 | | Dear Good, | Mother’s Day is May 14, and you can honor the special women in your life with a unique gift that will bring hope to the world's poorest and most neglected people. Now, for a limited time, you can send a special eCard with an original painting by Carter Center founder and former U.S. President Jimmy Carter.
| | | Your Gift Will Help People Like Evelyn Okemwa | 
Evelyn Okemwa of Nigeria's Enugu state suffers from lymphatic filariasis (LF), a neglected tropical disease that causes enormous swelling of the limbs and can bring about dangerous secondary infections. It is a leading cause of permanent and long-term disability worldwide. Additionally, victims can face social stigma with a devastating impact on their ability to make and keep friends, marry, and earn an income.
With the help of Carter Center coordinators like Attamah-Isiani Egeonu, Evelyn and her community learned that mosquito-borne parasites, not evil curses, caused her condition. Rather than going to traditional healers for painful, dangerous, and ineffective treatments, Evelyn now knows she can take medication to keep her LF from getting worse.
At The Carter Center, we're actively achieving LF elimination through proven, low-cost methods of community-led health education and preventive medicine distribution. Your Mother's Day gift not only will help treat LF sufferers like Evelyn, but also could help prevent more than 120 million others in Nigeria from contracting the disease.
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Please choose a Mother's Day gift that will make a true improvement in the world.
With your tribute gift, The Carter Center can address some of the world's most difficult problems, going where no one else will go and undertaking what no else will do. You will help bring families, communities, and entire nations sustainable solutions to end suffering from disease, conflict, and human rights abuses.
Thank you for making this Mother's Day extra special for the important women in your life and for the grateful people you will have indelibly touched with your kindness.
Sincerely,
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