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A 1-day-old baby born at Murakuri Health Clinic in Habiganj District, Bangladesh. Photo credit: Save the Children.

The Birth of a Mother

May 7, 2013 by thirdeyemom

In honor of today’s release of Save the Children’s annual State of World Mother’s report, I am sharing the emotional aspects of my birth story to help advocate for the one million newborns that die needlessly and helplessly within the first 24 hours of life. By sharing my birth story, I am joining moms from across the United States to help bring awareness and advocacy steps in making the first 24 hours of life count. The bottom of this post […]

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Categories: ADVOCACY, Children, Global Team of 200, HUMAN RIGHTS, Save the Children, Women's Rights • Tags: Advocacy, global team of 200, mothers, Newborn health, Save the Children, State of World Mother's Report, thirdeyemom

Crisis and Hope in Global Newborn Health

April 5, 2013 by thirdeyemom

Having a baby is supposed to be the most joyous time of a women’s life. However, not always do things go as planned and far too often what is supposed to be the happiest time of a mother’s life ends in tragedy. Despite advances in medical care, newborn mortality rates in some of the most impoverished countries in the world remain alarmingly high. How much do you really know when it comes to the unacceptable toll of newborn deaths, around […]

Categories: ADVOCACY, Children, Global Newborn Health, Global Team of 200, HUMAN RIGHTS • Tags: Advocacy, Global Newborn Health 2013, newborn, The Gates Foundation, The Global Team of 200, thirdeyemom

Coming together for World Water Day, Friday March 22

March 20, 2013 by thirdeyemom

This Friday, March 22, is World Water Day – a day delegated by the United Nations to recognize the importance and need of safe water around the world. In honor of this important day, I am thrilled to be working with the Global Team of 200 and WaterAid to help raise awareness of the desperate need for safe drinking water and sanitation around the world. Safe water and sanitation transforms lives and is one of the keys to bringing people […]

Categories: ADVOCACY, Global Team of 200, HUMAN RIGHTS, poverty, WaterAid • Tags: global team of 200, safe drinking water, sanitation, thirdeyemom, WaterAid, World Water Day

The Power of Ideas

March 12, 2013 by thirdeyemom

This past weekend was insanely inspiring. I was exceptionally lucky to attend the 25th Annual Nobel Peace Prize Forum held here in Minneapolis, which honors past Nobel Laureates and some of the world’s top activists and luminaries all coming together to discuss the power of peacemaking. It was absolutely amazing and there couldn’t be a more thought-provoking series of lectures and break-out sessions than what I had the pleasure of participating in for the past two and a half days. This year’s […]

Categories: ADVOCACY, BLOGGING, Children, Girls, HUMAN RIGHTS, Inspiration, Nobel Peace Prize Forum, poverty, Women's Rights • Tags: Advocacy, Inspiration, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Nobel Peace Prize Forum, peace, thirdeyemom

Being Half the Sky

March 7, 2013 by thirdeyemom

“Women hold up half the sky” – Chinese proverb Exactly a year ago today I was in Xela, Guatemala on a week long volunteer and spanish immersion trip when I heard the noise off in the distance. It sounded like a parade. I asked my teacher Lilian if she knew what on earth was going on and she replied with a smile, “It’s International Women’s Day!” and asked if I’d like to go see the festivities. I had never heard […]

Categories: ADVOCACY, Antigua, Children, Girls, Global Team of 200, Guatemala, HUMAN RIGHTS, International Women's Day, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY, Women's Rights, Xela • Tags: Advocacy, Antigua, CULTURE, Guatemala, HUMAN RIGHTS, international women's day 2013, life. social good, thirdeyemom, Travel, Women, Women's Rights, Xela

Guinea - Labe prior to leaving in a rush

Guest post: The real stories behind the headlines in Africa

March 5, 2013 by thirdeyemom

Author’s note: After my recent post on the famine in the Sahel, I was contacted by a reader and writer who I have featured before on my blog, Chloe the founder of C.R.E.E.R, a non-trafficking organization focusing on the Ivory Coast. A conversation began on how famine and trafficking were inter-related and I asked her if she would like to do write a post on the matter. Here is what Chloe has to say. The real stories behind the headlines […]

Categories: BLOGGING, Children, Guest Posts, HUMAN RIGHTS, Human Trafficking, SOCIAL GOOD, Trafficking • Tags: Advocacy, Africa, CULTURE, famine, Guinea Conakry, Social Good, trafficking, Travel

Love and Heartbreak in a Honduran daycare

February 26, 2013 by thirdeyemom

Author’s note: This post is part of my series on my recent trip to Honduras. To read past posts on Honduras, click here. The main reason why I went to Honduras was to volunteer and give back. A month before leaving I found out my volunteer placement would be at a Honduran daycare center for poor single mothers to send their children to the day while they tried to earn a living. As a mother myself who adores children and an […]

Categories: ADVOCACY, Children, CULTURE, HUMAN RIGHTS, INTERNATIONAL NON-PROFITS, INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER WORK, SOCIAL GOOD • Tags: children, CULTURE, Honduras, international volunteering, La Ceiba, parenting, Travel

First impressions on nine days in Honduras

January 15, 2013 by thirdeyemom

Sunday night I arrived home utterly exhausted and unfortunately sick from Honduras. I tend to be prone to stomach bugs when I travel to developing countries and thankfully I always carry an antibiotic which has already began to help. Nevertheless, I lost six pounds in a week and came back to a sick child again as well. We just can’t seem to get healthy in our house.

Categories: ADVOCACY, Children, Honduras, HUMAN RIGHTS, INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER WORK, La Ceiba, poverty, Roatan, SOCIAL GOOD, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY • Tags: CULTURE, Honduras, La Ceiba, Photography, Roatan, Social Good, thirdeyemom, Travel, Volunteering

The Crisis in Syria and how you can help

December 27, 2012 by thirdeyemom

The onset of the Syrian conflict over 21 months ago has been utterly devastating. Thousands of Syrians have been displaced and over 540,000 Syrians are registered refuges in the neighboring countries of Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and Egypt. Unfortunately the refuge crisis is only getting worse. Bordering countries have seen a huge sudden increase of over 140,000 refuges in just the last six weeks. Furthermore, on Wednesday The UN predicted that if things don’t calm down in Syria and the […]

Categories: Global Team of 200, HUMAN RIGHTS, Refuges, SOCIAL GOOD, World Food Programme • Tags: global team of 200, humanitarian efforts, refuges, Social Good, Syria, world food programme

United Way’s campaign to teach children about poverty: Pass the Grade game

December 2, 2012 by thirdeyemom

This post is part of the Social Good Sunday series in which I highlight different organizations around the world making the world a better place. Poverty is a tough topic to comprehend. It is tragic, dark, unfair and cruel. A way of life that doesn’t make sense in a world that has so much for some and so little for the rest. If poverty is hard to understand as an adult, imagine how confusing it is to understand such a […]

Categories: ADVOCACY, Children, HUMAN RIGHTS, poverty, SOCIAL GOOD SUNDAY • Tags: Advocacy, children, Education, Greater United Ways of the Twin Cities, Minnesota, Pass the Grade, Poverty, thirdeyemom, United Way

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The Birth of a Mother

Crisis and Hope in Global Newborn Health

Coming together for World Water Day, Friday March 22

The Power of Ideas

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