Kiwanis International
The Eliminate Project
Kiwanis International and UNICEF have joined forces to combat maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT) worldwide. This historic initiative, called "The Eliminate Project," will protect the lives of babies and mothers all over the globe and aims to help put an end to this cruel, centuries-old disease.
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Kiwanis and IDD In addition to partnering with UNICEF to eliminate MNT, the Kiwanis family has raised and leveraged almost $100 million to virtually eliminate iodine deficiency, the single most important preventable cause of brain damage among children, and insure children a smart start in life.
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The final push to eliminate MNT global effort will require $110 million and the dedicated work of UNICEF and every member of the Kiwanis family.
The more than 100 million women, along with their future newborns, who will be protected through global MNT elimination efforts along with their newborns live in areas scarred by poverty, poor medical infrastructure or humanitarian crises. The Eliminate Project will also help pave the way for the delivery of other lifesaving services, such as clean water, nutrition and other vaccines.
Global fundraising efforts to fight maternal and neonatal tetanus
UNICEF and the U.S. Fund for UNICEF are gathered in Geneva to attend the 96th Annual Kiwanis International Convention. An estimated 3,000 Kiwanis members are gathering to launch global fundraising efforts to protect millions of mothers and their future newborns from MNT, an agonizing and deadly disease.
You can help. Support The Eliminate Project, the historic partnership with Kiwanis International to help rid the world of MNT by 2015.
