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January 29, 2013 | www.TheEliminateProject.org

Worldwide fundraising total

(as of 12/16)US$22,385,330

More than 12,436,294lives impacted

USA 2 fundraising total

(as of 12/16)US$4,069,537

More than 2,260,854lives impacted

Number of Model/100K Clubs

75

Volunteer recruitment

progress122 of 141

division coordinators (87%)

665 of 1137club coordinators (59%)

The Eliminate Project Campaign Office

3636 Woodview Trace, Indianapolis, IN 46268 USA

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Region USA 2Campaign Connection

Eliminate progress

Do you have things to share or need infor-

mation about a particular topic? Email

Cristina at cgomez@kiwanis.org and we

will include them in our next newsletter.

January17Target Setting Begins

FebruaryApril

Mid-year conferences

Spring Meetings

May/June

Worldwide Report Day

28Kiwanis International

Convention

Key dates

Develop an ASK CampaignElizabeth Tezza often speaks about the Carolinas ASK Campaign. For a refresher course

on how to recruit Model Clubs, please visit this link to view Elizabeths webinar:

https://docs.google.com/a/kiwanis.org/file/d/0B0PZBRAmHTpGemFUaEw4QWd4d0U/edit?pli=1

Elizabeth explains how an ASK campaign is the only way to achieve Model Club and 100KClub success. So, what is an ASK campaign?

An ASK campaign is a purposeful and deliberate strategy to ask clubs to become ModelClubs and 100K Clubs. The only way to achieve more Model Clubs is to ASK for more

Model Clubs. Increase the number of asks in your district!

The 4 elements of an ASK Campaign are:

1. Ask everyone for a specific amountthe Model Club ask is the most common.2. Remind your audience and your teams that Model Club status can be achieved through acomprehensive method of fundraising, also known as the K-Way of Fundraising. Thosemethods are:

Individual gifts

Gifts from the club treasury

Gifts from the club foundation

Gifts from the community or local businesses

Events3. Remind your audience and your teams that Model Club and 100K Club commitments arepayable over 5 years from the point of pledge. That is to say, a club that commits to be aModel Club in 2013 has until 2018 to fulfill their commitment.4. Educate your audience on other opportunities within the Global Service Society if ModelClub does not initially fit the club. A club that cant initially be a Model Club can perhaps

start by being a Bronze or Silver club. Read about all club recognition levels here: http://sites.kiwanis.org/Kiwanis/en/theELIMINATEproject/Recognition/ClubLevel.aspx

What do you do after the ask?

If the club said yes - Congratulations, youve just recruited a Model Club!

Ensure the club submits their commitment form to the campaign office

If the club said no - Share the other options within the Global Service Society forgetting involved and see determine which is the best starting point for their club. Re-member to celebrate all commitments and return to share campaign updates. Plan an-other Model Club ask for later in the campaign.

If the club said maybe - Great! Ask them for their questions and provide thoughtful

and strategic answers. Can another campaign leader provide a helpful phone call?

Remember Dr. GasseDr. Gasse reminds us of the urgency of our work. The sooner the funds are donated, thesooner they are put to work. The more commitments we secure, the more planning thatUNICEF can do. Make your district campaign an ASK Campaign, today.

mailto:ellen@arnold3.comhttps://docs.google.com/a/kiwanis.org/file/d/0B0PZBRAmHTpGemFUaEw4QWd4d0U/edit?pli=1https://docs.google.com/a/kiwanis.org/file/d/0B0PZBRAmHTpGemFUaEw4QWd4d0U/edit?pli=1https://docs.google.com/a/kiwanis.org/file/d/0B0PZBRAmHTpGemFUaEw4QWd4d0U/edit?pli=1http://sites.kiwanis.org/Kiwanis/en/theELIMINATEproject/Recognition/ClubLevel.aspxhttp://sites.kiwanis.org/Kiwanis/en/theELIMINATEproject/Recognition/ClubLevel.aspxhttp://sites.kiwanis.org/Kiwanis/en/theELIMINATEproject/Recognition/ClubLevel.aspxhttp://sites.kiwanis.org/Kiwanis/en/theELIMINATEproject/Recognition/ClubLevel.aspxhttp://sites.kiwanis.org/Kiwanis/en/theELIMINATEproject/Recognition/ClubLevel.aspxhttps://docs.google.com/a/kiwanis.org/file/d/0B0PZBRAmHTpGemFUaEw4QWd4d0U/edit?pli=1https://docs.google.com/a/kiwanis.org/file/d/0B0PZBRAmHTpGemFUaEw4QWd4d0U/edit?pli=1mailto:ellen@arnold3.com

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Eliminating maternal/neonatal tetanus in Niger

By Vronique Mistycki

Mazadou Abdou (East Niger), December 2012Early one morning, in the village of Mazadou Abdou in South Niger, Nana Ibra-

him sat on a mat surrounded by other women. Ms. Ibrahim had come for one reason: I knew I would find many women there.

The chief of a nearby health center, Ms. Ibrahim is in charge of coordinating the areas Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus elimin ation

campaign. Determined to get the job done, she will not hesitate to give the tetanus shots herself.

Preventing maternal and neonatal deathsIn 2012, UNICEF and partners, including Kiwanis International, supported a MNT elimination campaign targeting over 500,000

women in five, high-risk districts of Niger. After the end of the campaign, women who received three doses of vaccine will be

immunized for ten years, and the vaccine will also protect their baby, explains Mrs. Ibrahim. So when I am done here, I wil l be

going door to door in the village to make sure all women who are already in my records get their third shot.

Tetanus is an ancient, lethal disease and is one of the most common consequences of unclean deliveries and umbilical cord-carepractices. In Niger, women and children are particularly vulnerable, because many women give birth at home in poor hygienic con-ditions. When babies contract tetanus, the infection causes muscle spasms that can stop them from breathing. The disease is almostalways fatal for newborns. But this extreme suffering and tragic loss of life can be prevented by immunizing women with the tetanusvaccine and by emphasizing hygienic birthing practices.

Informing women of the risks

Thirty-year-old Zouera Hachimou waited her turn to get a tetanus shot. One of the community-based relays came to my house yes-

terday to tell me about the vaccination campaign, says Mrs. Hachimou.

Ms. Hachimou has four children, the first of whom was born at home. I didnt know the risks, and there was no health center close

to the village, she explains. But for my three other kids, I went to the health center for consultations even before giving birth,

when I was pregnant. This is when I got my first tetanus shot. And for my three last kids, I came to the health center to give b irth.

In the village of Mazadou Abdou, getting women vaccinated starts with making sure they get the right information. A town crier had

already walked around the village twice to tell women where the vaccinations were taking place. This is not the first time t hat

women hear about the disease, explains Mrs. Ibrahim. Most women have already come to the health center for a prenatal consu lta-

tion. We have very few refusals here because women understand the risks and the importance of vaccination for them and for their

children.

Ongoing sensitization efforts

If everybody knows about chouta dahi, or tetanus in Haoussa, the local language, it is also because sensitization efforts have been

taking place in the village for several years. Two community-based health workers are based in the village and regularly visit

women at home to discuss issues related to child and maternal health. One, 32-year-old Yaha Saidou, takes advantage of the tetanus

vaccination campaign to sit with a group of women at the health center and discuss maternal health issues. She also goes door to

door to talk with the areas women. There are so many vaccination campaigns that we need to keep explaining to women why the y

need to attend, she says. It is already the third round this year and women have to understand that they need all the three shots to

be fully protected. Her messages go well beyond the vaccination campaign: she also talks about the importance of prenatal co nsul-

tations, as well as hygiene and family planning.

Better health for women and children

Mrs. Saidou has seen a huge difference over the last ten years. Most women now come to the health center to give birth, and manywomen stop their activities to go get vaccinated. Even their husbands encourage them to come to the health center. But change does

not happen overnight, as Mrs. Saidou herself can attest: I gave birth to my two first children at home. I wasnt aware of th e risks of

complications and I didnt know about tetanus. Now I tell other mothers how to better prevent these risks and to make sure th ey and

their babies remain in good health.

Close to 1.2 million women of child-bearing age received three doses of tetanus vaccines in Niger between 2005 and 2009. Eventhough the number of tetanus cases has decreased significantly in recent years, MNT has not been eliminated yet. The 2012 cam-paign, the last round of which took place in December, is key to eliminating the disease in Niger by 2013. Thanks to the support ofKiwanis International and other partners, we are confident that Niger will reach its goal.

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Model and 100K Clubs

You can find giving totals on theProgress Page.New

Model Clubs are bolded in the list below.

100K CLUBSKiwanis Club of Birmingham, AlabamaKiwanis Club of Fayetteville, CarolinasKiwanis Club of Greensboro, CarolinasKiwanis Club of Raleigh, CarolinasKiwanis Club of Cape Coral, FloridaKiwanis Club of St. Petersburg, FloridaKiwanis Club of Cheatham County, Kentucky-TennesseeKiwanis Club of Alexandria, La-Miss-W.Tenn

MODEL CLUBSKiwanis Club of Florence, AlabamaKiwanis Club of Rogersville, AlabamaKiwanis Club of Fort Eustis, CapitalKiwanis Club of James River, Richmond, CapitalKiwanis Club of Lynchburg, CapitalKiwanis Club of Rockville, CapitalKiwanis Club of Tysons Corner/McLean, CapitalKiwanis Club of Greater Westminster, CapitalKiwanis Club of Angier, CarolinasKiwanis Club of Boone, CarolinasKiwanis Club of The Capital City-Raleigh, CarolinasKiwanis Club of Chapel Hill-Carrboro, CarolinasKiwanis Club of Columbia Northeast, CarolinasKiwanis Club of East Cooper, Mt Pleasant, CarolinasKiwanis Club of Eden, CarolinasKiwanis Club of Greenville, Eastside, CarolinasKiwanis Club of Lee County, CarolinasKiwanis Club of Raleigh Highwoods, CarolinasKiwanis Club of The Sandhills, Moore County,CarolinasKiwanis Club of South Brunswick, CarolinasKiwanis Club of Wake Forest, CarolinasKiwanis Club of Beaufort, CarolinasKiwanis Club of Cape Fear, CarolinasKiwanis Club of Charlotte, CarolinasKiwanis Club of Twin City, CarolinasKiwanis Club of Greenville, CarolinasKiwanis Club of Southport Oak Island, Carolinas

Kiwanis Club of West Lumberton, CarolinasKiwanis Club of Homestead-South Dade, FloridaKiwanis Club of Northside Naples, FloridaKiwanis Club of Pinecrest-Palmetto Bay, FloridaKiwanis Club of Upper Keys, FloridaKiwanis Club of Palm Springs, FloridaKiwanis Club of Capital City Tallahassee, FloridaKiwanis Club of Lady Lake, FloridaKiwanis Club of Biscayne Bay, FloridaKiwanis Club of Gold Coast Knights Boca Raton, Flor-

idaKiwanis Club of Marietta Golden K, GeorgiaKiwanis Club of The Classic City, Athens, GeorgiaKiwanis Club of Airport Area, GeorgiaKiwanis Club of Columbus, GeorgiaKiwanis Club of Decatur, GeorgiaKiwanis Club of East Cobb County, GeorgiaKiwanis Club of Metro Atlanta, GeorgiaKiwanis Club of North Macon, GeorgiaKiwanis Club of North Columbus, GeorgiaKiwanis Club of Washington, GeorgiaKiwanis Club of West End Atlanta, GeorgiaKiwanis Club of Suwanee, GeorgiaKiwanis Club of Athens, GeorgiaKiwanis Club of Smyrna, GeorgiaKiwanis Club of Bowling Green, Kentucky-TennesseeKiwanis Club of Hilldale-Clarksville, Kentucky-TennesseeKiwanis Club of Acadiana-Lafayette, La-Miss-W.TennKiwanis Club of Denham Springs/West Livingston, La-Miss-W.TennKiwanis Club of Gulfport, La-Miss-W.Tenn

Kiwanis Club of Ruston Sunrise, La-Miss-W.TennKiwanis Club of South Baton Rouge, La-Miss-W.TennKiwanis Club of Southwest Contraband, La-Miss-W.TennKiwanis Club of Southern Hills, La-Miss-W.TennKiwanis Club of Pineville. La-Miss-W.TennKiwanis Club of Natchitoches, La-Miss-W.TennKiwanis Club of Memphis, La-Miss-W.TennKiwanis Club of Martin, La-Miss-W.TennKiwanis Club of Vernon, La-Miss-W.TennKiwanis Club of Waynesboro, La-Miss-W.Tenn

District Funds raised Minimum lives impacted Club CoordinatorRecruitment

$265,761 147,645Alabama 36 of 97 (37%)

$510,887 283,826Capital 139 of 161 (86%)

$1,115,392 619,662Carolinas 65 of 194 (34%)

$632,605 351,447Florida 145 of 254 (57%)

$550,672 305,923Georgia 101 of 149 (68%)

$370,098 205,610Kentucky-Tennessee 56 of 145 (39%)

$624,122 346,734La-Miss-W.Tenn 123 of 137 (90%)

The Eliminate ProjectUSA 2 progress report

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