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Life for a Child in the News

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At the premiere of the short documentary, Life for a Child, I watched as three families struggle to deal with caring for diabetes in Nepal, one of the poorest countries in the world. The International Diabetes Federation estimates there are 440,000 children with type 1 under the age of 15 in the world, around 250,000 live in developing nations. While getting insulin can be as quick as driving to the local pharmacy - which some of us complain about at times - in Nepal, getting insulin can take anywhere from two to six hours of walking and public transportation in order to travel from a small village to the hospital in Kathmandu.

Previewing "Life for a Child" Film at Tribeca Film Festival

This evening, I've been invited (along with Allison and Kerri, although I believe some others were invited but were unable to attend) to attend the "Life for a Child" documentary film being screened at the Tribeca Film Festival. The film will later be available online at the Life for a Child website (see the bottom of the page for details on where).
The documentary film, produced by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and sponsored by Eli Lilly and Company to raise awareness of the devastating impact of diabetes in the developing world, is being screened at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival in New York from April 23 - May 4.

Friday Six: The Short List

Last night I attended the premiere screening of Life For A Child in NYC, a moving documentary profiling children with type 1 diabetes who are living in developing countries. I'll have a write-up for this next week, but suffice to say that there is so much work that needs to be done, both around the world and here at home. I ended my evening with a low blood sugar as I left the screening and with mounting frustration on how much worldwide attention diabetes needs, yet doesn't receive. More on this next week.