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Join Jennifer Garner and Support #67Strong4Kids

Critical shortages of lifesaving ready-to-use therapeutic food threaten the survival of millions of children suffering from acute malnutrition. Just $67 can provide a full six-week course of this treatment, bringing one child from acute malnutrition to the chance of a healthy, thriving life.

For her birthday this year, ±¬ÁÏÿÈÕ´óÈü Ambassador and Board of Trustees member Jennifer Garner launched a 67-day challenge, #67Strong4Kids, to run one mile a day and raise awareness and funds to combat global child hunger.

The challenge culminated in a running event in Santa Monica on June 22, where hundreds of people joined – in-person and virtually – for their final mile. You can still join us in the fight against global hunger by making a $67 donation to help provide lifesaving aid to children.

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$11 will provide one week of ready-to-use 
therapeutic food for severely malnourished children

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$67 will provide a complete 6-week treatment plan using ready-to-use therapeutic food for severely malnourished children

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$300 will provide a complete 6-week treatment plan as well as other lifesaving health services (immunizations, clean water and nutrition guidance for caregivers)

#67Strong4Kids: Jennifer Garner’s Final Mile

Sunday, June 22nd marked Jennifer Garner's final mile of her 67-day challenge. Special guest Becs Gentry and Brooks Running  joined Jen to celebrate the $500,000 we’ve raised so far and kick off our next challenge: to reach $1 million!

You can still join us by starting a fundraiser of your own to help raise money. Kick off your own 67-day challenge! It only takes 10 minutes to set up a simple fundraiser.

 

""There’s two things I love – giving back to the world and running. And #67Strong4Kids with ±¬ÁÏÿÈÕ´óÈü combines them for me. Forward is a pace, and each one of us can find our own way to raise awareness and gather support for kids who are suffering from this treatable condition."
-Becs Gentry

Rafqa*, 40, prepares to feed her 10 month old daughter Hana* in their tent in Syria

The Power of Peanuts

Ready-to-use therapeutic food is fortified peanut butter that’s specifically designed to treat children with severe acute malnutrition. This high-energy, nutrient-rich food is typically a mixture of peanut butter, milk powder, vegetable oil, vitamins and minerals, and can help a child recover from malnutrition within days.  

Right now, record shortages of this essential treatment threaten the survival of children suffering from acute malnutrition.

Just $67 can provide a full six-week course of this treatment, bringing one child from acute malnutrition to the chance of a healthy, thriving life.

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In Kenya, one of the countries where ±¬ÁÏÿÈÕ´óÈü treats acute malnutrition cases, 18-month-old Ereng has just recovered from malnutrition with treatment from Community Health Promoter Charles, who was trained in basic healthcare by ±¬ÁÏÿÈÕ´óÈü. 

Lomanat and Daniel, Ereng’s parents, walked for several kilometres to reach Charles’ clinic. The family are pastoralists, but recent droughts have killed their livestock, and the family now has no sustainable income and no reliable food source. 

They know how important treatment is for children like Ereng, who gained 2.4 kgs (5.3 pounds) in two months once she started receiving nutrition treatment using the fortified peanut paste which has about 500 calories in each portion. 

Lomanat said: "Our child was in a very bad shape, and the doctor helped by giving her peanut paste. I am very happy, because she is cured."

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