Youth in Action: Child Mortality
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ACTION
Check out what one team is doing with one of NGC's Issue Areas, Child Mortality:
Academy of the Holy Cross NGC Team
LOCATION
Kensington, MD
GLOBAL PROJECT
The Smile Group - Friends of Thay Hung, Vietnam. The Smile Group provides educational and medical care to children with HIV/AIDS. Their mission is to restore the dignity and smiles of children living with HIV/AIDS through financial, educational, moral, and psychological support.
The Smile Group - Friends of Thay Hung, Vietnam. The Smile Group provides educational and medical care to children with HIV/AIDS. Their mission is to restore the dignity and smiles of children living with HIV/AIDS through financial, educational, moral, and psychological support.
ACTION
The Holy Cross NGC Team hosted
a child Mortality Ribbon Sale. Orange Ribbons were sold to represent
awareness of malnutrition. The campaign served as a fundraiser and
great community education event, increasing the awareness of their fellow
students and faculty about issues of child morality and The Smile
Group.
They also posted fliers in their school containing data on child mortality.
Message from the team:
“In our realm of high school with academic/social pressure, it is very
easy to forget about the great big world out there. The fliers got
people talking. Because malnutrition and malnutrition related diseases
are a few of the chief causes of child mortality, we thought that
raising money and awareness of the silent genocide that is child
malnutrition was appropriate.” - Team Leader Mary Frances LaHood
Academy of the Holy Cross Ribbon Sale
IMPACT
The Holy Cross NGG Team raised over $200 for The Smile Group and educated their fellow students about child mortality and nutrition.
The Smile Group
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