Help Eradicate Guinea Worm Disease Today

Help Eradicate Guinea Worm Disease Today

By Michelle C. Carr-Crowe and the Get RE$ult$ Team, Your San Jose Saratoga Lynbrook and Cupertino Schools Experts

Can you imagine being so thirsty you’d drink dirty water, even knowing you would get sick from it? Can you feel the itch and pain of blisters that eventually rupture, only to result in worms as long as three feet coming out of your body, knowing they’ve already laid more eggs inside and this terror will repeat endlessly throughout your life without hope of respite?

That is the reality and misery of Guinea Worm Disease.

Please consider joining with the Carter Center and signing the petition to eradicate Guinea Worm Disease today.

This horrific disease, which has tortured people in Asia for millennia, is preventable through simple, yet effective, methods including basic filtering and treatment of contaminated water sources. It is one of the few diseases that can be prevented without vaccinations or medical staff.

The Carter Center is leading an international coalition in the Guinea worm disease eradication effort, working at the village level to empower and educate communities to take simple measures like filtering water to get rid of the disease as soon as possible.

Guinea worm disease can potentially be the first disease to be wiped off the face of the Earth without a vaccine or medicine. Simply visit http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/462/111/152, and sign up to show your support. It will cost you nothing but your time.

Thank you for considering this and may God richly bless you today.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/462/111/152

The Carter Center, founded by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, in 1982, is committed to advancing human rights and alleviating unnecessary human suffering. Please signup today to learn more about the Carter Center's work to create a world in which every man, woman and child has the opportunity to enjoy good health and live in peace.