END7: How to Shock a Celebrity

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We asked celebrities including Emily Blunt, Eddie Redmayne and Priyanka Chopra to watch a powerful new video. See how they reacted to people suffering from neglected tropical diseases (NTDs)...Can you make it through to the end?

Visit http://www.end7.org to join the fight.

Most people have never heard of these seven diseases, but as you'll see on the video, NTDs can be horrific and are a major reason why poor communities stay trapped in poverty. It costs just 50 cents to treat and protect one person for an entire year. Visit http://www.end7.org/ to take action today. We would love for you to join us on the journey to 2020 -- together we can see the end!

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Here's the background: Nearly 1 in 6 people around the world, including 500 million children, suffer from seven NTDs: Elephantiasis, Roundworm, Hookworm, Whipworm, Trachoma, River Blindness and Snail Fever.

What's different about this story, though, is the ending. The great news is that all it takes to treat these seven diseases is a packet of pills, costing 50 cents. With the backing of some major players, including the World Health Organization and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, we can actually eliminate these diseases by 2020.

END7 aims to raise the public awareness and funding required to cover the cost of distributing medicine and setting up treatment programs for NTDs. A big problem is that NTDs affect neglected communities -- the world's poorest people. So END7 is about providing them with a voice to help address a big problem. Emily Blunt ("Salmon Fishing in the Yemen," "Devil Wears Prada"); Eddie Redmayne ("Les Miserables," "My Week with Marilyn"); Tom Felton ("Harry Potter" series); Yvonne Chaka Chaka (South African pop star); Tom Hollander ("Pirates of the Caribbean," "Pride and Prejudice"); and Priyanka Chopra (leading Bollywood actress and international recording artist) are featured in the video and are END7 supporters.

This won't be easy. To end these diseases by 2020 we need to raise money from governments and the public to transport the pills to those in need and set up treatment programs that communities can run themselves. While the diseases have been around for centuries, the global effort to eliminate them is brand new.

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[ThoughtfulGeek]

Add PayPal please!

[END7TV]

Hi there! Thanks for the suggestion, we will let you know when PayPal is an option to donate to END7. In the meantime, don't forget to sigh up with us for opportunities and ways to get involved at END7.org!

[George Macoukji]

See, here's where my problem lies: simple math. Let's take your figures at face value. 1 billion people need $0.50 per year for seven years to eradicate these diseases. Let's assume a linear decrease, ending in zero after seven years. This means you will need to raise about $2 BILLION, or $300m per year. In comparison, the Kony 2012 campaign last year raised about $25 million (with an M) in its entire fiscal year. Even assuming my costs are inflated ten times, your goal is not reasonable.

[END7TV]

END7 is a campaign of the Global Network for Tropical Diseases, you can find more detailed information on our website: GlobalNetwork. org/Solutions

[END7TV]

Donations help us deliver much-needed medicines and will help communities set up treatment programs that they can manage themselves. But to succeed, we will need to build broad public support that includes active participation from endemic country governments to prioritize NTD treatment and control programs on their public health agendas.

[END7TV]

The good news is that we’re not relying solely on individual donations to raise the funds we need to control and eliminate neglected tropical diseases around the world. END7 supports public and private partnerships with governments, local community groups, international organizations and pharmaceutical companies, who donate the medicines. 100% of donations to END7 go straight to NTD treatment programs.

[Harleigh Blake]

Oh my god seeing Tom </3 Not Mr.Felton. I want to help. I will do a lot of helping as soon as I have a job and I am 18. I am stuck with being a 15 year old girl that can't donate much but her time at the animal shelters.

[END7TV]

Thank you for your support! Both donation pages (US & UK) accept donations from around the world. You can donate by following the link in our about. We will also be announcing new fun ways to help END7 soon. Sign up at END7.org to be the 1st to know!

[Larry Short]

I may not be able to save them all. But the question I asked myself, after watching this video, was: "How many could I afford to save?"

[Pauline Sandberg]

I believe that we can help in our own little way. I'll make a difference and share it to the world.

[sri rahayu]

ooowwhhhh.. my god, I was thinking that !

[FireflyFanatic3]

You're joking right? Tell me you're joking...

Right, because ending diseases like this forever in places where the victims of them cannot afford the medication they need is definitely a terrible thing to do and organised charity is obviously propaganda. I mean pfft... who's swallowing any of this 'save other human being's lives' shit, right? It's not like we're in a privileged enough position to actually DO something about it!

[Sian Liu]

Wow. That was intense. I teared when I watched this. Shared. Now where do I donate?

[casinodealer86]

looks like another pharmaceutical propaganda :/