Problem

Vitamin A deficiency affects more than 100 million children and is responsible for as many as one out of every four child deaths in regions, countries and communities where the problem exists.

The Gift

Your gift will provide enough vitamin A capsules to boost 3,600 children's immune systems and protect them from blindness.

Vitamin A is essential for the functioning of the immune system. Giving vitamin A supplements to children who need them increases their resistance to disease and improves their chances for survival, growth and development.

Vitamin A supplements can end this dangerous nutritional deficiency in children worldwide. Supplementation is cost-effective, safe, sustainable, easily implemented on a national scale, and can be carried out for many years.

Supplementation using vitamin A capsules should begin at six months old in areas where children do not get enough vitamin A in their diets. Capsules cost just a few cents each.