Kiwanis International and UNICEF have joined together to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus from the face of the Earth. Neonatal tetanus kills one baby every nine minutes which is almost 60,000 newborns every year. Mothers are also affected, they can die due to maternal tetanus and if their baby is infected, they can’t hold them in their arms or comfort them, they have to watch their children die. Their newborns are extremely sensitive to light and touch and have painful convulsions. It will take $110 million but will save 129 million mothers and their future babies.
Want your club to participate in raising funds to help eliminate MNT? Show this video at your next club meeting:
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheEliminateProject#p/u/0/9xji74CYE8c
Our International Vice-President also had an idea. Collect extra money from your membership dues and donate it to the Eliminate project. Two dollars saves a baby’s life!
How to help? Go Trick-Or-Treating!
Trick-or- Treat for UNICEF has served as the Original Kids Helping Kids campaign. UNICEF started the program in 1950 to aid children abroad after World War II. Since 1950, hundreds of millions of kids and adults have participated and raised over $164 million.
Since 1994, Key Club has been Trick-or-Treating for UNICEF. Key Clubbers have raised nearly $5 million for various programs. This year, all funds we raise will go towards The Eliminate Project: Kiwanis eliminating maternal and neonatal tetanus.
I encourage everyone to participate this year. It’s a great way to go convince your parents to let you go trick-or-treating. You’ll be trick-or-treating of a cause and maybe even getting candy while doing it! If you haven’t gotten boxes yet or want more go to: http://youth.unicefusa.org/trickortreat/ to preorder!