A PICTURE OF PEACE
2012-13 Merit Award Winner Joaquín Ortiz Iglesias (Chile)
"Peace is like a seed, it needs to be planted, watered and cultivated." 
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Millions of children suffer from poverty, homelessness, hunger, abuse, neglect, disease and disabilities. Tragically, these children often must live without essential health and education services that would alleviate their distress – and give them hope for the future. That's why the Lions Services for Children Program continues Lions Clubs International's long tradition of helping the world's future generations.
The problems children face vary in degree from country to country, but the need for health and education services is constant and universal. Lions clubs help address these needs by developing services for children – projects with specific, attainable goals, including:
Lions have also constructed hospitals, schools, orphanages and children's centers throughout the world to serve children in need.
To learn more about the global health and educational needs of children, please visit the World Health Organization (WHO) Web site. Read about the United Nations Millennium Development Goals that relate directly to children. Or contact our Health and Children's Services Department.
For information about planning service activity projects – including information for chairpersons – please visit the Lions Services for Children section of our Member Center.
2012-13 Merit Award Winner Joaquín Ortiz Iglesias (Chile)
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729,000,000
LCIF has awarded more than US$729 million in grants to fund more than 10,000 projects since it was founded in 1968. These humanitarian efforts are a direct result of generous support from Lions around the world.