Carter Center News: January 2017

Good, thank you for following the peace and health efforts of The Carter Center. We appreciate the opportunity to stay in touch with you.     Carter Center Closes In on Guinea Worm Disease In 2016, only three countries — Chad, Ethiopia, and South Sudan — reported a total of 25 human cases of Guinea worm disease, and Mali reported no cases at all for the first time in the history of its program. Read the full story »       China Teen Hand Delivers Donation to Carter Center One afternoon last summer, a 14-year-old boy from China turned up at The Carter Center bearing a check for $451. Leo Hu and his schoolmates in Xi-an raised the money by charging admission to a play they wrote about Syrian refugees, and he flew all the way to across the Pacific to deliver it in person. Read the full story »       Meet Thirteen-Year-Old Jude Musa Jude Musa from Gidan Gimba village in Nasarawa State, Nigeria, goes to school, plays soccer, and hopes one day to become a soldier or drummer. Three years ago, however, Jude noticed symptoms of schistosomiasis, or "snail fever.". Watch the video »       Despite Defeat, Democracy Lives On Carter Center intern and election observer Jake Turner did some soul searching after Colombian citizens voted against a proposed peace accord with the Marxist rebel group FARC. Find out why this failure was actually good for everyone involved. Read the blog »       Countdown to Zero Exhibition If you're in Atlanta, we invite you to visit our special exhibition at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library & Museum. Created by the American Museum of Natural History in collaboration with The Carter Center, the exhibition highlights several global efforts to fight infections including Guinea worm disease. Learn more »       New Level for Mental Health Reporting Newspaper reporter Jaclyn Cosgrove wanted to dig deeper into serious mental health issues, but the tools at hand weren’t adequate for the job. That changed dramatically when she received a Rosalynn Carter Fellowship for Mental Health Journalism. Read the article and watch the video »     Donate Now   |   Forward   |   Subscribe   |   Like Us on Facebook In FY2014-15, 95% of our spending went to our peace and health programs. We are committed to protecting your privacy and will never sell, exchange, or rent your email address. Update Your Profile or Unsubscribe. The Carter Center | 453 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta, GA 30307 (404) 420-5100 | www.cartercenter.org © 2017 All rights reserved.

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