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In the Know with Sow & Grow (S&G)
Most Americans are unaware of the serious
implications associated with poor infant hygiene due to the lack of available
diapers (please review this
article on current medical research).
Our estimations suggest that at least 200 children each year can be saved,
& thousands of children will avoid painful and even long term health
issues resulting from these infections. We interviewed numerous medical
professionals and found that we can greatly impact the infant mortality
rate in this country if families in need had easy access to infant hygiene
supplies, specifically diapers and creams.
Who knew? S&G estimates that the cost of diapers & creams for
one child, each year is about
$2000, more so in a declining economy. So … There
is a band-aid we can apply with diapers now. Anyone can click on
the Diapers.com
link and have diapers sent to any location ~
to friends, family, or charities, throughout the country.
… or this could be the year a diaper solution is realized and implemented.
P&G, UNICEF & Salma Hayek
2008 was a banner year !!! The S&G mission is taking shape, raising awareness for the need for a diaper program. This was the year Pampers, joined with UNICEF and Salma Hayek’s desire to assist in the health and happiness of every child, by providing vaccines to pregnant women and children in developing countries for each diaper purchase made. Forty-five million vaccines was the mission and it was done in record time !
It was Salma’s message that suggested we donate diapers to any organization (a diaper gift certificate), this is genius, for now needy families could purchase the exact size diapers needed, with these donated diaper certificates.
* Food pantries recognize the need for hygiene products, soap/shampoo, diapers go very fast.
Proctor & Gamble, this is a great time to create that label collection program. Decal stickers applied to P&G hygiene products could be collected nation wide. Box Tops for Education is already taken, might we suggest the program be called
The Decals 4 Diapers program
Unprecedented! ~ when we joined Salma ~ Donate Diapers for Twice the Good.
Thank you P&G for acknowledging the need of struggling American families with infants in diapers for a diaper program.