44 cents frees children from intestinal worms

With a solution that's pocket change--44 cents--we believe there's no reason 40% of the world's children should have their health, futures and even their lives threatened by intestinal parasites.

You can stand in agreement with us on behalf of the children by learning more and contributing toward the cure.

Learn how we provide the 44 cent cure.

Good health helps break poverty's grasp

Poor health is a direct result of extreme poverty and poor health is perhaps the major contributor to persistent cycles of poverty.

That’s why World Concern is working to improve the health of impoverished people in the world’s poorest villages, from Haiti and Bolivia to Somalia and Bangladesh.

Leprosy is real and disfiguring people in 2008. How we help the victims in Somalia.

32% of new AIDS cases come from southern Africa

Many countries are seeing fewer cases of HIV, according to UNAIDS. Prevention efforts aimed at reducing new HIV infections since 2000 and 2001 are showing results.

Still, the impact of AIDS on countries where we serve continues to be devastating in scope. In most of southern Africa, HIV/AIDS prevalence rises above 15% of the population.

Brothers and sisters lose both parents, only to be stigmatized by the community. Mothers infected by rape sometimes pass the virus to their children. AIDS-infected adults and children become sicker, simply because they lack proper nutrition.

World Concern has addressed these dilemmas in several ways.

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Millions die preventable deaths in the developing world

• AIDS remains the #1 killer in Sub-Saharan Africa
• 33 million people have AIDS worldwide
• 23 million people with AIDS live in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Intestinal parasites infect roughly 40% of the world's children
• Parasites consume essential nutrients and cause anemia, malnutrition, skin disorders and stunted growth
• More than half a million women die every year of complications during pregnancy or childbirth; most of these deaths can be avoided with proper medical care
• Sources: UNAIDS, UNICEF, World Health Organization

Touching people in grief, teaching the facts

• We connect people living with AIDS to clinics and Anti Retro Viral medicine
• Children learn accurate information about HIV/AIDS through a variety awareness curriculum
• People receive voluntary counseling and testing services, as well as peer support groups
• World Concern HIV/AIDS prevention activities are gender balanced with a strong focus on empowering women
• We train local volunteers to provide grief and counseling to orphans
• We support caregivers of orphans with food, livestock, business skills and hygiene training