12 Days of UNICEF: Day 9, Lauren Bush Lauren

Lauren Bush Lauren is the Co-Founder and CEO of FEED Projects and a founding member of UNICEF’s Next Generation.

I’ve gotten to travel to Guatemala on behalf of UNICEF and have seen up close the work UNICEF does in providing children with the basics they need for survival. Still, inadequate sanitation, lack of safe water, malnutrition, and other causes continue to claim the lives of 21,000 young children every day around the world. What’s even more startling is that these are causes we know we can prevent.

If you, like me, believe the number of children dying every day from preventable causes should be zero, you can help UNICEF save children’s lives by purchasing an Inspired Gift this holiday season. UNICEF Inspired Gifts is a unique program that allows individuals to get actual lifesaving items in honor of a loved one.

Multiple Micronutrient Powder, for example, is packed full of vitamins and minerals to give children the essential nutrients they need to thrive. Just $18.72 buys an impressive 561 sachets, and it only takes one sachet of this powder sprinkled over a child’s meal to keep that child safe from malnutrition.

The Inspired Gift you purchase is delivered to children in need in any of the 150 countries that UNICEF works. In turn, your loved one will get a mailed or electronic card announcing the UNICEF Inspired Gift you made in their honor.

You can learn more about Multiple Micronutrient Powder and many other lifesaving Inspired Gifts at inspiredgifts.org.

As we count down the 12 Days of UNICEF, don’t forget to join us tomorrow  for another UNICEF Cards and Gifts or an Inspired Gifts selection from a UNICEF celebrity supporter.