SAVE THE CHILDREN, TOGETHER WITH EMMY AWARD WINNING ACTRESS CLAIRE DANES, ASKS NEW YORKERS TO HELP END PREVENTABLE CHILD DEATHS!!
Around the world, a child dies every 3 seconds from a preventable disease and treatable causes due to lack of basic health care, which is the equivalent of 20 children every New York minute.
On the first day of the United Nations Global Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Summit, Save the Children and Emmy Award Winning Actress Claire Danes invite New Yorkers to support a major campaign to end child mortality.
From marching in the streets in Bangladesh, to signing up to an online petition in Canada, nearly three million people in over 40 countries have taken an action to support Save the Children. Now, New Yorkers can add their voice and ink their thumbprint on a huge mosaic, created by famed artist Ian Wright, to join the fight to prevent needless deaths of children everywhere.
World leaders arrive in New York City today Monday, September 20th to discuss progress toward the MDGs, established in 2000 with a deadline for completion in 2015. They have a make-or-break opportunity to accelerate progress, and save 15 million children’s lives in the process.
“See Where the Good Goes ” has an interactive website (GoodGoes.org) and uses social media strategies to raise awareness about the importance of local health workers in developing countries.
· Every 4 seconds a child survives thanks to the basic health care provided by local health workers.
· Save the Children and the Ad Council are working together to mobilize citizen action in the U.S. to help local health workers help save more children worldwide.
· Help local health workers bring the good to the children who need it most.
· You are one step away from helping children around the world survive.
· http://www.goodgoes.org/our-campaign: Features information about local health worker’s village, blog posts, video bios, and other details that help you See Where the Good Goes.
· Users can add your photo in support of the project to The Great Wall of Good Facebook application: http://apps.facebook.com/greatwallofgood.
Please join and support the campaign either in person or online at www.goodgoes.org (or globally, at www. everyone.org)
The event will be held today at Grand Central Terminal in New York at 1:00.
