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Hands-on help: DNC delegates assemble Caregiver Kits with World Vision and the ONE Campaign
| WHAT |  | Democratic convention delegates gather to build thousands of Caregiver Kits to equip community-based healthcare volunteers in Africa, Asia and Latin America to counter infection and illness in extremely poor communities.
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| WHO | | Leading political figures including former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (set to address the convention on Wednesday night), Princess Kasune Zulu of World Vision (an AIDS orphan who is HIV-positive and an international spokesperson for the organization), Convention Delegates from throughout the country and special guests at the Democratic National Convention in Denver are invited to help equip the 59,000 hard-working, trained volunteers caring for children and adults living with HIV and AIDS around the world.
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| WHEN | | Tuesday, August 26, 2008, from 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.
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| WHERE | | Manual High School
1700 E. 28th Ave.
Denver, CO 80205
Ph: 720.423.6300
(Approximately a 15-minute drive from the convention center)
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| WHY | | Dedicated volunteers are trying to care for people living with AIDS and other preventable illnesses around the globe but, too often, poverty denies them the critical supplies they need to help prolong lives, comfort the sick, and protect themselves from infection. These unique kits are instrumental in providing otherwise inaccessible, basic products, including:
- Antibacterial soap
- Petroleum jelly
- Cotton balls
- Antifungal cream
- Disposable latex gloves
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- Washcloths
- Notebooks and pens
- Flashlights and batteries
- Antidiarrheal medicine
- Acetaminophen
- Handwritten note of encouragement to the caregiver
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By joining in the ONE-World Vision service project, convention-goers can help people living in the world’s most difficult conditions escape the brutal cycle of extreme poverty and preventable diseases. The Caregiver Kits are a simple, proven tool that gives trained caregiver volunteers the basic tools to help address urgent, preventable health challenges. These kits demonstrate how simple, inexpensive treatments can lead to improvement in the health and well-being of millions of people living in extreme poverty around the world.
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| HOW | | Delegates will be offered round-trip transportation from the convention to the build site where they will receive participation instructions.
World Vision coordinates the bulk purchase of kit contents through its partnership with McKesson Corporation, world’s leading healthcare services company. The Caregiver Kits are shipped by World Vision to AIDS-affected communities in 20 of the nearly 100 countries where World Vision works. For more information about this World Vision program, visit www.worldvision.org/wvcarekits.
At the convention, delegates can learn more at the ONE Bus, which will be located near the convention hall and serve as the ONE Campaign’s convention headquarters.
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About World Vision
World Vision is a Christian relief and development organization dedicated to helping children and their communities worldwide reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty. World Vision serves the world's poor, regardless of a person's religion, race, ethnicity or gender. For more information, visit www.worldvision.org.
About ONE
ONE is uniting millions of people to solve the world's most urgent problems and help people in the world's poorest regions to help themselves out of extreme poverty. Through ONE Vote '08, a project of ONE Action, ONE is not endorsing any candidate, but pressing the candidates to support policies that build on demonstrated successes to address extreme global poverty and disease. For more information, visit www.ONE.org.
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Media contacts:
- Karen Kartes, World Vision, 253.815.2163; Mobile, 206.351.4315
- Tom Gavin, ONE Campaign, 202.536.7477; tom.gavin@one.org
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| Who Is World Vision?
World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice..
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