FF..,.....bulletin.....Eliminate...where we stand....6/22/15

 
 
SUMMARY OF FUNDRAISING TOTALS
 
     As of June 16, 2015, The Eliminate Project has raised:
          Total Funds: $84,686,783.93  (cash & pledges)
           Average per member: $365.08.
            Total Model & 100K Clubs: 1,070
     The TX-Oklahoma District has a total of 64 Model & 100K Clubs.  
          They have raised $2,458,886 for an average per member of  $246.55.
 
          UNICEF and its partners have combated maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT) across the globe through education, outreach and mass immunizations drives.  In addition to delivering tetanus vaccines to even the remotest areas by any means necessary - including on horseback and even on foot - - UNICEF has trained traditional midwives and birth attendants in safe birthing practices and distributed safe birthing kits.  To help stem the tide of MNT, UNICEF has also supported prenatal care and a wide range of other maternal and newborn health services.
     Since 1999, UNICEF and its partners have immunized nearly 100 million women with two or more do=ses of the vaccine and have eliminated the disease in 37 countries.  Countries that have recently validated the elimination of MNT include Sierra Leone, Gabon, Laos and Madagascar.  MNT still remains a deadly threat in 22 couintries.