http://beta.razoo.com/blog/show/240 Sat, 04 Aug 2007 12:42:49 GMT Latest posts from the Children at Risk community blog http://beta.razoo.com/blog_post/1138/show <p>http://www.unicefusa.org/friendsaskingfriends/EveryDollarCounts</p> <p>* Just 6 cents can provide one packet of oral rehydration salts for one child to treat severe dehydration and diarrhea, a leading cause of death among young children in developing nations.</p> <p>* $1 protects a child from measles for life. Measles is lethally infectious. It is still responsible for 750,000 child deaths annually.</p> <p>* $1.20 can immunize a mother and her newborns against maternal and neonatal tetanus, which is completely preventable but claims the lives of about 30,000 mothers and 200,000 newborns each year.</p> <p>* $2.50 can provide one child with basic school supplies such as pencils, books, chalk, slate board and paper.</p> <p>go to: http://www.unicefusa.org/friendsaskingfriends/EveryDollarCounts </p> Sat, 04 Aug 2007 12:42:49 GMT http://beta.razoo.com/blog/rss/815 Esther Obisakin