Six Cents Initiative

Access to water PROBABLY isn't an issue for you. Sure, the kitchen is just sooooo far away and you're tired. But compare walking five steps to walking five miles, and there you go. Suddenly the sink doesn't seem so far away anymore.

Even if that child in their developing country who walks five miles to get water everyday gets the water they need, that water may be contaminated with who-knows-what. 4,500 children die every single day from lack of CLEAN water, not just lack of water itself. 

Cleanliness is a big thing, you know. Your country may not dump human/animal waste into the river and drink from that same river, but it happens in other places around the world. Imagine having to drink your own-- okay, don't. It's gross. 

People contract diseases like cholera, hepatitis A, and diarrhea. I know diarrhea may not sound that bad to you, but the thing is, you lose a lot of nutrients you obtain from the food you eat when you have diarrhea. And when you're already malnourished like the impoverished children in these developing countries, diarrhea is one of the worst things you can get.  

UNICEF has partnered up with Circle K to make the Six Cents Initiative, a program that provides access to clean water and oral rehydration packets. These packets help people recover from diseases they may have acquired from drinking contaminated water. They used to be just six cents each (hence the name) but now for some reason they're seven cents. 

But hey, seven cents to save a life. Not bad.

You don't have to be a millionaire to make a difference.

To learn more about how you can use your spare change to save a life, visit http://www.unicefusa.org/partners/ngo/six-cents-initiative.html

Have a great day! 

Syrian Crisis

So maybe you're just sitting at home, snuggled comfortably under your blankets, and you fall fast asleep, dreaming about that guy who sits next to you in physics, or getting an F on the test you know you didn't study for.

Meanwhile, a little girl in a refugee camp who has fled Syria for her life hides under a thin covering. She goes to sleep to the sound of bombs and dreams about death.

What started out as a conflict in March 2011 has turned into a widespread crisis. And Syria isn't the only battlefield. In these refugee camps, there is a battle against death for the civilians who fled their country.

The Syrian Crisis may be OLD news, but the fact that it is STILL news after two years is devastating. Why are we still fighting this battle?

Refugees need your help. Sixty percent of the population in these camps are children. These children are growing up in an unstable environment, not knowing if they will wake up to see the next day.

Put yourself in the position of that little girl. Sometimes we don't realize how lucky we are to be safe, educated, and healthy. 

The UNICEF fund is currently supplying refugee camps with medical supplies, food, clothing, and other necessities. They are short on funding, however, and will have to cut crucial supply lines soon if proper funding is not received. 

Please help donate: https://secure.unicefusa.org/site/Donation2?df_id=12460&12460.donation=form1&JServSessionIdr004=0hc5qtt4a2.app240a

Save the children! 

Thank you.