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Gifting Education to Children in Need
Our partner Pratham is celebrating International Literacy Day (September 8) through an awareness campaign called I Believe. Pratham works with communities, parents, and governments to provide educational programs, create educational standards, and advocate for educational reform in India. In India 100 million children cannot read at age level. There is a lot you can do to spread…
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Download New Song “Feel Again”, Support Child Health
Seven million children worldwide die before their 5th birthday each year. These early deaths are caused largely by preventable diseases like malaria, pneumonia and diarrhea and neonatal complications. This September Save the Children, the leading, independent organization that creates lasting change for children in need in the United States and 120 countries around the world, and…
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Hunger in Schools: 1 in 5 U.S. Kids Will Face Hunger This Year
When I was in school I didn’t realize some of my peers came to school hungry. I was a kid and those things didn’t matter then. I was fortunate. I received breakfast every day before school, but that just isn’t the case for every child in America today. In fact, a new study released by…
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Thanking Our Partners
There are so many people around the world in need and yet no matter where our partners are based or the issue they tackle – from maternal health to food security – they are there for people who need help! For that reason alone we wanted to thank them for the unending and often thankless…
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New Partner Update: Pratham USA
One of the issues we take seriously here at Mom Bloggers for Social Good is literacy and education. The more children have access to education and books, the better for our future world! That’s why we are proud to partner with Pratham USA. From our new partner, Pratham USA: Though 96.5% of children in India…
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Female Genital Mutilation Banned Under New Somalian Constitution
Somalia has a new government and with it a new provision in its constitution in Title 2: Article 15: Liberty and Security of the Person that bans female genital mutilation (FGM). The new law states: Circumcision of girls is a cruel and degrading customary practice, and is tantamount to torture. The circumcision of girls is prohibited.…
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Book Review: Our Kind of People
Our Kind of People: A Continent’s Challenge, A Country’s Hope by Uzodinma Iweala My rating: 4 of 5 stars When it comes to HIV/AIDS on the African continent we, as Westerners, are often blinded by the ubiquitous stereotypes that permeate our perspectives and opinions about Africa. We then can only rely on the authentic and…
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New Partner Update: mothers2mothers
In order to prevent babies from being born with HIV massive outreach must take place in order to encourage HIV-positive women to take the necessary drugs to ensure their babies are born HIV-negative. Today no child should be born with HIV. That is why we are excited to partner with mothers2mothers! From mothers2mothers: mothers2mothers was founded in…
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[Watch] Social Good Moms Say
Moms around the world are making a difference and you can, too. Watch and spread the word!
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Why One Woman Traveled from Algeria to Niger for Fistula Surgery
We are happy to publish the latest news from our partner Worldwide Fistula Fund. They do amazing work for women with obstetric fistulas. Please make a donation to help them continue the work they do. From the Worldwide Fistula Fund: Summer has been busy at the Danja Fistula Center. In July, a team of six…
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Thank You for Being a Member of Our Facebook Family
If you haven’t joined us yet, please do so at www.facebook.com/mombloggersforsocialgood. create infographics with visual.ly
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An Evening Celebrating the World’s Humanitarians
On Friday night I attended the “I Was Here” event at the United Nations headquarters in New York in celebration of World Humanitarian Day that is celebrated every year on August 19. In attendance was Beyonce who filmed the video for her song I Was Here in the UN General Assembly Hall. She donated her video…
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How to Get Involved in World Humanitarian Day – August 19
Every day people risk their lives to help others or sacrifice tremendously to make sure that those in need have access to resources to survive and thrive. Every August 19 we celebrate humanitarians who work tirelessly for others on World Humanitarian Day. This year’s theme is I Was Here. With the help of Beyoncé, the…
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1000 Mom Bloggers Strong
Today is a wonderful day! The Mom Bloggers for Social Good community just surpassed 1000 members! I have always maintained that the greater our numbers, the greater our impact! That is crucial in today’s world as the more people we can touch, who listen to our messages, and our social media updates the more good…
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Quick Impact Project Provides Education for Darfur Children
Did you know that the largest peacekeeping mission is currently in Darfur? After the civil war erupted in 2003 between the government of Sudan and rebel groups the African Union and the United Nations partnered to create UNAMID – African Union/United Nations Hybrid operation in 2007. Now at over 19,000 peacekeeping military personelle and over…
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The Charity Winner of $2500
A special thank you to everyone who voted in our poll to determine the charity that will receive $2500 made possible by State Farm. State Farm gave us a $5000 grant to give to charity – $2500 was determined by me as the founder of Mom Bloggers for Social Good and $2500 was determined by…
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How to Help End Seven Tropical Diseases
Our friends and partners at END 7 are on a mission to end seven tropical diseases by 2020. This week they have rallied celebrity support to help raise awareness about some of these neglected diseases like hookworm, river blindness, and schistosomiasis. According to Red Pages, Katy Perry, Slash, Ewan McGregor, Stella McCartney, Alyssa Milano, Danny…