June 2012 – Global Moms Challenge

Photos from Africa: My visit to Tanzania with Shot@Life

Our guest post today is from Holly Pavlika, mom blogger, social media expert and Champion for Shot@Life.

Last month, I traveled to Tanzania with Shot@Life to see the power of vaccinations for children in an area of the world where vaccines mean the difference between life and death for a child. There are so many poignant stories to share from the trip.

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A Young Mother’s Front-Row Seat at the UN’s Rio+20 Summit

Anastasia Dellaccio from the United Nations Foundation guest posts for us today. Last week she was in Rio de Janeiro for Rio+Social, an interactive event streaming worldwide, in advance of the historic UN Rio+20 Summit on Sustainable Development.

After months of hard work and planning, I took my seat last Tuesday morning in the Rio+Social audience, plugged in my computer, my phone, and my other phone, opened up all of my social media channels, and waited anxiously for the program to begin.

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World Refugee Day

Approximately 43.7 million people have been displaced from their homes and local communities due to armed conflicts, droughts, and famine around the world. These families are forced out of their homes and need to search for basic shelter, food, water, and medical care. 80 percent of those refugees are women and children.

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How Social Media Gives us all a Seat at the Summit

By: Aaron Sherinian

Right now, world leaders are gathering in Rio de Janeiro for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20, to define pathways to a more sustainable future for our world. Known as Rio+20 because it marks 20 years since the first Earth Summit held in Rio, the conference will bring together governments, businesses and groups from around the world to shape how we can reduce poverty, advance social equity, and ensure environmental protection to get to the future we want.

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UN Rio+20 Sustainable Development Summit: So What’s It All About?

Mothers, bloggers, global energy and policy experts, mom advocacy groups and others gathered in our community last Thursday for a live chat. The UN Foundation’s Aaron Sherinian, Vice President of Communications and Public Relations and Richenda Van Leeuwen, Executive Director, Energy & Climate, Energy Access Initiative, were joined by our guest co-hosts from Moms Clean Air Force, Moms Rising and Mom Bloggers for Social Good to discuss what the Rio+20 Summit means for us and the rest of the planet.

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Meet Nala

Every year, more than 7 million children die from preventable diseases before their fifth birthday. With so many statistics like this, it becomes hard to wrap our minds around what that means. It means that every day, not one, but thousands, of mothers lose a child to a disease that existing, simple solutions could prevent. A bed net could protect a child from malaria, a vaccine could protect him or her from pneumonia or measles.

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3.5 Billion Ways to Change the World

Our guest blogger today is Elizabeth Jessop, the US representative to last week's G(irls)20 Summit. Elizabeth reports on the Summit and what girls can do for themselves and the world. She is part of the GirlUp.org movement of girls helping girls! Share with the favorite girls in your lives!

There are 3.5 billion women and girls in the world…and therefore, 3.5 billion ways to change the world. As we say at Girl Up, together, we are stronger!

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What’s a B’EarthDay Party?

At six years old, my son Travis surprises me fairly often. Last month, as we planned his birthday party, I got a surprise that made me really proud of him, and reminded me that our kids are sometimes way more ready to grow than we realize.

His birthday is close to Earth Day, which happened to fall on a Sunday this year. As we talked through possible themes, dates, and times for the party, and who to invite, we realized that Earth Day was the optimal date, and we found a great location in a park we like. We talked with Travis about Earth Day, and what it means. My wife, Carrie, came up with the idea of doing a park clean up as part of his party, and he loved it. We decided to call it his “B’EarthDay” party.

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Bring Your Voice to Brazil!

The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20, kicks off in a few weeks in Rio de Janeiro. It is a historic meeting, and a historic moment for our world.

But even if you're not sitting at the table in Rio, your voice can be part of the discussion. You can be part of "The 6-Minute Speech Project," a unique speech built by people from all over the world through the power of social media.

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Bring Your Voice to Brazil!

The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20, kicks off in a few weeks in Rio de Janeiro. It is a historic meeting, and a historic moment for our world.

But even if you're not sitting at the table in Rio, your voice can be part of the discussion. You can be part of "The 6-Minute Speech Project," a unique speech built by people from all over the world through the power of social media.

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