Sunday, January 10, 2010

Save a Girl, Change the World



Save a Girl, Change the World

Empower Support Educate

Mission

The mission Save a Girl, Change the World is to build a social movement to increase awareness, cultivate change, and empower girls and young women in developing countries through supportive projects, health care initiatives, and education.

Values

Empowerment
Support
Education
Leadership
Collaboration

See post titled: Create Awareness to Cultivate Change

Run for Congo Women


I must say I get a rush of inspiration that I want to shout from roof tops when I see others doing extrodinary deeds. One such person is Lisa Shannon who is the founder of Run for Congo Women.

Lisa Shannon was inspired by an episode of Oprah (much like myself) that featured life for women in the Congo region. She soon set in motion and took action by starting the organization Run for Congo Women.

It is another example that one person can make a difference and lasting change in the world.


Please take a look at the website: www.runforcongowomen.org

Reporter - The Film

The film titled REPORTER will be available on March 21, 2010. The film a hauting account of life in the Congo. REPORTER is a documentary featuring Nicholas Kristof and a film crew.

REPORTER is a feature documentary about Nicholas Kristof, the two-time Pulitzer Prize winning columnist for the New York Times, who almost single-handedly put the crisis in Darfur on the world map. The film puts the viewer in Kristof’s pocket, revealing the man and his methods, and just how and why real reporting is vital to our democracy, our world-awareness, and our capacity to be a force for good. But REPORTER has a second agenda. By tracking a newsman, we track his news. - Reporter Film.com

Take a moment to look at the website: REPORTER FILM

From the website you will be able to leave your name and email to be notified when the film is available. I will be posted my reactions to the film once I have seen it.

A Walk to Beautiful

A Walk to Beautiful is an award winning documentary of women in Ethiopia. The film is moving and an eye opening account of Ethiopian women who have suffered devastating complications from child birth. Obstetric fistulas are an unheard of event in western societies. However, obstetric fistulas are a hidden epidemic in developing countries. Women suffer not only physical limitations but are also ostracized by their families, husbands, and the community.

A Walk to Beautiful is a must see film to understand the epidemic that is affecting women in developing countries.

I ordered the film from Netflix and can be instantly downloaded. After watching the film, send me a note, post a comment.

Link: A Walk to Beautiful