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Campaign Observes Month of Prayer for Child Survival
Month of Prayer for Child Survival
The Global Health Council encourages people of all faiths to recognize a Month of Prayer for Child Survival by taking part in any of the following simple activities:
- Saying a prayer for children;
- Holding a prayer breakfast; preaching a sermon; inserting information about child survival in the bulletin;
- Organizing town hall meetings;
- Writing letters to your congressional representative;
- Inviting a child survival expert to speak in your church, synagogue, mosque or other places of worship;
- Donating money to agencies that work on child survival;
- Watching the six-hour primetime PBS television series Rx for Survival - A Global Health Challenge, co-produced by WGBH and Vulcan Productions, airing Nov. 1-3, 2005.
Please join us to give children a fighting chance at life by getting involved in the campaign. For more information about how to join, contact the Global Health Council Community and Faith-Based Organization program at pmuchina@globalhealth.org or 202-833-5900, ext. 3231.
For additional information about Rx for Child Survival, visit http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/rxforsurvival/campaign/about.html and http://www.globalhealth.org .
Sermons and Prayers
For a list of sermons, websites with prayers and reflections on children, and other resources, please visit
http://www.globalhealth.org/rx_for_child_survival/month_of_prayer.php
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category: Global Health Council News : Announcements
contributed by Andrea Welch on 1 October 2005
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