Infectious diarrhea kills 1,438 babies and toddlers every day. Unnecessarily. Diarrheal diseases are the most common cause of child deaths in the world and are directly related to polluted water. Young children in developing countries suffer from diarrhea on average 3 times annually. It loses important nutrients necessary for proper growth and development. Diarrhea is thus one of the main causes of child malnutrition. Malnourished children have reduced immunity and it is easier to get diarrhea again. At the same time, we have long been able to treat and prevent infectious diarrhea.
Clean water for 1,000 families
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Clean water for 1,000 families
Clean water
For 250 CZK 5,000 l of pure water. support us
Diarrhea is a symptom of an infection caused by bacteria, viruses and parasites, most of which are transmitted in contaminated water. Infection is more prevalent where sanitation and hygiene and access to safe water for drinking, cooking and washing are inadequate. Key measures to prevent infectious diarrhea include access to drinking water, improvement of sanitation, washing hands with soap, breast feeding, the first 6 months of life, washing food, personal hygiene and rotavirus vaccination.
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Infectious diarrhea and child malnutrition People in Need is fighting together in four African countries: in Ethiopia, Congo, Angola and Zambia. Our approach is comprehensive, from ensuring the availability of drinking water and we help organize the maintenance of the entire water management system, through medical training, in which we explain to people in remote villages the connection between sanitation and the spread of infections, to support the expansion of the cultivation of hardy and nutritious crops, which feed children and prevent malnutrition.
About People in Need
A Man in Need, Fr. p. with. is a Czech non-governmental non-profit organization that has existed since 1992. We provide immediate humanitarian aid and help people stand on their own two feet. We work in the Czech Republic and abroad. We support the education of children, we help the poorest and most vulnerable, we support human rights defenders. We respect the values of mutual assistance, solidarity and humanism.
Project guarantor
Šimon Pánek is the co-founder and executive director of People in Need. He was born in Prague and studied at the Faculty of Science, Charles University. He was one of the student leaders of the Velvet Revolution. Since 2017, he has been the chairman of the Prague Civil Society Center, which operates in the countries of the former Soviet Union. In 2003 he won the European of the Year award, in 2010 the Memory of the Nation Award and this year the state award of the Medal of Merit. He is a lecturer in European Leadership & Academic Institute (ELAI).
Whole description
Specifications
Project goal
Target amount
200,000 CZK
Target demographic
children, adults, elderly, families, adults
Location of assistance
The continent where we are helping
Africa
Charity
Charity
Charity
Field of assistance
Field of assistance
crisis and humanitarian aid, development cooperation
Basic
DRM free
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