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Claire Danes works with Save the Children

By April MacIntyre Sep 22, 2010, 18:35 GMT

Actress and humanitarian Claire Danes - 2010 Primetime Emmy Awards - HBO\'s Post Award Reception - Arrivals - The Plaza at the Pacific Design Center - Los Angeles, CA, USA © Keadrick D. Washington / PR Photos

Emmy winning actress Claire Danes is working with the United Nations to help children all over the world.

On the first day of the United Nations Global Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Summit, Save the Children, Danes invited New Yorkers to support a major campaign to end child mortality.

From marching in the streets in Bangladesh, to signing up to an online petition in Canada, nearly three million people in over 40 countries have taken an action to support Save the Children.  Now, New Yorkers can add their voice and ink their thumbprint on a huge mosaic, created by famed artist Ian Wright, to join the fight to prevent needless deaths of children everywhere.

Local health workers are critical when it comes to newborn and child survival in the developing world. Thanks to the extension of basic health care by local health workers to children and mothers in developing countries, a child is being saved every 4 seconds. “See Where the Good Goes” (GoodGoes.org) supports these local health workers.

GoodGoes.org: Features a customized Google map application of the local health worker’s village, blog posts, video bios, and a menu of ways people can get involved in this campaign to make a difference.

Add your photo in support of the project to The Great Wall of Good Facebook application: http://apps.facebook.com/greatwallofgood

See where the good goes™

Meet local health workers and the children they help to survive.
www.GoodGoes.org

Each year, almost 9 million children in the developing world die of largely preventable and treatable illnesses before they reach the age of five – that equates to approximately 24,000 child deaths a day.

However, every 4 seconds a child survives thanks to the basic health care provided by local health workers.

Save the Children and the Ad Council are working together to mobilize citizen action in the U.S. to help local health workers save more children worldwide.