health problems today.
Intestinal worms cause anemia, underweight infants, malnutrition, and
retarded mental and physical growth. Children's school performance and
activites are affected. In adults productivity is crippled, causing an
enormous economic burden on affected communities.
The World Food Program has joined with the World Health Organization
to fight this problem, as worms consume a considerable percentage of generously
donated food to poor communities.
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Intestinal worms spread easily
in poor sanitary conditions in impoverished communities.
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You can help hundreds of children suffering from intestinal
parasites in this hemisphere? It's true! The medication to treat one child
costs only pennies, can be administered easily and cost-effectively through
existing school feeding and other community programs, and only two treatments
per year are needed to significantly reduce the parasite-load and the
resulting illnesses.
Your gift to the Worm Busters Campaign will help treat children who live
in places in our hemisphere where intestinal worms are endemic. You can
help give these children a chance to lead a healthier more productive
life. You can help them thrive and make the most of their educational
opportunities. You can give them a chance they've never had.
An effective worm control strategy will eliminate the injustice that
lets millions of children and women live with chronic disease even though
a successful and proven cure is within reach.
To help launch the world-wide Worm Busters Campaign in high risk
communities here in our own hemisphere click
here.
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