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The Importance of Inclusive Education for Indigenous Children #TeacherTuesday
This interview was conducted by and is courtesy of UNESCO’s Education for All Global Monitoring Report team. We are happy to join UNESCO’s #TeacherTuesday campaign – a ten week journey around the world to get a glimpse of teaching from the voices of teachers themselves. The second honored teacher is Natelee, a teacher on the…
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Upcoming Events to Add to Your Social Good Calendar
Over the course of the next month or so we will be working with major NGOs to spread the word about new reports and critical days commemorating important causes and issues. Mark your calendars for these causes. Tuesday, February 25 We will be working with Save the Children to spread the word about its brand-new…
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Celebrating Teachers Around the World With UNESCO #TeacherTuesday
For ten weeks starting on February 25 we are happy to join UNESCO’s #TeacherTuesday campaign. Leading global education voices will shine the light on inspirational teachers around the world along with UNESCO. The first honored teacher will be Esnart, a teacher from Malawi. UNESCO has created an entire map of the honored teachers (below) and…
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One Million Children are Now Syrian Refugees
Amid news of a poison chemical attack right outside of Damascus last week and the sniper attack on a UN convoy today, UNICEF also had harrowing news of its own to announce last Friday. They have recorded the one millionth child refugee who has escaped the war in Syria. “This one millionth child refugee is…
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Featured Infographic of the Week: Children Still Battling to Go to School
According to the United Nations, enrollment in primary education in developing regions reached 90 per cent in 2010, up from 82 per cent in 1999. Even with the great improvements in universal primary education there are still 57 million children around the world who do not go to school. This infographic from UNESCO shows how…
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The Rising Educational Obstacles for sub-Saharan Children
When children who live in poor countries think about being educated there are many hurdles they face first before stepping foot in the classroom from the sheer proximity to a school to school fees to the cost of a uniform. It adds up quickly and means that many children remain uneducated in developing countries because of their…
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A Creative Way to Donate Much-Needed School Supplies
Even though it’s summer vacation for most kids across the country the new school season will roll around before we know it. That means millions of schoolchildren will attend their first day of school without the school supplies they need to excel. One Chicago-based company has devised a creative way to change that scenario for…
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Stories, Photos, and Videos from #SocialGoodMomsIndia Trip
Storify by Social Good Moms Fri, Jun 07 2013 12:59:17 Stories, Photos, and Videos from #SocialGoodMomsIndia Trip From May 20 – 24, 2013 Jennifer James, founder of Mom Bloggers for Social Good, and Nicole Melancon, of Third Eye Mom, traveled to Delhi, India to visit Mom Bloggers for Social Good partners to see their work…
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Education Lacks Substantial Private Sector Contributions Says UNESCO
According to UNESCO, education lags behind other global development sectors in private sector contributions at only 5% and experts expect the education funding to stagnant until 2015. This lack of funding will irreparably harm the Education for All Goals that should be met by 2015, says UNESCO. In a recently released policy paper UNESCO argues that…
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Help Send Books to Ethiopian Schoolchildren
Children everywhere deserve an exceptional education. In fact, it it their right. In Ethiopia, there is a 10-20% increase of school-age children meaning there is a greater need for educational materials. Bruktawit Tigabu, the award-winning entrepreneur and co-founder of Tsehai Loves Learning, is bringing storybooks to thousands of children in Ethiopia and needs your help. Higher…
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Spend November 10th in Solidarity for Malala Day
By now you have probably heard about Malala Yousafzai, the 14-year-old schoolgirl in Pakistan, who was brutally shot by the Taliban in retaliation for promoting girls’ education in her country. Since news broke about Malala being shot and her subsequent weeks towards recovery, millions have stood in solidarity with Malala in a global show of support…
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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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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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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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DoSomething.org’s The Hunt: 11 Days of Doing
WHAT: The Hunt: 11 Days of Doing WHERE: www.dosomething.org/hunt THE CONVERSATION: #TheHuntisOn DoSomething.org, the nation’s largest organization for teens and social change, has partnered with Lenovo, the world’s second largest PC maker who helped found the campaign last year, and Bing, the search engine from Microsoft, to launch “The Hunt: 11 Days of Doing.” Every day at 11:11 AM EST…
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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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[Video] Sounds from Rio + Social
Pierce Freelon and Apple Juice Kid, adjunct professors in UNC-Chapel Hill’s music department, demonstrated a mini beat-making session at Rio + Social, Mashable and the UN Foundation’s conference in Brazil about social media for social good, held on the eve of Rio + 20. Freelon and Apple Juice Kid are the founders of ARTVSM, a socially…
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Thank you, #SocialGoodMoms Members
Today I want to thank all of the members, supporters and partners of Mom Bloggers for Social Good. It’s been a great two months so far! Members: I wanted to share with you how appreciative our partners are. Thank you for your committment to doing good through social media and blogging. Thank you!
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Sitting Down With Mary Martin Niepold, Founder of the Nyanya Project
One of the wonderful things about working in social good is the people you meet. I have met some amazing people over the past few years who are doing extraordinary things, even some in my own backyard. Yesterday I joined Mary Martin Niepold for lunch and we chatted about Africa, her non-profit organization, the Nyanya…
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New Partner Announcement – Super Stars Literacy
Education is the key to a better, more fulfilling life. The more you know, the more you grow. I am thrilled to partner with Super Stars Literacy, a California-based literacy and education program created in 2002 by the Junior League of Oakland-East Bay, Inc. (JLOEB), an organization of women committed to promoting volunteerism and improving communities…