Save A Young Life in Kenya
  A Child Desperately Needs Your Help
Three-year-old Hawo suffers from jiggers, skin diseases, and diarrhea. She may go days without food. She and her four siblings were abandoned by their parents. They are now cared for by their 85-­‐year-­‐old grandmother who has cataracts and cannot work. They rely on neighbors for food and to pay the rent. Hawo has never had milk or meat; the best meal she's ever eaten is a handful of rice. Will you help Hawo?		  
 
Life in Kiandutu
About 45 minutes from Nairobi is Kiandutu, with 20,000 of the poorest people on earth. Homes are built from scraps of cardboard, wood or sheet metal crowned with rusty barbed wire. Open sewers flow through the streets where animals roam and children play barefoot. Approximately 92% of the children in Kiandutu are hungry. One in four families has lost at least one child under age five, mainly from malaria or malnutrition. Over 90% of parents are unemployed, and 36% have no schooling at all. Most parents leave their young children locked at home, alone, while they look for work. (For more information, please read Kiandutu Community Survey or Kiandutu Family Assessment Report.)

How You Can Make A Difference
In Kiandutu, Give A Child Life is helping the youngest and poorest children with emergency food and medicine and providing daily child care for dozens. We also cook a nutritious lunch for over 60 children a day, including infants. Support is needed to help feed more hungry children.  
 

Every month GCL staff members meet with more than 20 mothers to discuss their challenges and how to overcome them. Our nurse also teaches good health and parenting practices. Your contributions make a real difference in these families' lives.

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