Guinea Worm: Countdown to Zero

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I love to see videos like this one on Youtube - people helping people to erradicate the Guinea worm in Africa, a rare parasite that can cripple infected people. I think that the truest form of Christianity is for people to help the sick, the poor, and the weak.

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