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Safe Kids Worldwide

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  • Safe Kids Worldwide

  • Female
  • WASHINGTON, Washington DC, US
  • Last Login: 10/26/2009

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Interests

  • General

    Injury Prevention in Kids under 14. Safety in and around cars. Child Passenger Safety. Carseat check up events. Pedestrain safety. Home safety. Fire and burn safety. Drowning prevention and safety. Pool and spa safety. Water safety. Poison prevention and safety.

  • Music

    Safety songs.

  • Movies

    Injury prevention movies.

  • Television

    Injury prevention tv show such as Danger Rangers.

  • Books

    Injury prevention books

  • Heroes

    Dr. Koop, Dr. Eich,The Danger Rangers

Details

  • Status: Single
  • Here for: Networking, Friends
  • Hometown: Washington DC
  • Zodiac Sign: Cancer

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About me:

OUR VISION AND MISSION

Vision: Eliminate Accidental Childhood Injury Worldwide

Mission: Safe Kids Worldwide leads coalitions of community partners to prevent accidental injury and death to children ages 14 and under. Safe Kids Worldwide empowers families and communities to: Educate adults and children; create safe environments; Conduct research; Advocate for effective laws.

Target: Safe Kids Worldwide is seeking to decrease the projected accidental injury death rate and/or the injury by 25% in the areas we serve over the next ten years.
WHAT WE DO
We work to prevent accidental injuries and deaths to children by promoting changes in attitudes, behavior, and the environment.  By mobilizing communities on a local level, we conduct public education programs; facilitates engineering and environmental modifications; enacts and enforces laws and regulations; and conducts research on the effectiveness of our efforts.

We depend on its grassroots volunteer network that works closely with, and often includes law enforcement officers, firefighters, paramedics, health professionals, educators, parents, businesses, and most importantly, children. Through media, educational, and public policy efforts, we reache millions of children and their families with lifesaving interventions and safety messages.
WHO WE ARE

We the first and only international nonprofit organization dedicated solely to the prevention of unintentional childhood injury.  Launched in 1987, Safe Kids Worldwide (formerly the National SAFE KIDS Campaign) focuses on one specific problem: Unintentional injuries kill more than 680,000 children each year worldwide and 95 percent of these deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries.   In the U.S. and most industrialized nations, unintentional injury is a leading cause of death for children ages 1 to 14.     

Safe Kids Worldwide has members in 17 countries, including the United States, Austria, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, the Philippines, South Africa, the United Arab Emirates, Uganda, the United States, and Vietnam. 

Programs are also under development in the Czech Republic and Mexico.
HOW YOU CAN HELP

- Visit Safe Kids Worldwide

- Sign up for eNews

- Make a donation to support our programs

- Raise funds for Safe Kids by creating your personal fund-raising page ...org

Who I'd like to meet:

Parents, Caregivers, Policy Makers, Safety Advocates, Safe Kids Coalition Members, Child Passenger Safety Advocates, Health Care Professionals and anyone intersted in help preventing unintentional injuries in kids under 14.

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