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How LifeStraw is Saving the Planet and Lives

March 22, 2018 by thirdeyemom

For many of us, clean water is so plentiful and readily available that we rarely, if ever, pause to consider what life would be like without it. – Marcus Samuelsson Today, March 22 is World Water Day, a day designated by the United Nations to bring attention of the importance of water. Today, 2.1 billion people live without safe drinking water affecting their health, wellbeing, education and livelihoods. Water is life and in my opinion access to safe water is […]

Categories: Conservation/Environment, Global Health, Global Issues, Humanitarian, Kenya, SOCIAL GOOD, TRAVEL, TRAVEL BY REGION • Tags: Advocacy, LifeStrawWorldWaterDay, safe water, thirdeyemom, WorldWaterDay, WWD18

How to Help Syrian Children From Losing Their Childhood

March 17, 2018 by thirdeyemom

Seven years later, civil war continues to loom in Syria destroying the world they once knew and tearing families apart. Millions of Syrians are living amidst unimaginable violence and uncertainty. 12 million people, over half of the pre-war Syrian population, are either internally displaced or have had to flee the country in search of safety. Furthermore, over half of all Syrian refuges are children and 2.8 million of these children are out of school. For children under age 8, war […]

Categories: Global Issues, Global Non-Profit Organizations and Social Good Enterprises, Humanitarian, SOCIAL GOOD • Tags: Advocacy, Humanitarian, SOS Children's Villages, Syria Crisis, thirdeyemom

What a Week in Western Kenya with LifeStraw Taught Me: Water is Life

March 15, 2018 by thirdeyemom

For many of us, clean water is so plentiful and readily available that we rarely, if ever, pause to consider what life would be like without it. – Marcus Samuelsson I rose with excitement and anticipation to the pre-dawn sound of the birds outside my hotel room in Kakamega, Western Kenya. Although the sky was still an inky black, the world outside my window was alive with noise and commotion as drivers rolled into the parking lot thumping African rap […]

Categories: Global Health, Global Issues, Kenya, TRAVEL, TRAVEL BY REGION • Tags: Advocacy, Kenya, LifeStraw, Lifestraw1million, safe water, thirdeyemom, Travel

The Journey to Reach the One Millionth Child with Safe Water in Kenya

March 12, 2018 by thirdeyemom

“Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step”. – Lao Tzu I left for Kenya on a Thursday afternoon feeling the normal pre-trip jitters of an exceptionally long 24 hours of travel ahead. I was flying from Minneapolis to Amsterdam with a five hour layover, and then I had another eight hour flight to reach Nairobi. I knew that […]

Categories: Global Health, Global Issues, Kenya, SOCIAL GOOD, TRAVEL, TRAVEL BY REGION • Tags: Advocacy, Kenya, LifeStraw, Lifestraw1million, safe water, thirdeyemom, Travel

I’m Heading to Kenya with LifeStraw and Here is Why #Lifestraw1million

February 22, 2018 by thirdeyemom

“For it is in giving that we receive”. – Francis of Assisi Sometimes life takes an unexpected curve and you just have to go for it. Back in December, as I was preparing for the busiest time of the year for me and my family I received an email telling me about an opportunity to join LifeStraw, a water filtration social enterprise owned by Vestergaard, on their upcoming trip to Kenya in February on a special project: To reach the one millionth child […]

Categories: Child Labor, Marriage, Education and Survival, Global Health, Global Issues, Kenya, SOCIAL GOOD, TRAVEL • Tags: Advocacy, Kenya, LifeStraw, Lifestraw1million, safe drinking water, Social Good, thirdeyemom

#IStandForGirls: Kurandza’s Mission to Help Girls in Mozambique Go to School

September 15, 2017 by thirdeyemom

“I’ve always believed that when you educate a girl, you empower a nation.” Queen Rania of Jordan Kurandza (which means “to love” in Changana, the local language ) is a non-profit social enterprise that invests in the future of women in Mozambique. Founded by Elisabetta Colabianchi in 2014, Kurandza works to empower women and their community through education, entrepreneurship, and sustainable development programs in Guijá, Mozambique. Elisabetta was first introduced to Guijá, a small village in southern Mozambique, when she lived and worked […]

Categories: Child Labor, Marriage, Education and Survival, Global Issues, SOCIAL GOOD, Women and Girls • Tags: Advocacy, Girls education, IStandForGirls, Kurandza, Mozambique, thirdeyemom

The Global Emergency Response Coalition Aims to Fight Extreme Hunger

July 24, 2017 by thirdeyemom

Three years ago I was on a trip of a lifetime. I joined a global team of journalists for a two-week reporting fellowship in Ethiopia where we covered the progress Ethiopia has made in newborn and maternal health. The trip was life-changing in so many ways. It opened my eyes to extreme poverty and hunger. I realized how much I take for granted: Access to electricity, running water, safe drinking water, food, health care, education and opportunity. The basic necessities that people need […]

Categories: Food Security, Global Issues, Global Non-Profit Organizations and Social Good Enterprises, SOCIAL GOOD • Tags: Advocacy, Global Emergency Response Coalition, hunger, Hunger Relief Fund, thirdeyemom

TO THE MARKET Celebrates World Refugee Day with the Launch of New Products

June 20, 2017 by thirdeyemom

A few years ago I had the pleasure of meeting Jane Mosbacher Morris, Founder and CEO of TO THE MARKET | Survivor-made Goods. TO THE MARKET is an amazing, creative social enterprise that showcases handmade goods made exclusively by proud and passionate artisans who have overcome the perils of abuse, conflict, and disease. By assisting local partners around the world in bringing these goods “to the market,” the organization takes an active role in equipping the survivor’s they employ with economic independence, while […]

Categories: Gifts that Give Back, SOCIAL GOOD • Tags: Advocacy, Art of Hope, gifts that give back, Refugees, thirdeyemom, To the Market, World Refugee Day

Moeloco “Dream Crazy”: Buy One, Give One and Change a Life.

May 19, 2017 by thirdeyemom

“When you truly are on purpose, the people, the opportunities and the resources you need will naturally gravitate toward you”. -Jack Canfield Have you ever had a dream that seemed impossible and almost crazy? Kathy Wong, an entrepreneur from Australia did. After a career in business, Kathy came out of retirement to start a social enterprise named Moeloco which is a combination of two words, “Moe” derived from the Hawaiian word Moehani, meaning “dream” and “loco” is latin for “crazy”. “Moeloco is […]

Categories: Gifts that Give Back, SOCIAL GOOD • Tags: Advocacy, flip-flops, gifts that give, gifts that give back, Moeloco, social enterprises, thirdeyemom

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What a Week in Western Kenya with LifeStraw Taught Me: Water is Life