“At first, I was scared of injections,” Leen says as she remembers how she used to feel when it came time to get vaccinated. “But I saw what happened to children who weren’t vaccinated. They got a fever and a red rash because they had measles.”
Leen is just 10 years-old, but she has already seen the life-saving potential of routine immunization. Carrying a booklet detailing the benefits of vaccines – and armed with a lot of enthusiasm – she uses her spare time to go door-to-door in her neighbourhood in Aden, in southern Yemen, encouraging other people to get vaccinated.
“I realized how crucial vaccination is, so I wanted to help [my neighbours],” she says.
Leen signed up with UNICEF’s ‘Sponsor a Child’ initiative three months ago, joining more than 1,000 children and adolescents aged 10 to 17 who have helped reach more than 33,000 children in southern Yemen …
![First Black Navy SEAL remembered [Video]](https://betterworldgiving.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/mp_510502_0_https3A2F2Fdo0bihdskp9dycloudfrontnet2F070520242Ft6af59b6335f74c68b3e7ee341072f277namefile1280x7202000v31jpg.jpg)
![7 events around Wisconsin this weekend [Video]](https://betterworldgiving.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/mp_510611_0_https3A2F2Fdo0bihdskp9dycloudfrontnet2F070520242Ft27285ef66b284171b984371c2e75ea2bnamefile1280x7202000v31jpg.jpg)
![Good Deeds Day (April 14th, 2024) [Video]](https://betterworldgiving.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/mp_398539_0_gooddeedsdaye1714315076292jpg.jpg)
![Volunteer program offers care for veterans [Video]](https://betterworldgiving.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/mp_509180_0_https3A2F2Fdo0bihdskp9dycloudfrontnet2F070420242Ft35a6987eddfa4b6aabd564e342b09b0dnamefile1280x7202000v31jpg.jpg)
