Clean Water, Child and Maternal Health, Nutrition
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Water-Borne Illness |
| One in six of our neighbors around the globe lacks access to safe drinking water, and twice that number lack access to adequate sanitation facilities. Diarrheal illnesses, often due to unsafe water, are a leading cause of childhood death. ELCA World Hunger works to provide clean, safe water for drinking, washing and irrigating crops-reducing the occurrence of water-borne illness. |
Child and Maternal Health |
| Preventable and treatable diseases such as pneumonia, diarrhea, measles and malaria still claim the lives of millions of babies and young children each year. This is largely due to not receiving vaccinations or adequate health care and nutrition. Hundreds of thousands of women still die during childbirth because basic health care services are not accessible. Medical missionaries, Lutheran hospitals, and health clinics supported by ELCA World Hunger save lives every day by extending basic health care services to underserved communities, regardless of people's ability to pay. |
Nutrition |
| In "food desert" cities like Detroit, as well as drought-stricken lands around the globe, fresh, healthy vegetables and good sources of protein are hard to find. The lack of proper nutrition makes all people-but especially pregnant women and young children-highly susceptible to disease. ELCA World Hunger supports food banks and community gardening programs in the Untied States and drought recovery projects around the globe, providing seeds, tools, fertilizer, livestock and training on crop production to improve community nutrition. |
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