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This year’s event will highlight HealtheChildren’s expansion from an organization focused on providing health care to children in the developing world, to a mission that now includes education and vocational training. Currently HealtheChildren works with American and Ecuadorian organizations to provide basic health care, education and vocational training to children and families in rural Ecuador. In addition to hand made jewelry, Latin music, and food, donated by Le Chateau, this year’s fund raiser will also feature a dunk tank in which prominent local citizens, including Dr. David Pazer of Family Medical Associates, getting wet to support valuable model programs to change children’s lives. Ridgefielders, Doctor Patricia Jorquera owner of TLC Pediatrics, and husband, Jens Haerter, physician assistant at Family Medical Associates in Ridgefield, and Danbury Hospital, are available for interview regarding these unique programs based on transparency and self-sufficiency. About HealheChildren HealtheChildren is an organization dedicated to improving the physical, emotional and intellectual well-being of children in developing countries. The organization’s mission is to develop practical models of children’s health, education and vocational training that allow every child in emerging countries to achieve their true potential. These model programs function independently of local governments, and are not a form of long-term foreign aid. HealtheChildren works with many partners among which are AmeriCares, Ministerio De Salud Publica del Equador, Manna Project International, and Fundacion Alinambi and has established the area’s first community-based clinic, and with over 10K in donations of medicines, we have been able to expand the number of ill children seen, provide childhood vaccines, treat malnutrition, and parasite, and provide vitamin supplementation to children ages 1-7. Visits to the clinic are $4 and if the family cannot afford this fee, they volunteer at the clinic as a barter. HeatheChildren’s guiding principles are in accord with United Nations Convention on Children’s Rights. HealtheChildren is a 501(3) non profit charity. ID No. 20-2969082. All donations are 100% tax-deductible. For more information and to find out how you can help, visit www.healthechildren.us or call 203-438-6046. © Copyright by NorwalkPlus.com. Some articles and pictures posted on our website, as indicated by their bylines, were submitted as press releases and do not necessarily reflect the position and opinion of NorwalkPlus.com, Norwalk Plus magazine, Canaiden LLC or any of its associated entities. Articles may have been edited for brevity and grammar. Related Articles: Ailey II performs for Yerwood Center's 65th anniversary fundraiser - Sep 23, 2008 - 6:33 AM Westport Country Playhouse benefit grosses $1,407,610 - Sep 17, 2008 - 9:48 AM Bees Without Borders presents this year’s first local fundraiser at Fat Cat Pie Co. in South Norwalk - Sep 16, 2008 - 6:47 AM Bridgeport bands to rock the night – and all for a worthy cause - Aug 29, 2008 - 2:34 PM CURRENT HEADLINES: Top of Page
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