Palms for Life Fund - Music For Life

A Concert to Raise Funds to Reduce Child Mortality in Burkina Faso

Palms for Life Fund will be sponsoring a concert to raise funds for one of our current projects- Reducing child mortality rates in Burkina Faso.

Burkina Faso is one of the poorest countries in the world, ranked only 175 out of 177 countries in the United Nations Development Program's (UNDP) 2005 Human Development Index with 45 percent of the population living below the poverty line.

One can not remain insensitive to the high under-five mortality rate prevalent in Burkina Faso: 192 children per 1,000 live births, compared to only 8 in the United States. This means that 192 children out of 1,000 will dye before the age of 5. In the case of Burkina Faso, this represents more than 100,000 children that die every year from disease and malnutrition, and most of these sufferings and deaths can be prevented!

Therefore, Palms for Life is focusing on a project specifically aimed at reducing this high mortality rate in Burkina Faso. Funding will be provided to reduce malnutrition, diarrhea, malaria and other diseases and to improve the access to health care. Our objective is to help Burkina Faso reduce child mortality by at least 50% in two years. That means, saving hundreds of lives every day.

Music for Life is Palms for Life Fund’s signature musical event that will allow music to reach out to the world’s neediest population by raising our awareness and attracting more funds to a country like Burkina Faso, which has suffered for decades from extreme poverty and isolation. (click here to learn more about Burkina Faso).

Please check back soon for specific details.

For more information please contact: Stacey Sodlosky

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