10,000+ donors hav helped change the world

Since 2007, we have treated nearly 12 million people in hundreds of villages worldwide. More than 10,000 people like you have donated, investing in the future of vulnerable children.

Ideally, World Concern would provide the 44-Cent Cure in every village with children who suffer from intestinal worms, but we can’t do it without your help.

Your compassion will mean that a child can live without worms.

We Have A Reliable And Cheap Solution

44¢. It's not even enough money to buy a soda. And yet for a child who grows up with unclean water and poor sanitation, World Concern's 44-Cent Cure brings better health and allows them to develop normally.

It's a tremendous value, to change a child's life for the change in your pocket.

You can help 100 children by donating $44 right now.

A Holistic Solution To Keep Worms Away

With World Concern's 44-Cent Cure, children quickly feel better. Their bodies will usually pass the worm or worms within a couple of days. Our next challenge is to prevent the worms from returning. Hygiene education helps immensely.

With an ongoing monthly gift, you can go beyond the initial cure and fund better sanitation and clean water supplies to boys and girls who need it most. It will help keep the worms away.

Children who are freed from worms are able to focus in school, and have a better chance to reach their potential.

Health data source: World Health Organization

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Children Need a Chance to Live

More than 1/3 of the world's population suffers from worms, with the most intense infections in children and the poor. Infection can negatively impact all aspects of a child's development. Worms are often ingested as eggs through contaminated water. They grow in the intestines of their host and cause many problems:

• Worms rob them of valuable nutrition and hydration
• Worms make them more vulnerable to disease
• Worms often cause a lack of energy, hunger and nausea
• They cause a vitamin A and iron deficiency
• Those suffering often find eating and sleeping difficult
• In about 60,000 severe cases a year, worms kil

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• We begin with a chewable dose of Membendazole (de-worming medication) and vitamin A
• The medication kills the worms in the intestinal tract and the vitamin supplement helps it work
• Vitamin A increases immunity and helps prevent blindness
• We return in six months for another dose
• We educate people on the importance of good sanitation and hygiene in order to keep the worms away
• We build latrines in villages and teach hand washing. Often, children learn about germs for the first time
• Whenever possible, we also build clean water systems to prevent the worms from returning