Save a life.

Nearly 21,000 children under age 5 die every day, mostly from preventable diseases. Recent research in child development is clear: The first five years are a crucial period in the development of a child and this development directly affects the quality of adult life. Says Compassion international.


In most African countries about 150 out of 1000 children, under the age of 5, die. They die because their parents or guardians don’t have the funds to provide the medicine or they don’t know that there is a need to take action against certain things that could cause disease and growth problems.


There is a solution to this problem and it comes in the form of Compassion international. Compassion started a program called the ‘child survival program’. This program consists of

Growth Monitoring, they do this because steady growth is a good sign of adequate nutrition

Oral Rehydration Therapy, which restores fluids lost to diarrhea.

Breast-feeding which promotes infant growth, facilitates bonding with the mother, and reduces incidence of illness.

Immunization used because it is an effective way to reduce or eliminate many diseases that cause childhood death and
disability.

They also use Female Literacy because the mother's level of education is directly tied to child survival.

Also, Food, food or supplements fight off malnourishment.

By using these different methods there is a higher chance for the child to survive.

If we do not work to solve this problem and save these lives, more children will die needlessly and there will continue to be a drop in educating these third world countries about medicine and how to be healthy. But if we do work to make this change we will provide a healthy future for these children and educate these third world countries. What better way to jump-start a child’s future than giving them the fundamentals to survive?

So how can you help? You can go to Compassion’s website and pick out a survival program out of a few options and become a partner to that program. One example is the Lenchani Baptist child survival program in Lenchani Kenya. Each program uses you money to minister and educate the mothers and children. To become a partner all you have to do is commit to giving your chosen program only twenty dollars a month. You can also give a one-time tax-deductible donation.

These children need to be cared for and provided for, tonight when your sitting in front of your computer wondering if you should really do this, just remember that every minute you waist 14 more chidren will die.