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Ministry of Health, Special Envoy for Women and Children, and Project C.U.R.E. to break ground for KHMH Children’s Intensive Care Unit Project (Friday, June 10th, 2011)

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“The delegation will also tour the KHMH and participate in the groundbreaking ceremony for the ICU on Monday, June 13th at 10:00 am. In addition to the equipment, the doctors and nurses at the hospital will be receiving footwear courtesy Crocs Caressm, the philanthropic arm of Crocs. Children currently admitted in the hospital and those students in attendance at the ceremony will also receive Crocs™ shoes as well as hygiene kits donated by Project C.U.R.E. “

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many children cannot

go to school without the basic necessity such as a pair of shoes.

in ethiopia, one million people

suffer from a disease caused by walking barefoot in volcanic soil [...] (globalshift.org)

millions of people

around the world cannot afford basic necessities such as a pair of shoes.

more than 300 million people

live on less than $1 a day (”globalissues.org”).

2.6 billion people

in the world lack basic sanitation (”globalissues.org”).

some 1.1 billion people

in developing countries have inadequate access to water (”globalissues.org”).

nearly a billion people

entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names (”globalissues.org”).

over 1.4 billion people

globally live on less than $1.25 per day (”Worldbank.org”).

35.9 million people

live below the poverty line in America, including 12.9 million children (”soundvision.com”).

1.7 billion people

live in poverty globally (”Wikipedia.org”).