Good, Give the Gift of Eyesight for #GivingTuesday

Blinding trachoma is the world’s leading cause of preventable blindness, threatening more than 157 million people.

DONATE NOW TO DOUBLE YOUR IMPACT Your #GivingTuesday Gift of Eyesight Will Be Matched » Dear Good, Blinding trachoma is the world’s leading cause of preventable blindness, threatening more than 157 million people. Most of them are women and children who live in poor, rural communities, where a lack of clean water and adequate sanitation create the perfect conditions for trachoma and the flies that help spread it. The threat of losing their sight is only part of what trachoma sufferers face. The disease also brings excruciating pain from inward-turning lashes, the social stigma of being a burden in an impoverished community, and an inability to work or go to school, stealing any hope for the future. By making a #GivingTuesday gift today, you can help end the threat of trachoma for some of the world’s poorest and most forgotten people. These individuals aren’t asking for a handout. They are asking for a hand up, a chance to free themselves from the pain of disease and an ensuing cycle of poverty. Your gift will go toward a proven strategy for defeating trachoma. It is known as S-A-F-E: Surgery: A simple field surgery corrects inward-turning lashes and saves vision if done in time. Antibiotics: The distribution of Zithromax® (donated by Pfizer Inc.) kills bacteria and stops trachoma from progressing. Facial cleanliness: Carter Center-trained volunteers teach personal hygiene, village by village. Environmental improvements: The building of latrines suppresses fly populations that help spread the disease. The smiles of children and their parents attest to the success of the S-A-F-E strategy, and the antibiotic you are helping Carter Center-trained volunteers distribute also can cure common childhood killers like diarrheal diseases. We’ve already eliminated trachoma in Ghana, and with your help we can do the same in Mali and Niger. Please act now because The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation will double your gift when you donate today. You will make twice the impact. DONATE NOW TO FIGHT TRACHOMA AND HAVE YOUR GIFT MATCHED » The most heartbreaking of trachoma’s many tragedies is that it is completely avoidable. It can be prevented and even treated if caught early enough. People do not have to suffer, and they do not have to go blind. Your partnership with the Carter Center shows that you understand this, and millions of people will get to live improved lives because of you. I want to thank you for your support, and I hope you can be as generous as possible this #GivingTuesday. Sincerely, Jimmy Carter Co-Founder and Trustee The Carter Center P.S. Please remember that when you make your contribution to help fight trachoma, the Hilton Foundation will match your gift dollar for dollar. So please be generous. Thank you! DOUBLE YOUR IMPACT TODAY » Donate Now   |   Forward to a Friend   |   Like Us on Facebook In FY2016-17, 95% of our spending went directly to our peace and health programs. We appreciate the opportunity to communicate with you. We are committed to protecting your privacy and will never sell, exchange, or rent your email address. Update Your Preferences or Unsubscribe. The Carter Center | 453 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta, GA 30307 (404) 420-5100 | www.cartercenter.org © 2018 All rights reserved.

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Carter Center News: November 2018

Good, thank you for following the work of The Carter Center to advance peace and health worldwide. We appreciate the opportunity to stay in touch with you.     Measure for Measure: Health Study Brings Hope A landmark study in which The Carter Center is participating could radically change the public health model in the developing world and save lives. Learn more »       How Can We Help Victims of Boko Haram? Reverend Esther Ibanga, founder of Women Without Walls Initiative travels to Washington, D.C. with the Carter Center’s Human Rights Program and shares her thoughts on what is needed to help the survivors of Boko Haram successfully recover and reintegrate into Nigerian society. Watch the video »       It's Better to Prevent than to Treat Dr. Manuel Gonzales serves as the national manager of the Dominican Republic’s successful Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Program. He is working alongside The Carter Center to eliminate the parasitic disease from Hispaniola. Watch the video »       Read Our Latest Annual Report With help from donors like you, The Carter Center seeks to prevent and resolve conflicts, enhance freedom and democracy, and improve health. Our latest annual report shares achievements from the past year and how we are carefully stewarding donor support. Download the report (PDF 15 MB) »       #GivingTuesday is November 27 Your #GivingTuesday gift will be doubled when you help end blinding trachoma in Mali and Niger. Don’t miss this special opportunity, made possible by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, to save someone from blindness and change their life forever. Learn more »     Donate Now   |   Forward   |   Subscribe   |   Like Us on Facebook In FY2016-17, 95% of our spending went directly 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 © 2018 All rights reserved.

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Good, Our Peace Programs Depend on You

Every day, your support helps The Carter Center improve people’s lives.

DONATE NOW TO SUPPORT PEACE-BUILDING EFFORTS ACROSS THE WORLD » Dear Good, Every day, your support helps The Carter Center improve people’s lives. You help us show individuals and their governments around the world how to protect human rights, strengthen the rule of law, improve access to vital information and the justice system, and increase trust through peaceful and honest elections. These are all crucial elements to ending the injustices, resentments, and hatreds that can engulf nations in war. Please continue your support of this important work. By making a gift now, you can help spare some of the most vulnerable individuals in the world from the threats of oppression, persecution, and violence. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, your support will help protect impoverished families, like that of Elisabeth Banza Mwemena, the charcoal maker above, from having their lands and livelihoods seized for mining operations. Your support will further the efforts of Carter Center human rights defenders like Abeer Pamuk in Syria. Today, Pamuk brings humanitarian relief to fellow Syrians victimized by violent conflict, and, ultimately, she wishes to establish lasting peace in her war-torn nation. In post-conflict Liberia, you will help Carter Center-trained volunteers (left) teach women how to access vital information about farming, education, and legal rights. Men too, like bricklayer Boimah Dorley (right), will learn about the justice system. In Dorley’s case, a Carter Center-trained volunteer helped him avoid illegal incarceration over a private $30 debt. DONATE NOW FOR PEACE » We will put your gift to immediate work. One community at a time, you will help empower millions of individuals with the training and tools that replace oppression and exploitation with peace and prosperity. We can’t do this without your help, so please take action today. Thank you for building a brighter future for everyone. Sincerely, Jimmy Carter Co-Founder and Trustee The Carter Center P.S. Your partnership in the Carter Center’s work strengthens democracy and human rights and helps ensure that every citizen has access to the fair rule of law and essential government information they need and deserve. Please be as generous as you can. Thank you! DONATE NOW OUR PEACE PROGRAMS DEPEND ON YOU » Donate Now   |   Forward to a Friend   |   Like Us on Facebook In FY2016-17, 95% of our spending went directly to our peace and health programs. We appreciate the opportunity to communicate with you. We are committed to protecting your privacy and will never sell, exchange, or rent your email address. Update Your Preferences or Unsubscribe. The Carter Center | 453 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta, GA 30307 (404) 420-5100 | www.cartercenter.org © 2018 All rights reserved.

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RSVP Now: "Harmonizing Religion and Human Rights"

Good, please join us for the third installment of the 2018-19 Conversations at The Carter Center series. You are cordially invited to the third installment of the 2018-19 Conversations at The Carter Center series. Harmonizing Religion and Human Rights Date: Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, 7-8:15 p.m. EDT Location: Cecil B. Day Chapel, The Carter Center 453 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta, GA 30307 Cost: Free RESERVE YOUR SEATS NOW » December brings the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a United Nations document that lays out an individual’s inalienable rights. To mark the occasion, a panel of religious leaders will explore what the scriptures of some of the world’s major religions have to say about human rights. How can we align religious life with human rights? What role should spiritual leaders play in promoting human rights? And what can everyday people of faith do to defend human rights and encourage mutual respect between people of different religions? If you are unable to attend in person, we invite you to watch the live webcast on our website. Reservations are not required. Donate Now   |   Forward   |   Subscribe   |   Like Us on Facebook In FY2016-17, 95% of our spending went directly 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 © 2018 All rights reserved.

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Good, Help Us Finish the Job

For more than 3,000 years, Guinea worm disease has tormented victims all over the world, spreading through contaminated water and putting untold millions through weeks of agony as 3-foot-long parasitic worms emerge through blisters on the skin.

GUINEA WORM IS FINALLY ON THE VERGE OF ERADICATION! DONATE NOW TO HELP US FINISH THE JOB » Dear Good, For more than 3,000 years, Guinea worm disease has tormented people all over the world, spreading through contaminated water and putting untold millions through weeks of agony as 3-foot-long parasitic worms emerge through blisters on the skin. There is no vaccine to prevent it and no medicine to treat it. But after three decades of effort led by The Carter Center, we are on the verge of worldwide eradication. In 1986, we started with 3.5 million cases in 21 countries and now we are down to only 30 in two countries! Partners like you helped us find and treat the thousands of stagnant ponds and streams that harbored the worm. And you helped us teach millions of adults and children how the worm spreads and how to avoid catching it. Now Guinea worm stands on the brink of joining smallpox as the only diseases in human history ever to be eradicated. HERE’S HOW YOU HELPED BRING GUINEA WORM TO THE EDGE Letting South Sudan villagers see for themselves the infected water fleas that contaminate their river-drawn drinking water helps drive home the lesson about Guinea worm’s source. The result is a ready willingness to use Carter Center-distributed cloth water filters at home and portable pipe filters when drinking directly from a stream or pond. DONATE NOW TO END GUINEA WORM FOREVER » Because of your support, we estimate that at least 80 million people have been spared from Guinea worm disease. And, as a side benefit, thousands of villages now have health care delivery systems where networks of volunteers deliver education and medicines that treat and prevent other debilitating neglected diseases. But the final Guinea worm cases are proving the most difficult to detect and eliminate. If we don’t get that done, Guinea worm disease will assuredly come back, once more ruining lives and destroying hope. Please take a moment now to continue your support of our efforts. Your contribution will help us end this disease forever and will be an investment in the prevention and treatment of other diseases that threaten the poorest of the poor. At the individual level, where Guinea worm does its terrible damage, you will relieve an extraordinary amount of suffering. Sincerely, Jimmy Carter Co-Founder and Trustee The Carter Center P.S. Your support can help us finish the job of ending Guinea worm disease forever and help free millions from the neglected diseases that threaten pain, disability, and continued poverty. DONATE NOW TO HELP END GUINEA WORM DISEASE AND BRING HOPE TO THE WORLD’S POOREST PEOPLE » Donate Now   |   Forward to a Friend   |   Like Us on Facebook In FY2016-17, 95% of our spending went directly to our peace and health programs. We appreciate the opportunity to communicate with you. We are committed to protecting your privacy and will never sell, exchange, or rent your email address. Update Your Preferences or Unsubscribe. The Carter Center | 453 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta, GA 30307 (404) 420-5100 | www.cartercenter.org © 2018 All rights reserved.

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A Special Thank You from The Carter Center

Good, Rosalynn and I want to thank you for partnering with The Carter Center in our efforts to give millions of people around the world the tools to improve their own lives.

DONATE NOW » Dear Good, Rosalynn and I want to thank you for partnering with The Carter Center in our efforts to give millions of people around the world the tools to improve their own lives. Ambassador (ret.) Mary Ann Peters, our chief executive officer, has made a video to show you some of the many ways your support is making a difference. Every day, you are freeing people from disease, helping find pathways to peace, and working to implement a wide range of human rights — from voting in fair elections to ensuring citizen access to public information and justice through the legal system. WATCH THE VIDEO » I hope this video will give you a fresh appreciation of how deep an impact your support is making on so many aspects of people’s lives. Again, thank you! Sincerely, Co-Founder and Trustee The Carter Center P.S. Our work changes people’s lives every day, and caring partners like you make it possible. If you have not given previously — and even if you have — I hope you will take this opportunity to donate now to continue bringing peace, health, and hope to millions. Thank you!   HELP US WAGE PEACE AND FIGHT DISEASE » Donate Now   |   Forward to a Friend   |   Like Us on Facebook In FY2016-17, 95% of our spending went directly to our peace and health programs. We appreciate the opportunity to communicate with you. We are committed to protecting your privacy and will never sell, exchange, or rent your email address. Update Your Preferences or Unsubscribe. The Carter Center | 453 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta, GA 30307 (404) 420-5100 | www.cartercenter.org © 2018 All rights reserved.

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