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Bring International Attention to Malnourished Ethiopian Children

Sponsored by: US Fund for UNICEF

The effect of drought and rising food prices in some parts of Ethiopia is headline news, yet few people know the truth of the situation.

Children are the most vulnerable to nutritional deficits and the first to succumb when there is not enough food to go around. The Government of Ethiopia estimates that 75,000 children under the age of five live with severe acute malnutrition. And 25 to 50 percent of children with severe acute malnutrition are likely to die if they don't receive proper treatment.

But there is hope for the children of Ethiopia. UNICEF-supported therapeutic feeding programs have been set up around Ethiopia following the establishment of a national protocol for severe acute malnutrition. This approach has revolutionized the treatment of malnutrition in Ethiopia, leading to a significant drop in mortality rates for malnourished children of all ages.

Bringing international attention to the plight of these children and the benefits of the therapeutic feeding programs can help save lives! Pledge to get the story out in your community today. How can you do this? Some ideas:

* Write a post on your blog or profile page about the drought in Ethiopia.
* Explain to your friends and family, book group or social club how malnourishment is affecting Ethiopian children.
* Send this pledge to five friends so they can keep spreading the word!

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8:32 pm PST, Feb 9, Amy Murphy Williams, Georgia

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6:26 pm PST, Feb 9, Susan Inman, Michigan

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2:38 pm PST, Feb 9, Timara Motley, Virginia

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1:48 pm PST, Feb 9, Mary Malwitz, New Mexico

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11:05 pm PST, Feb 8, Gwendolyn Mims, North Carolina

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8:22 pm PST, Feb 8, Robyn Przypek, Colorado

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6:05 pm PST, Feb 8, Megan Rouse, New Jersey
THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT!

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1:29 pm PST, Feb 8, Callaway Mckay, Utah
Start a facebook page join causeworld application as a cause and collect donations, Twitter account and tweet daily

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5:35 pm PST, Feb 7, Mary Carolyn Perry, California

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2:53 pm PST, Feb 7, Carolyn Crawford, Georgia

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2:38 pm PST, Feb 7, Angela Rose, Virginia

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10:52 am PST, Feb 7, Joanne Kellar, Pennsylvania

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4:11 pm PST, Feb 6, Iris Chynoweth, California

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3:18 pm PST, Feb 6, Armand Fontaine, Texas

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8:12 am PST, Feb 6, Daniel Axelrod, North Carolina
LETS FEED THE PLANET

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8:02 am PST, Feb 6, Diane Otterstrom, Utah

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7:42 am PST, Feb 6, Pam Reynolds, Oklahoma

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7:25 am PST, Feb 6, Joan Draughn, Georgia

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6:41 am PST, Feb 6, Benjamin Roth, Maryland

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4:47 am PST, Feb 6, Joel Patzke, Texas
Post on my facebook and tell my friends to do the same

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9:13 pm PST, Feb 5, Christine Seanez, California

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8:42 pm PST, Feb 5, Louise Krause, Minnesota

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11:31 am PST, Feb 5, Mr Shorcuts, New York
How can you sleep while children starve?

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9:34 am PST, Feb 5, David Cohen, New York

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7:47 pm PST, Feb 4, Hodhan Madahey, Canada
I will actively spread the issues facing women and children in Ethiopia at my school campus.

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2:29 pm PST, Feb 4, Stuart Schnall, California

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1:50 pm PST, Feb 4, Ramona Shashaani, California

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7:36 am PST, Feb 4, Mary Latela, Missouri
Talk with my friends and church pals.

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11:40 am PST, Feb 3, Melissa Keller, Ohio

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10:50 am PST, Feb 3, Laura Jarrard, California
I'll talk to my children about it so they can spread the word to other children.

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10:32 am PST, Feb 3, Rachel Bliss, Pennsylvania

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10:29 am PST, Feb 3, Michael Gonzalez, Texas

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8:49 am PST, Feb 3, A Drinnon, Maryland
I wish there was more I COULD do!!!

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5:18 pm PST, Feb 2, Joshua Roark, Kentucky

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1:19 pm PST, Feb 2, Kenneth Jeruchim, Maryland

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8:02 am PST, Feb 2, Wendy Steiner, California

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11:19 pm PST, Jan 29, Miranda Richards, California

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11:23 am PST, Jan 29, Naima DeFlorio, Maine
I am going to talk to Campus Crusades at UMPI and ask them to consider the importance. Hopefully they will add their signatures and will also look to spread the word to even more people. I hope that having just recently attended Passion in Atlanta, people will be inspired to be the change.

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8:03 am PST, Jan 29, Alex Coleman, New York

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