13,100 children die each day from preventable causes. That's like 33 jumbo jets crashing. Jesus desires their healing to spring forth speedily!
Three diseases especially kill—malaria, TB, and AIDS. These killers are mostly controlled in the richer parts of the world where the best medicines are more readily available. A low-cost treatment for TB can prolong a person’s life around 20 years.
A huge number of children under five will die today from preventable causes, things we could stop, like diarrhea, malaria, pneumonia, birth complications, and hunger. How many? Approximately 13,800 precious lives. Picture 35 Boeing 777 jumbo jets crashing today, and again tomorrow, and the next day. (unicef.org). We can learn where our help is most needed, country by country, in The State of the World’s Children.
Just because we live in a wealthier country, we are likely to live 18 years longer than the poor who lack health care.
Canvasback Missions did it. They organize medical specialty teams to go from island to island providing completely free medical care. Besides basic wellness education, they provide surgeries and specialties in gynecology, ophthalmology, orthopedics, dental, dermatology, urology, cardiology, and more.
FARM STEW did it. They train Christian workers around the world to help the poorest help themselves by planting life-sustaining gardens and educating in best practices for sanitation and nutrition.
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