By now you have heard about Selma Hayek’s trip to Africa. What was overshadowed was the reason she was in Africa – to visit Pampers funded UNICEF projects. While in Africa, she was able to witness first hand the impact of tetanus in a less developed country and its impact on mothers and families.

Every 4 minutes, one mother or child dies from maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT).Every 4 minutes. So by the time you finish reading this post, a child or mother will have died from this preventable disease. This is unacceptable as it only costs 7¢ for one vaccine.

Living in the United States, many of us taking having access to water and hospitals for granted. However, many less developed countries do not have this luxury. Last year, I had first hand experience while on a mission trip. It really makes you appreciate what you have when people have to struggle just to get clean water on a daily basis.

Tetanus is preventable and can be eliminated with a simple vaccine. By purchasing items you need anyway – diapers and wipes, you can help eradicate the swift and painful death from Tetanus. How? By simply purchasing specially marked packages of Pampers and Wipes at the same price you expect from Pampers from now until May 1, 2009 – you can even use your coupons!  Your purchase will trigger one life saving vaccine for each item you buy.

You can also participate by blogging about this program, joining the forum, downloading the graphic or widget for your blog, or showing a friend about Hayek’s trip to Africa.

Pampers Gift to Grow Program

Do you participate in the Pampers Gifts to Grow Program? It is easy and free. Enter your codes to earn points. Redeem your points for prizes. Their shipping costs are high so stick to non shipping items like photo coupon codes, Cheerios Coupons, and donations to charities like Unicef. Visit St. Louis Mommy for a list of free codes to get you started.

Gifts to Grow is also offering a special Unicef onesie, which will help benefit the One Pack = One Vaccine Campaign for only 10 Pampers Points. It is not currently available on their website BUT I have 4 of these onesies to offer 4 lucky readers.

PRIZE

Special Pampers Onesie – 4 winners – Baby Not included!

Win It

Easy Entry: Leave me a comment.

Bonus entries:

• Join the Ribbon, Download the One Pack = One Vaccine Widget or Graphics and put on your blog or use the tell a Friend Feature, which can be found on the widget in this post or at http://www.pampers.com/en_US/unicef/.
• Blog about this giveaway.
• Grab my button. (It is on my sidebar)
• Subscribe to my free newsletter via email or RSS. (You don’t want to miss out on any deals/giveaways!!!)
• Digg, Technorati, Twitter, Stumble, etc. If you twitter, be sure to include me (@bargainbriana) in the twitter so it see it.

Leave a separate comment for each extra entry. It is very important that you leave a separate comment for each additional extra entry.

Ends around 3/13 at 11:59 EST. (As long as you can still comment you can enter!) Winner, chosen by random.org, will be announced on the Giveaway Winners Page by 03/14/09 and I will contact you shortly. (If winner doesn’t respond to my email within 48 hours, I will pick another winner.)

Want to win more? Enter to win the rest of my current giveaways!