By Emma Taylor | EDV Media and Marketing Director
The need for health education was recently brought into sharp focus by a cholera outbreak at the Foyer d’Orelph Orphanage, where 11 children were sickened by the water-borne illness.
Thanks to education provided by EDV and other groups, the directors of the orphanage knew exactly what do to and were able to stop the spread of the disease within a few days. It’s a great illustration of how well education works – but with a little more information all of the Cholera cases could have been avoided.
We’re hoping to expand our health education operations to the Foyer d’Orelph Orphanage so that we can be sure that the Cholera outbreak these kids recently experienced never happens again. In order to achieve this goal we need your support!
Without funds to pay translators, buy essential educational materials, vitamins, provide transport for health professionals, and support orphanage directors, we won’t be able to help the kids and directors understand how to avoid future cases of Cholera.
Until May 20th, we have a great opportunity to win an extra $2,500 for Health Education in Haiti. During Global Giving’s Recurring Donation Challenge , the group that gets the most recurring donations or raises the most through recurring donations wins up to $2,500!
That means that your monthly donation, even if it’s as small as $10, could help us win more than $2,000 to keep these vulnerable kids healthy.
If you can’t consider making a monthly gift, you can still get involved by letting your friends know about this exciting opportunity to support Community Health Education in Haiti.
Thanks so much for all you’ve already given, and warm regards from Haiti!
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