Vaccines are a proven, cost-effective tool for controlling or eradicating childhood diseases such as measles, polio, tetanus and meningitis, yet children living in poverty continue to die due to lack of immunization.

Did you know that:

• More than 2 million children die annually because they have not been vaccinated?
• Someone in the world is newly infected with tuberculosis every second?
• It costs only $17 to fully immunize 1 child against the top 6 childhood killer diseases: measles, polio, diphtheria, whooping cough, tuberculosis and tetanus?

Aid workers in crowded refugee camps immunize thousands of children, while others undertake the dangerous job of going house to house in places like war-torn Iraq.

Others develop innovative ways to ensure temperature and quality control as the vaccines travel around the world.

Global Impact charities, including Salvation Army World Service Office (SAWSO), Plan USA, Rotary Foundation of Rotary International and U.S. Fund for UNICEF, have made immunizing children a priority and are overcoming major obstacles to reach the goal of eliminating needless deaths.

Your gift of $100 can provide enough vaccine to immunize 100 children against polio.

Global Impact is dedicated to helping the poorest people on Earth. Representing more than 50 of the most respected U.S.-based international charities in giving campaigns across the nation, Global Impact touches more than 400 million lives worldwide through disaster relief, education, health training and economic programs that promote self-sufficiency.