Featured as the 2007 CNN Medical marvel project
"Amazing! For the price of a pack of cigarettes you can de-worm a school" -Anderson Cooper
In 2005, Planting Peace began its 'Stomp the Worm' project, a program set forth to provide de-worming medications to poverty stricken areas of the world. Originally, the organization had to bring deworming medication into countries by sneaking it in our backpacks. Since then we have developed more efficient ways of getting these vital medicines into the country and are proud to announce that we have delivered 10 million treatments worldwide.
What are Intestinal worms?
Many people have seen pictures of hungry children with large distended bellies in magazines and late night charitable TV infomercials. The reason children have this condition is because they have been infected with intestinal parasites. Unbelievably, intestinal worms infect 2 billion people around the world and of these 300 million suffer severe and permanent damage as a result of the parasites according to the World Health Organization. The worms can consume up to 20% of a child's nutritional intake everyday, causing severe malnutrition, under-nutrition, and even death.
Most of us are aware of the effects malnutrition can have on a child such as poor cognitive development, lethargy, weak immune systems, vitamin deficiencies, anemia, etc. However, many people do not know the extent that parasitic worms exacerbate the problem.
What Planting Peace is doing!
From Sudan to the Dominican Republic, Planting Peace is working hard to rid millions of children from parasitic worms. Our largest project in Haiti has already reached 7.9 million children and we continue our efforts to reach many more children. We also are educating people on how to prevent being infected with these parasites and also how to prevent being re-infected once treated. This is an overwhelming task considering the current, substandard living conditions in Haiti and other underdeveloped countries due to poor sanitation, raw sewage, lack of potable drinking water, minimal health care facilities and extreme poverty. However, we believe through treatment and education we can make a huge difference in all impoverished countries.
How YOU can help!
Everyone wants to help starving children but many do not know the best means of doing so, or they may feel overwhelmed by how big the problem is. Our deworming program can impact and treat thousands of children's lives for less than a hundred dollars. Furthermore, studies show the greatest proven asset in treating malnutrition is deworming therapy.
You can make a one-time contribution or sign up for a monthly contribution to the Planting peace 'Stomp the worm' program. Every dollar given to this program will allow us to remove worms from 67 children. Please type in the amount of your contribution into out deworming calculator to see how many kid's lives you will be changing
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Donation breakdown on how many kids we can Deworm with your contribution.
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