By Mariam Diallo | National Director
This year in Mali, 1 in 8 children will die before their fifth birthdays. That means that among the 2,256 children currently enrolled in our programs, we would have lost 282 young lives to completely preventable and treatable diseases like malaria, pneumonia, and malnutrition.
But that didn’t happen. You didn’t let it.
Because of your support, we have not lost a single child to disease in nearly two years. That’s incredible. In a country ranked the fourth hardest in the world to be a child or mother,* not one family among the thousands in our programs has suffered the loss of a mother or child.
They, and we, have you to thank. Your support ensures that every family has access to the high quality care they need to stay healthy. You allow us to train doctors to give the best care possible, and you help us send Community Health Workers to meet the hardest-to-reach families in their own homes. Together, we’re building a continuum of care to guarantee that every child gets the healthy start she deserves.
282 children will celebrate the new year with their families in just a few weeks because of you. I’m sure if they were in your living room right now, they’d say “i ni ce, n terimuso.” (That’s “thank you, my friend.”)
With gratitude,
The Mali Health Team
*Save the Children's State of the World's Mothers Report 2015
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