The student-run group ND Fighting NTDs at the University of Notre Dame is sponsoring a campus Haiti Awareness Week November 8-14, 2010! ND Fighting NTDs is a student-driven initiative dedicated to the awareness, political will and funding necessary to control and eliminate the most common neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) – a group of disabling, disfiguring and deadly diseases affecting more than 14 billion people worldwide with cures that are available but underfunded. Publicity Chair Eileen Lynch has kindly provided End the Neglect with a blog post about the week’s festivities, along with a an innovative case for support video that ND Fighting NTDs created.
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By: Eileen Lynch
To solve a problem you’ve got to know the problem. That’s the theory behind NTD Awareness Week, hosted Nov. 8-14 by Notre Dame University’s newest social concerns club, ND Fighting NTDs. When most people hear “NTD” they have no idea what that means. ND Fighting NTDs is determined to change that. This whole week the club will be hosting various fundraisers and events aimed at informing the Notre Dame community of the insidious affects of the world’s most forgotten plagues.
We started with the playful: giving away free “silly bandz” bracelets in the shape of bugs to let people know we are a presence on campus. On Wednesday, the fundraising starts. Five Guys, a local restaurant, will donate 10% of all sales between 7:00 and 10:00 pm to ND Fighting NTDs. On Thursday we will be selling “dirt cup” desserts, with oreos, pudding and gummy worms to educate people about how NTDs are spread. Each cup comes with a gritty fact about NTDs. Finally, on Friday, ND Fighting NTDs is hosting a concert and petition signing, where we ask for support from our congressman in ending the neglect of tropical diseases.
For ND Fighting NTDs, Awareness Week is just the beginning. By the end of the week, we want everyone on campus to know about and be horrified by NTDs. From there, the possibilities are endless for garnering support and funds in the battle to save lives. The Fighting Irish are proud to fight the neglect!
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