Get Social!

Tell your friends, family and colleagues about World Pneumonia Day by posting a message on your social networks (i.e., Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, etc.). Be sure to use the #WPD2011 hashtag! Here's a sample:

World Pneumonia Day is Nov 12! What are you doing to help? Learn more http://bit.ly/oeGDF5 #WPD2011

Help preserve funding for child survival and maternal health programs.

Earlier this year, the United States made its biggest ever financial commitment to defeating pneumonia, but cuts to the 2012 budget would hurt the efforts to save lives around the world. Send a message that funding must be preserved.

Organize a World Pneumonia Day event.

Gather friends, get creative and have fun – all while helping to save children’s lives. Each year, people all across the world come together on World Pneumonia Day to increase awareness, drive donations and spur action. Check out our Activist Toolkit and get involved!

Check out “The Face of Pneumonia” and share your own story of pneumonia’s impact.

Pneumonia has claimed millions of lives of babies, children and adults in rich and poor countries alike. Read personal narratives from the front lines of the fight against pneumonia and submit your own story to be posted online.

Give $10 to provide one child with a lifetime of protection.

Make a donation on the GAVI Alliance website and ask your friends and family to do the same.