What is Zilda Arns?
[[Image:Zilda Arns.jpeg|thumb|220px|Zilda Arns, 2004]]'''Dr. Zilda Arns''' (August 25, 1934 - January 12, 2010) was a [[Brazil]]ian doctor and in 1983 set up the Children's Pastoral.<ref name=tel>{{Cite web |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/religion-obituaries/6990059/Zilda-Arns.html |title=Zilda Arns |work=telegraph.co.uk |accessdate=4 January 2011 }}</ref> Children's Pastoral is a [[Catholic]] church based organization which teaches mother basic health care skills. It has saved the lives of thousands of babies in Brazil. She was born in the south of Brazil to [[Germany|German]] parents.<ref name=tel/> She studied medicine at university and then set up clinics in [[Curitiba]]. She soon saw that much of the sickness, such as [[diarrhoea]] and [[dehydration]] could be prevented if parents knew how to care properly for their children.<ref name=smh>{{Cite web |url= http://www.smh.com.au/national/obituaries/doctor-spent-her-life-teaching-mothers-how-to-keep-their-children-alive-20100118-mgmc.html |title=Zilda Arns, 1934 - 2010 |work=smh.com.au |accessdate=4 January 2011 }}</ref> In 1983, her brother, Paulo Evaristo Arns, a [[bishop]] in the Catholic Church encouraged her to set up Children's Pastoral.<ref name=tel/> It is now in 42,000 Brazilian communities, and has over 260,000 trained volunteers.<ref name=smh/> In 2007, Arns was given the [[Woodrow Wilson]] Award for Public service.<ref name=ww>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1419&fuseaction=topics.item&news_id=588544 |title=Brazil Institute Mourns the Death of Dr. Zilda Arns |work=wilsoncenter.org |accessdate=4 January 2011 |archive-date=16 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616114024/http://wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1419&fuseaction=topics.item&news_id=588544 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Arns was killed in the [[2010 Haiti earthquake]] while speaking to a church group.<ref name=ww/> She had gone there on a visit to a missionary organization helping with the care of babies