Demand Global Medical Assistance for All; Sponsored by: AmeriCares (change.org)

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Targeting: The International Community

Sponsored by: AmeriCares / http://www.change.org/americares

When a headline-grabbing natural disaster strikes, the world often responds with an immediate outpouring of food and medical supplies.

But what about the 2 billion people – children who die from preventable or treatable illnesses, adults with debilitating chronic conditions who can no longer provide for their families, and entire communities threatened by infectious diseases – who are in urgent need of even the most basic medical care?

Billions of vulnerable people – one third of the world’s population – lack access to the lifesaving medicines, medical supplies and humanitarian aid they need every day.

World leaders have promised to increase aid, only to have these promises remain largely unfulfilled. When communities in need aren’t in the news, their suffering is often forgotten. That’s why we must fight every day to provide access to the vital medicine and medical supplies they desperately need for survival.

Today you can add your name to the global call asking world leaders to join in the effort to fulfill our collective responsibility to increase access to lifesaving medicine to all the world’s people – wherever they are, whenever they need it. Our generation has the power to demand action on behalf of the men, women and children whose survival depends on our help. Your voice will bring us one step closer to that goal.

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Today as citizens of the world, we face a daunting array of social and environmental problems ranging from health care and education to global warming and economic inequality. For each of these issues, whether local or global in scope, there are millions of people who care passionately about working for change but lack the information and opportunities necessary to translate their interest into effective action.

Change.org aims to address this need by serving as the central platform informing and empowering movements for social change around the most important issues of our time.

History

Change.org is a social entrepreneurship venture based in San Francisco, CA. The company was founded by Ben Rattray in the summer of 2005, and with the support of a friend from Stanford, Mark Dimas, and a founding team of Darren Haas, Rajiv Gupta, and Adam Cheyer, Change.org launched the first version of its site in 2007.