Eaten Alive

Picture this - You're standing in the urgent care center on the corner of Monroe and 13th. The young mother in front of you clutches her insurance card in one hand and caresses a young son's hair. The 5-year old's stomach is distended and pokes curiously out of his Sponge Bob shirt. You wonder why that kid looks pregnant. His hair also appears abnormal. Instead of a natural black, it is reddish and brittle. The admittance nurse glances across the desk and whispers audibly to her coworker, "Another one of those kids being eaten alive. Incredible! It only takes one pill that costs 2 cents." With that she says flatly, "Next." "I can't afford it," you hear the mother say...

If that happened in your urgent care center, you'd do something about it. And, if you didn't do something, your government would. But, this is happening in India. Thousands of children are eaten alive by worms. Imagine being sick most of the time and because the meager meals of curry aren't going to your cells. They are going into the stomachs of parasites and worms living in your tummy.

Help is there. India Partners from Eugene, Oregon (a group I trust and have looked into) accept donations and make sure that the pills are purchased and transported to clinics in the slums of India. Think about what an impact $100 bucks would have if it only takes $0.02 to bring health and relief to a child being eaten alive.