The_Alliance_for_Safe_Children
The Alliance for Safe Children
Non-profit organization
The Alliance for Safe Children (TASC) is a non-profit organization formed in 2002 to address the issue of child injury in the developing world.[1] The founder is Pete Peterson, former United States Ambassador to Vietnam.[2] Michael Linnon is the technical director.[3]
TASC works in cooperation with other organizations, such as the Red Cross and UNICEF.[4][5] Its aims include raising awareness of child injury; promoting injury prevention programs; conducting and supporting research;[6] and raising funds and creating alliances with NGOs, international organisations and governments so that the number of child injuries can be reduced.[1] TASC's objectives are driven in part by studies suggesting that far more children die from preventable injury than from infectious disease - according to UNICEF about one million children die of preventable injuries each year.[2] A common specific cause of death is drowning.[7]