To Raise Funds For Save The Children, Haiti Chapter
Fort Lauderdale, FL Celadrin®, (www.celadrin.com) a member of the livethesource® (www.livethesource.com) family, is a clinically-proven joint health supplement that improves range of motion and restores joint health with no side effects. Dr. Bob Arnot, an award winning television correspondent, medical doctor and chief educator and wellness officer at livethesource™, announced today a special consumer promotion that benefits Haiti whereby 10 percent of Celadrin®, retail sales for the month of January will be donated to Save The Children’s relief efforts in Haiti.
Ted Farnsworth, the founder and CEO of livethesource® has been involved with Haitian relief efforts for several years. “We are thrilled to be able to align with Dr. Arnot to help the people of Haiti. Our company was founded on the principle of ‘People Helping People,’ so this fundraising endeavor is at the core of our beliefs. We hope to provide a great deal of help to a country that is still severely impaired by the devastating circumstances of 2010,”said Farnsworth.
“I am proud to be working with Celadrin® and livethesource® to make a difference to the children of Haiti,” said Arnot. “I have seen with my own eyes the incredible work that Save the Children has done for the Haitian community through health, nutrition, education, shelter, water and sanitation programs, and hope this program contributes a substantial amount to help them continue the crucial work they are doing.”
Save the Children (www.savethechildren.org) has served the needs of some of Haiti’s poorest children and families since 1978. Still reeling from the devastating earthquake of January 2010, Haiti is a dangerous place for children. With 500,000 children living in camps and many others living in slums, all lacking the protection of social and police services, children are under continued threat of exploitation and abuse.
Children of Haiti are also still very much at risk of natural disasters, such as the 2011 Hurricane season and with it the threat of a renewed cholera outbreak.
Protecting Vulnerable Children in Haiti
In urban areas, including the capital of Port-au-Prince, Save the Children supports welcome centers for street children that provide food and shelter, education and health programs and counseling and play opportunities. Centers offer scholarship assistance so that children can attend school and provide on-site lessons to prepare children for formal schooling. Save the Children also supports children’s rights through direct local interventions and national advocacy. Through a network of children’s clubs, we educate girls and boys on their rights, offers recreational youth activities and endorse positive civic participation.
Education and Schools
Save the Children implements a rural education program in community, government and mission schools. Through it, we reach thousands of students in Haiti’s Central Plateau, Southeast and Artibonite regions. We advocate for state recognition and more resources for the country’s growing network of community-run schools. We also pilot school readiness programs for pre-school girls and boys to increase their chances for later educational success. Primary children benefit from our school health and nutrition activities, receiving de-worming medication, iodine, iron supplementation and hygiene training, all of which help them stay in school. Innovative radio learning programs further extend the reach of our educational initiatives.
Community Health Programs in Haiti
In partnership with the Ministry of Health, Save the Children provides quality primary health care to mothers and young children in the Artibonite and Central provinces. We help prevent and treat malaria, tuberculosis and sexually transmitted diseases. We also train health care workers, invest in health infrastructure and medical equipment and develop community-based health committees to promote local participation and community well-being. In addition, we vaccinate children, provide them with supplemental vitamins and micronutrients, promote the benefits of breastfeeding and address childhood illnesses such as diarrhea. Save the Children projects also increase access to potable drinking water and oral re-hydration therapies. Reproductive health activities promote family planning, pre- and post-natal visits, safe deliveries and sexual education.
HIV/AIDS Prevention and Services in Haiti
Of all the nations in the Western Hemisphere, none has faced greater challenges to improve the lives of its children than Haiti. In addition to its poor development indicators, Haiti is the country most affected by HIV/AIDS outside of sub-Saharan Africa. HIV/AIDS in Haiti dramatically affects the well-being of children whose health is already compromised by poverty and inadequate access to basic health care.
Save the Children implements an HIV/AIDS program which has been greatly scaled up over the past year. Its goals are to improve access to prevention services and testing and counseling, mobilize community support for orphans and vulnerably children, improve the management of antiretroviral treatment programs and develop a coordinated system of care.
Food Security and Nutrition Programs
Save the Children helps improve the nutritional status of children in eight districts in the Central and Artibonite provinces. We monitor children’s nutrition, provide food to pregnant and lactating women, children under age 2 and malnourished children; improve community health and nutrition practices and promote improved agricultural production and marketing to bolster local economic growth.
