"...The most imortant thing I learned is this thing that is still surprising when I tell other people, which is, that as you improve health in a society, population growth goes down."
--Bill Gates, The Gates Foundation

Lacking Basic Healthcare

August 4th, 2008

Worldwide, more than 200 million needy children under the age of 5 do not get basic health care when they need it.  Each year, almost 10 million children die worldwide before reaching their fifth birthday.  More than 1 death in every 6 in the world is the death of a child under the age of 5.  The biggest killers of these poor needy children worldwide are newborn complications, pneumonia, diarrhea and malaria! 

Using existing low cost medications and knowledge, we could save more than 6 million of the almost 10 million children who die every year from easily preventable or treatable causes.

We are trying to help, but these desparate children need your help too!

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Essential medicines to help needy children

The Lucress Watson and Dick Watson Children's Foundation is dedicated to bringing essential medicines and supplies to the very poorest needy children in the world.

We've created a remarkable, cost-efficient program to deliver health care through local organizations to some of the most remote places on earth, so that more needy children can grow up in good health.

Our goal ...

Our goal is to help needy children by bringing a steady supply of essential medicines to children who don't have ready access to modern medical care -- needy kids who live in extremely remote rural areas.