Care2 member? Log in

deadline: Ongoing...
goal: 20,000

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!

Take Action

50 log in or sign up to start earning Butterfly Credits today!

learn more »

Prefix

optional

First name

Last name

don't display my name

Country

Address

City

State

Province

Zip code Postal code

What else will you do to spread the word about Ethiopian children?

All fields required except where noted

	I agree to Care2's terms of service.
	We respect your privacy. Your email address is used to confirm your signature and is NOT displayed publicly.

Having problems signing this pledge? Please let us know.

We signed the “Bring International Attention to Malnourished Ethiopian Children” Pledge!

# 18,032:

12:44 pm PST, Nov 20, June Harrison, New Jersey

# 18,031:

10:20 am PST, Nov 20, Melissa Johnson, Illinois

# 18,030:

6:14 am PST, Nov 20, Kelli Stowe, California

# 18,029:

11:37 am PST, Nov 18, Dana Schmidt, California

# 18,028:

11:16 am PST, Nov 18, Tom Lo, California

# 18,027:

5:12 pm PST, Nov 17, Ellie Shain, California

# 18,026:

1:23 pm PST, Nov 16, Michelle Harris-Shields, Kentucky

# 18,025:

5:51 pm PST, Nov 13, Alisha Migliore, Washington

# 18,024:

8:49 am PST, Nov 13, Theresia Cronan, California
These children do not deserve to starve or suffer from malnutrition. Their plight is not hopeless! We need to help them get the nutrition that they need and educate them how to provide for themselves. Please help the children of Ethiopia. They do not deserve such a horrible and cruel fate.

# 18,023:

10:31 pm PST, Nov 12, Sarah Piepenburg, Wisconsin

# 18,022:

1:54 pm PST, Nov 12, SeCarra Moore, Ohio

# 18,021:

10:51 am PST, Nov 8, Lynne Potts, United Kingdom

# 18,020:

8:36 am PST, Nov 8, Donna Hebel, Michigan

# 18,019:

4:29 am PST, Nov 8, Tiffany Ki, Hong Kong

# 18,018:

9:19 am PST, Nov 6, Niharika Mishra Mitra, India

# 18,017:

9:08 am PST, Nov 6, Ashwin Achu, India

# 18,016:

8:42 am PST, Nov 6, ROSHNI BHATOOLAUL, United Kingdom
share this website with friends and contacts on networking sites

# 18,015:

12:46 am PST, Nov 6, Name not displayed, Austria

# 18,014:

11:42 pm PST, Nov 5, Crystal Lotus, Australia

# 18,013:

8:51 pm PST, Nov 5, Deborah Spacek, Illinois
Send the story to 5 friends.

# 18,012:

4:27 pm PST, Nov 5, Monica Held, Pennsylvania

# 18,011:

2:48 pm PST, Nov 5, Firdoze Lane, Ghana

# 18,010:

7:23 am PST, Nov 5, Spiral Pipedream, Florida

# 18,009:

2:31 am PST, Nov 5, Martine Vincent, Germany

# 18,008:

12:48 pm PST, Nov 4, Betsy Reiss, Vermont

# 18,007:

9:44 am PST, Nov 4, Olga Uvarova, Russian Federation

# 18,006:

4:30 am PST, Nov 4, Michael Osborne, Australia
Display this on my facebook and spread the word!!

# 18,005:

11:22 pm PST, Nov 3, Michelle Ishibashi, California

# 18,004:

7:11 pm PST, Nov 3, Sheila Kalivas, California

# 18,003:

12:25 pm PST, Nov 3, Name not displayed, Poland

View Signatures:
|<
<
18,030
18,000
17,950
...
150
100
50
>
>|