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Support the Global Child Survival Act
Target: US CongressSponsored by: Save the Children
Every day, millions of families celebrate life's most fundamental bond between mother and child. And yet for too many families in poor countries, the joy of parenthood is cut short by anguish.
Every month, nearly a million parents worldwide will lose a young child.
Every 3 seconds a child dies from a preventable or treatable cause. That is 28,000 every day. Our goal for this petition is 28,000 signatures, symbolic of this statistic. Ten million children under five die from preventable and treatable diseases every year. They're not dying from mysterious, incurable diseases, but from diarrhea, pneumonia, malnutrition and other causes that would be unthinkable in our own country.
The significant commitment of the United States to children's health in the developing world contributed to a 50 percent reduction in child mortality between 1960 and 1990. And yet we've allowed funding for global maternal and child health programs to decline by 20 percent in the last 10 years.
Members of Congress have stepped up and introduced the Global Child Survival Act. This legislation would recommit the United States to improving children's health by expanding funding for proven solutions like immunizations and antibiotics.
Every 3 seconds a child dies from a preventable or treatable cause. That is 28,000 every day. Our goal for this petition is 28,000 signatures, symbolic of this statistic. Ten million children under five die from preventable and treatable diseases every year. They're not dying from mysterious, incurable diseases, but from diarrhea, pneumonia, malnutrition and other causes that would be unthinkable in our own country.
The significant commitment of the United States to children's health in the developing world contributed to a 50 percent reduction in child mortality between 1960 and 1990. And yet we've allowed funding for global maternal and child health programs to decline by 20 percent in the last 10 years.
Members of Congress have stepped up and introduced the Global Child Survival Act. This legislation would recommit the United States to improving children's health by expanding funding for proven solutions like immunizations and antibiotics.
Please tell your representatives in Congress to support the Global Child Survival Act.
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We signed the “Support the Global Child Survival Act” petition!
# 23,908:
11:22 pm PST, Nov 27,
Angela Hunter, Texas
Just think if it was your child what would you want to happen to them in the future?
Just think if it was your child what would you want to happen to them in the future?
# 23,907:
12:44 am PST, Nov 25,
Jennifer Velasco, Texas
Without our children there is no future. What kind of sence does it make to kill our future, by allowing our children to go hungry, become ill, and die? You wouldn't let it happen to your child...why should any child have to suffer from this fate. It's preventable and and inexcusable!!!!
Without our children there is no future. What kind of sence does it make to kill our future, by allowing our children to go hungry, become ill, and die? You wouldn't let it happen to your child...why should any child have to suffer from this fate. It's preventable and and inexcusable!!!!
# 23,906:
1:20 pm PST, Nov 19,
Kellie Mcgettigan, West Virginia
# 23,905:
8:17 pm PST, Nov 13,
Name not displayed, Oklahoma
# 23,904:
5:12 pm PST, Nov 9,
Marjorie Keeney, Florida
# 23,903:
1:02 pm PDT, Nov 3,
Name not displayed, Tennessee
Children don't choose to be born in poverty.Give them a chance. They could be the next great scientist, doctor, parent.
Children don't choose to be born in poverty.Give them a chance. They could be the next great scientist, doctor, parent.
# 23,902:
8:12 am PDT, Oct 31,
Jelena Zaric, Pennsylvania
# 23,901:
7:43 pm PDT, Oct 30,
Anna White, Connecticut
# 23,900:
2:02 pm PDT, Oct 30,
Charles Mclachlan, United Kingdom
hi congress it is time to help and support global child survival act.these little children of the world survival lies in you hands to me if you just saved one of these poor chidren of the world is worth any amount of money.so please help members of congress these kids need your help urgently.
hi congress it is time to help and support global child survival act.these little children of the world survival lies in you hands to me if you just saved one of these poor chidren of the world is worth any amount of money.so please help members of congress these kids need your help urgently.
# 23,899:
9:52 am PDT, Oct 29,
Ai Mahoney, Pennsylvania
# 23,898:
3:41 pm PDT, Oct 28,
Name not displayed, Wisconsin
# 23,896:
2:59 pm PDT, Oct 27,
Erica Reynolds, Florida
# 23,895:
2:15 pm PDT, Oct 25,
Mark Novotny, Illinois
# 23,894:
5:57 am PDT, Oct 25,
Brian Cave, Georgia
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8:24 pm PDT, Oct 24,
Teri Darville-Shirey, Louisiana
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11:44 pm PDT, Oct 23,
Robin Halloran, Alaska
# 23,891:
7:18 pm PDT, Oct 23,
Susan L. Arday, Maryland
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5:34 pm PDT, Oct 23,
Bernadette Semilla, Canada
# 23,889:
2:13 pm PDT, Oct 22,
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4:34 am PDT, Oct 21,
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# 23,886:
10:26 am PDT, Oct 18,
Anne Seidel, Germany
# 23,885:
11:28 pm PDT, Oct 17,
Robert Lindsay, California
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10:23 am PDT, Oct 15,
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# 23,883:
10:50 pm PDT, Oct 14,
Michelle Hoeft, Nebraska
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9:13 am PDT, Oct 14,
Elisa DeLapa, New York
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10:59 am PDT, Oct 13,
Fay Kelley, Arizona
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6:41 pm PDT, Oct 12,
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# 23,879:
12:54 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Sofia Santos, Portugal
# 23,878:
8:35 am PDT, Oct 12,
Clarisse Bernardes, Maryland
# 23,877:
8:35 am PDT, Oct 12,
Belinda Boateng, Maryland
Because every child deserves a chance
Because every child deserves a chance
# 23,876:
8:35 am PDT, Oct 12,
Justin Ruest, Maryland
# 23,875:
8:34 am PDT, Oct 12,
Jing Hu, Maryland
# 23,874:
8:34 am PDT, Oct 12,
Joselyn Jang, Maryland
# 23,873:
1:07 pm PDT, Oct 11,
Jose Chavez, Maryland
# 23,872:
1:07 pm PDT, Oct 11,
Pei Chu, Virginia
# 23,871:
1:05 pm PDT, Oct 11,
Jeremy Spekman, Maryland
# 23,870:
11:36 am PDT, Oct 11,
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11:30 am PDT, Oct 11,
Stefanie Parks, Maryland
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10:06 am PDT, Oct 11,
Laura Duffy, Maryland
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10:05 am PDT, Oct 11,
Sherrika R. Robinson, New York
# 23,866:
10:05 am PDT, Oct 11,
Name not displayed, Maryland
# 23,865:
8:54 am PDT, Oct 11,
Claudia Doerr, Canada
# 23,864:
8:43 am PDT, Oct 11,
Amit Sharma, Maryland
All children should have an equal chance at life. It is our responsibility as the greatest nation in the world to ensure that children receive proper medical care. In this globalized economy we are at least somewhat responsible for the health of other human beings in other nations. These children didn't ask to be placed in dire situations, so we shouldn't ask why our help is needed.
All children should have an equal chance at life. It is our responsibility as the greatest nation in the world to ensure that children receive proper medical care. In this globalized economy we are at least somewhat responsible for the health of other human beings in other nations. These children didn't ask to be placed in dire situations, so we shouldn't ask why our help is needed.
# 23,863:
8:38 am PDT, Oct 11,
Jimmy Lyons, Maryland
# 23,862:
8:33 am PDT, Oct 11,
Name not displayed, Maryland
Children are the future so they must be protected
Children are the future so they must be protected
# 23,861:
8:33 am PDT, Oct 11,
TAHA KAZI, Maryland
# 23,860:
8:09 pm PDT, Oct 10,
Lori Levise, Utah
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1:09 pm PDT, Oct 10,
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11:35 am PDT, Oct 10,
Name not displayed, Maryland
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11:35 am PDT, Oct 10,
Name not displayed, Maryland
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10:08 am PDT, Oct 10,
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10:08 am PDT, Oct 10,
Jennifer Davis, Maryland
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10:07 am PDT, Oct 10,
Name not displayed, Maryland
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10:06 am PDT, Oct 10,
Corey Chow, Maryland
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10:06 am PDT, Oct 10,
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10:05 am PDT, Oct 10,
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