Dear John,
Can you imagine growing up in a remote village and seeing many of your friends and neighbors slowly going blind, tears running down their faces because of the terrible pain that never goes away? Even worse, what if you spent your life fearing this would happen to you, too?
This is the awful reality of trachoma, the bacterial infection that is the world’s leading cause of preventable blindness, which now threatens 157 million people. But trachoma is not only preventable, it is also treatable, so a person’s eyesight can often be saved before it is lost.
Today, when you make a #GivingTuesday gift to end blinding trachoma in Mali and Niger, the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation will match your gift, doubling its impact. This means you can help twice as many people escape the pain of trachoma and potentially save their sight!
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Your gift will go toward a proven strategy, called SAFE.
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›› Simple eyelid Surgery
›› Distribution of Antibiotics
›› Education on Facial cleanliness
›› Environmental improvements like latrines
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Please make a gift now »
You can bring this remarkably effective strategy to the people of Mali and Niger. |
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For more than 35 years, The Carter Center has proven that people can improve their own lives when provided with the necessary skills, knowledge, and access to resources. This is why the SAFE strategy is so effective, and how Ghana most recently became completely trachoma free. Now Mali and Niger are ready to defeat this disease. They need your help today.
This is a limited-time match, so please be as generous as possible. Thank you for taking this #GivingTuesday to help the people of Mali and Niger escape blinding trachoma. We look forward to bringing you updates on our progress.
Sincerely,
Jimmy Carter
Co-Founder and Trustee
The Carter Center
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