In Haiti, malnutrition is a major issue, especially for children. It is difficult to get food in many, many cases. Drinking water generally has to be transported, then (hopefully) treated. Parasites lurk particularly in the water, and infect many children. The parasites rob the children of their ability to absorb nutrients from the meager food they receive. This is one reason in Haiti that you see skinny little bodies with distended bellies, kids with orange hair, and an abominably high mortality rate for children under 5 years old. The saddest thing is, parasitic infection is treatable.
Aaron Jackson is working in Haiti to help these children, and CNN is featuring him in their "Heros" feature for December. Please go to this link and vote for him
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2007/cnn.heroes/
if he is chosen, he wins a $25,000 award that goes towards funding this project.
Click here to see his video
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2007/09/11/heroes.aaron.jackson.cnn
Please help the beautiful children of Haiti, the poorest in the Western Hemisphere!
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