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Rao Chalasani is a longtime New Jersey resident who engaged with Bank of America-Merrill in New York NY in multiple executive capacities. Focused on humanitarian efforts worldwide, Rao Chalasani supports organizations such as Childreach, Doctors without Borders, and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
A major current focus of UNICEF is in addressing the after-effects of violence and displacement in Iraq, with the health care system in particular disarray within the war-torn Mosul region. With violence dininishing, approximately 750,000 children are described as vulnerable and unable to access basic services.
UNICEF’s efforts include restoring function to nutritional and pediatric wards in a pair of hospital centers and setting in place refrigeration equipment that can keep vaccines stable and ready for use. Efforts to date have enabled health centers to resume vaccinations that reach some 250,000 children under the age of 5. A present campaign focuses on raising $17 million in funds that will go toward further rebuilding of medical facilities across Iraq.
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