Saturday, April 7, 2012

Help children in poverty and get a free t-shirt

Malaria is a nasty thing to deal with.  Two friends have ended up in the hospital years after getting it.  It just keeps giving if it doesn't kill you first.  A child dies of malaria every 30 seconds even though it is a preventable, treatable disease.

But, we can do something to help.  Compassion has a Malaria Intervention fund that provides households in poverty with mosquito nets, malaria education, and treatment.  You can give through this fund at any time.

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One of the countries that is really hurting is Rwanda.  The very cool company, Sevenly, is partnering with Compassion for a short time (ends Monday morning) to let you get a sharp t-shirt when you sponsor a child from Rwanda.  You have to use this link to get your t-shirt.  And, you have to do it by Monday morning, 9:59 AM PST - that's April 9th.  But, you really need to do it.  There is one boy, Boncoeur, that has been waiting over 189 days for a sponsor.

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If you aren't in a place right now where you can sponsor monthly, here is another option to get a Sevenly Malaria tee.  Flat out buy a t-shirt from Sevenly and $7 will be donated to provide a life-saving mosquito net to children in Rwanda.  It's the same terms as above:  Do it by Monday morning, April 9th, 9:59 AM PST.

So, you've got three options.  Two involve t-shirts.  All involve compassion.