Carter Center News: March 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.     Live Webcast on April 6 from The Carter Center Please visit our website on Thursday, April 6, 2017, 7-8:15 p.m. EDT for the next installment of Conversations at The Carter Center: "Waging Peace in Turbulent Times." Learn about about the opportunities, challenges, and progress of the Center’s conflict resolution efforts in world hotspots. Watch the webcast on April 6 at 7 p.m. »       Liberia Clinicians Attend to Young Minds The Ebola crisis, following a 14-year civil war, left children in Liberia facing a special set of post-traumatic mental health needs. Learn how Carter Center-trained clinicians are helping Liberia's youngest population. Learn more »       Carter Center Helps Women Pursue Peace in Sudan Meet Huda Shafig. Huda is an activist working to increase the role of women in the peace process in Sudan, where The Carter Center has worked for decades on conflict resolution. With more women involved, Sudan can help end both violence and gender discrimination. Read Huda's story »       Surgical Goal Surpassed in Ethiopia Kelly Callahan, director of the Carter Center’s Trachoma Control Program, explains how Ethiopia's Amhara region achieved a record number of sight-saving surgeries in 2016. This life-changing, yet low-cost, surgery halts the painful condition of advanced trachoma. Learn more »       Carter Center Releases Statement on Liberia’s Voter Registration Process A Carter Center delegation observed the voter registration process from Feb. 20-March 1, visiting 40 voter registration centers across eight of Liberia’s 15 counties. Learn more »       Hope for a Healthy Nigeria Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and the most endemic country in the world for river blindness, a disease that perpetuates poverty across generations. But today there is hope. The Carter Center's river blindness program in Nigeria has been named a semi-finalist in an important grant competition. View the slideshow »     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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