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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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Join Our Tweet Chat With RIF and Support Children’s Literacy
We will be joining with Reading is Fundamental (RIF) along with our sister site, Mom Bloggers Club and five wonderful co-hosts for the #BeBookSmart tweet chat on Wednesday, July 11, 2012 from 6- 8 PM EST. We will talk all things children’s literacy and Macy’s will give away 10 $25 Macy’s gift cards as prizes…
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Join the Shot@Life Dad Chat – May 31 from 9-10 PM EST
This Thursday our partner Shot@Life is the featured campaign for this week’s #DadsChat with Bruce Sallen. Shot@Life champions will be special guests during the chat to talk about the events and activities they have done to teach their children how to give back and also spread the word about Shot@Life. What is a dad chat?…
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Kaboom’s Summer Challenge
Get outside. Win great prizes. This summer, the national nonprofit KaBOOM! challenges you and your family to visit as many playgrounds as you can. A swing doesn’t swing on its own. A slide doesn’t slide. Playgrounds are the heart of a community – and they come alive when you and your family are there. For…
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Join the #ItStartsWithMoms Twitter Chat on May 11
Thriving babies, healthy families, lives that reach their potential; it all starts with mothers. To celebrate this Mother’s Day, Jhpiego has partnered with USAID’s global Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program MCHIP, John Snow Institute, Women Deliver, PSI, and Mom Bloggers for Social Good for a twitter chat on how providing mothers and their babies with a healthy start to life makes communities…
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Honor Your Mother, Change a Life With BRAC
Our newest partner, BRAC, is celebrating mothers and changing lives at the same time. Mothers are the driving force behind BRAC’s success. They leverage their holistic approach to provide health and well-being to their entire family. That’s why every gift you give BRAC to invest in a woman gets multiplied. This Mother’s Day, celebrate all…
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Take a Minute to #EndMalaria for World Malaria Day
Did you know that a child dies from malaria every minute? That is a pretty startling statistic! Our partner Malaria No More has teamed up with the United Nations Special Envoy for Malaria to kick off the #EndMalaria campaign for World Malaria Day celebrated tomorrow, April 25. The #EndMalaria campaign is an online and mobile…
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Grab a Banner for the World Food Programme
I love working with the World Food Programme because they do so, so much around the globe for people who do not have enough food to eat. In fact, food security is one of the primary areas of concentration for us because being hungry spurs so many other adverse implications on lives. The World Food…
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New Partner Announcement – We Feedback
Food security is one of the primary areas of concentration that Mom Bloggers for Social Good focuses on. When people do not have enough food to survive then nothing else matters. Without food and water, people perish. Period. It is our mission to spread as much awareness about the lack of food in certain areas…
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Pledge to Host a Healthy Child Party
Our partner Healthy Child Healthy World will celebrate National Healthy Child Party Week from March 5 – 12 and they need your help to make it a great success. Since the launch of National Healthy Child Party Week in 2009 over 4000 house parties around the country have been hosted by parents who believe in…
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New Partner Announcement – KaBOOM!
I am so happy to partner with KaBOOM!, a national non-profit dedicated to saving play for America’s children. KaBOOM! creates great playspaces through the participation and leadership of communities. Ultimately, KaBOOM! envisions a place to play within walking distance of every child in America. A few years ago I had the pleasure of helping to build a…
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New Partner Announcement – Vitamin Angels
You might remember that last week I wrote about Future Fortified’s infographic detailing hunger and its effects on children in the developing world. Simple access to food as well as vitamins will help a children become a healthier adult. I am proud to announce that we have partnered with Vitamin Angels. Vitamin Angels connects children under…
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World Water Day 2012 – March 22
Our partner Water.org will celebrate World Water Day on March 22 along with concerned global citizens of the world who care about access to clean water for everyone on earth. If you would like to get involved, Water.org has a robust list detailing how you can help spread the word about World Water Day. You…
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Molly’s World – Videos and Quiz – from the World Food Programme
Molly is a 13-year-old girl from the Mathare slum in Nairobi, Kenya. She’s one of 20 million children around the world who receive a meal in school every day thanks to the World Food Programme. Last year, the World Food Programme gave her a small video camera and asked her to record scenes from her…
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GirlUp and International Women’s Day
Strong girls grow up to be strong women. That’s why I love everything about GirlUp, an innovative campaign, of the United Nations Foundation, to address the needs of adolescent girls in developing countries. This “for girls, by girls” campaign mobilizes girls in the U.S. to raise awareness and funds for programs of the United Nations…
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Donate to the Without a Fight Film and Support Carolina for Kibera
Our partner, Carolina for Kibera, an international non-profit working to alleviate poverty, develop leaders, and catalyze positive change in Kibera, Kenya, one of the world’s largest slums, is asking for your help in this week’s action campaign. They are launching a new fundraising campaign to help finish up post-production on Without a Fight a documentary featuring…
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Why We Should All Care About #Hunger.
Today high level talks took place at the World Food Programme’s Rome headquarters. Why? The Sahel region in western Africa is in dire threat of experiencing famine just like we are currently seeing in the Horn of Africa. Aid and humanitarian agencies are coming together to ensure they are ready for the impending food shortages…
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Action Campaign – Help Raise Diaper Funds for Babies, Toddlers, and Special Needs Children
Our partner, Atlanta Diaper Relief, is dedicated to making sure that mothers do not have to put soiled, reused diapers on their babies and that mothers don’t have to make the choice between food and diapers. That is an all-too-common reality for many families, especially in this economy. Atlanta Diaper Relief is a 501(c) 3…
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Click & Tweet Board
We have put together action campaigns that you can easily tweet whenever you’d like. Malaria No More: Text DREAM to 85944 to donate $10 to @MalariaNoMore & enter to win a trip to Africa with @NBCSmashstar @katharinemcphee #socialgoodmoms NyanyaProject: Help the Nyanya Project educate preschool children in Kenya and Rwanda. Any little bit helps!http://bit.ly/xEmKk0 #socialgoodmoms Atlanta Diaper Relief Congratulations to #socialgoodmoms…
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Action Campaign – Spread the Word About Malaria No More’s ‘Dream Big for Africa’ Campaign
Last week our partner Malaria No More launched their “Dream Big for Africa’ campaign. Anyone who texts “Dream” to 85944 will donate $10 to Malaria No More and be automatically entered to win a trip to Africa with Smash star Katharine McPhee. Spread the word on Twitter with this tweet: Text DREAM to 85944 to…