World Immunization Awareness Month BWHS UNICEF Club Meeting 4/12/19 Officers: Sneha Gonuguntla, Smruti Shah, Sahil Gullapalli, Lauren Grant, and Aishu Rajababu

Introduction Vaccines keep children alive and healthy by protecting them against harmful diseases. Immunization is especially important for poverty stricken families because it offers life-saving care for mothers and children in isolated communities around the world. Vaccines are protecting more children than ever before. But, in 2015, nearly one in five infants –19.4 million children – missed out on the basic vaccines they needed to stay healthy. Almost one third of deaths among children under 5 are preventable by vaccines. UNICEF and its partners are working to change these numbers and ensure that the lives of all children are successfully protected with vaccines. Video Link

UNICEF In Action UNICEF leads global efforts to immunize children all around the world who may be unable to afford this simple solution to combat diseases.

Eradicating Polio In 1988, there were 350,000 cases of polio in the world while in 2014, there were only 359 such cases. Polio is the leading cause of disability/paralysis in children in poverty-struck areas In 1988, UNICEF joined the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) and committed to provide oral polio vaccine to every child

Movie/Documentary Night In order to further spread awareness about the immunization debate we will be hosting a documentary night, viewing The Vaccine War, some time in April/May.! Be on the lookout for more information. You will get hours for attending, as well as, for bringing snacks to share. Watch the trailer and documentary below: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/vaccines/

Ongoing Opportunities Free Rice: 1,500 rice grains = 1 Volunteer Service Hour Email us a screenshot showing your username and total rice grains Limit of 2 hours per semester UNICEF Math: $30 = 1 Volunteer Service Hour Answer simple math problems to raise money for UNICEF Education MORE EVENTS CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE: (www.briarwoodsunicef.weebly.com/events)

General Information 4 more hours by our last meeting of the school year (May 10th) please send us an email with your hours. Remember to have your hours in by the next meeting! Email us ahead of time if you will be unable to attend a meeting. You can have a maximum of two unexcused absences. You can see your total hours/attendance on the BWHS UNICEF Club Weebly Website via this link: www.briarwoodsunicef.weebly.com/hoursattendence

BWHS UNICEF Club Officer Application We are still in the process of reviewing the officer applications, the final decisions will be made and sent out via email in the coming weeks, thank you to all those that applied

Contact Us Email: bwunicef@gmail.com Remind: Text @bwunicef to 81010 Website: www.briarwoodsunicef.weebly.com

Next UNICEF Club Meeting: Friday, May 10th at 8:40 AM This presentation can be found under the “Updates” tab on our website