What is The Eliminate Project?
The Eliminate Project is an international undertaking by Kiwanis and UNICEF to eradicate Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus from the world by the year 2015. To do this, we must raise $110 million dollars. What is Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus? MNT is a deadly disease that takes the lives of 60,000 innocent babies and mothers every year. Every 9 minutes, a child dies of MNT. To eliminate this disease from the face of the Earth, each mother needs a series of 3 vaccinations, which total up to $1.80. That's how much it costs to not only save one mother's life, but also the lives of all her children: $1.80. This project reaches the poorest, most neglected mothers and babies in the entire world. And yet, eliminating MNT is completely possible. For more information, please visit www.theeliminateproject.org or follow @EliminateMNT on twitter. |