“Can you ask how old they are?” I said to my translator, Dixie. He asked in Miskitu as I waited. The two young girls were the daughters of the woman whose house we were underneath. Sweating and gulping our now warm bottled water, we were desperately trying to shade ourselves from the hot, midday Nicaraguan […]
A Google+ Hangout for Women and Girls and a Haiku for Newborn Health
I’ve got some fun posts ready for you as we gear up for Mother’s Day on May 12th. Stay tuned for some Mother’s Day gifts that give back, info on Habitat for Humanity’s Women Build event and an interview with new mom Kristin Cavallari! First things first. A Google+ Hangout with UNICEF USA I’m elated […]
The Gift of a Safe Birth
Every two minutes another mother dies in childbirth. When I saw that stat on Maternity Worldwide’s website, I was a bit surprised. That’s a lot of children being born without a mother. London-based Maternity Worldwide works to ensure safe births and increased maternal health in developing countries. As the headline on the home page of their […]
