Day 6: Protect Five Children in Burma with Immunizations

Today, I decided to look through the "Children's Health and Well-Being" section of GreaterGood.org. I found an interesting and surprising link to a charity that pays for immunizations in Burma. A $10 donation allows you to protect five children in Burma by immunizing them against some of the most devastating childhood diseases. The ethnic minorities along the Thai-Burma border suffer limited health care and a health status among the world's worst. With training from Dr. Cynthia Maung's Mae Tao Clinic, health workers from these minority groups are bringing the rudiments of modern health care, including childhood immunizations that are routine in the Western world, to over 120 remote communities deep in the Burmese rain forest. For the first time, the children in these villages can benefit from immunizations against some of the most devastating childhood diseases. Your donation will pay for 4 vaccinations for 5 children. These vaccinations will save each of these 5 children from tuberculosis, polio and measles. There is also an additional vaccination (named DPT) that covers diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus.

This is definitely a worthy cause, and a donation would be greatly appreciated. Personally, I knew that many people don't receive the vaccinations needed, mostly because of the UNICEF video my school watches in assembly every October to promote "Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF". More and more, I'm discovering just how sheltered I am from bad things going on in this world. I would've thought that I had seen/knew about a large amount of bad things from visiting the Morrisville Presbyterian Church Food Bank, or going to Costa Rica last year, but I don't; not in the slightest bit. Seeing the bad things that are going on in our world has gotten kind of depressing, and my faith in G_d is becoming more difficult to keep at "healthy" levels. However, I know that this is a good thing to be doing, and I'm going to continue to do this project happily, because I know that it's good to learn about bad things in the world.

Please donate to the cause. You can click here to be taken to the donation page. Thanks for reading!