In searching for ways to connect the mission of Save a Girl, Change the World I have had the opportunity to learn about amazing people doing amazing deeds. One such person is the founder of the organization, One H.E.A.R.T. (Health, Education, and Research in Tibet), Arlene Samen.
The founder of One HEART, Arlene Samen, a registered nurse, began One HEART after a volunteer trip to India in the late 90’s. In 2001, Samen was selected as one of 50 Unsung Heroes for Acts of Compassion, by the Grace Family Foundation.
One HEART has taken active steps toward providing medical education and teaching preventive health care practices to decrease maternal and infant morbidity and mortality in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) of the People's Republic of China, an area that continues to suffer from some of the highest rates of birth-related deaths in the world (One HEART, 2010).
“The Tibetan society is one of the few in the world where there is no tradition of trained birth attendants. Poor nutrition, lack of trained health personnel, long travel distances, and limited access to emergency care place Tibetan women and infants at high risk of birth-related deaths. The vast majority of births take place at high altitude, in a cold environment, and without access to electricity or health care. More than 95% of Tibetan women give birth at home” (One HEART, 2010).
Save a Girl, Change the World would like to salute One HEART and the founder Arlene Samen! It is truly an inspiration learning about the organization and the tremendous support that One Heart is providing to the women and children of Tibet.
To learn more and connect with One HEART: www.onehearttibet.org
The organization does accept volunteers!!!!
Reference
One HEART (2010). Save the lives of women and children, one birth at a time. Retrieved on May 4, 2010 from www.onehearttibet.org
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Save a Girl, Change the World & Nightingale Initiative for Global Health (NIGH)
Save a Girl, Change the World is pleased to announce the support of the Nightingale Initiative for Global Health (NIGH) – Creating a healthy world together.
The mission of NIGH is to inform and empower nurses and other health care workers and educators to become ‘21st Century Nightingales’ — working in the local, national and global community to build a healthy world (NIGH, 2010).
Enabling peoples of the United Nations, as citizens of its Member States, to work together in a worldwide campaign for health as the top global priority;
Enlisting nurses and other health care workers and educators to work together effectively — and to collaborate with others of like-mind, heart and spirit— in mobilizing public opinion to this purpose;
Encouraging individual initiative and cooperative action toward these ends by highlighting the life of Florence Nightingale and the lives other nurses and health care workers—past and present—who have devoted themselves to building a healthy world.
One Goal of NIGH:
To build a grassroots movement among nurses, health care workers, educators and other global citizens—from every country and community—who will work together to inform, educate and mobilize public opinion throughout the world towards the adoption of health as the universal priority of the United Nations and its Member States.
Save a Girl, Change the World has signed the “Nightingale Declaration for Our Healthy World”.
"We, the nurses and concerned citizens of the global community, hereby dedicate ourselves to the accomplishment of a healthy world by the year 2020.
We declare our willingness to unite in a program of action, sharing information and solutions to resolve problems and improve conditions -- locally, nationally and globally -- in order to achieve health for all humanity.
We further resolve to adopt personal practices and to implement public policies in our communities and nations, making this goal for the year 2020 achievable and inevitable, beginning today in our own lives, in the life of our nations and in the world at large (NIGH, 2010).
To learn more: www.nightingaledeclaration.net
Reference:
Nightingale Initiative for Global Health (NIGH) (2010). Creating a healthy world together. Retrieved on May 2, 2010 from http://www.nightingaledeclaration.net
The mission of NIGH is to inform and empower nurses and other health care workers and educators to become ‘21st Century Nightingales’ — working in the local, national and global community to build a healthy world (NIGH, 2010).
Enabling peoples of the United Nations, as citizens of its Member States, to work together in a worldwide campaign for health as the top global priority;
Enlisting nurses and other health care workers and educators to work together effectively — and to collaborate with others of like-mind, heart and spirit— in mobilizing public opinion to this purpose;
Encouraging individual initiative and cooperative action toward these ends by highlighting the life of Florence Nightingale and the lives other nurses and health care workers—past and present—who have devoted themselves to building a healthy world.
One Goal of NIGH:
To build a grassroots movement among nurses, health care workers, educators and other global citizens—from every country and community—who will work together to inform, educate and mobilize public opinion throughout the world towards the adoption of health as the universal priority of the United Nations and its Member States.
Save a Girl, Change the World has signed the “Nightingale Declaration for Our Healthy World”.
"We, the nurses and concerned citizens of the global community, hereby dedicate ourselves to the accomplishment of a healthy world by the year 2020.
We declare our willingness to unite in a program of action, sharing information and solutions to resolve problems and improve conditions -- locally, nationally and globally -- in order to achieve health for all humanity.
We further resolve to adopt personal practices and to implement public policies in our communities and nations, making this goal for the year 2020 achievable and inevitable, beginning today in our own lives, in the life of our nations and in the world at large (NIGH, 2010).
To learn more: www.nightingaledeclaration.net
Reference:
Nightingale Initiative for Global Health (NIGH) (2010). Creating a healthy world together. Retrieved on May 2, 2010 from http://www.nightingaledeclaration.net
International Year of the Nurse 2010
Get Inspired, Get Involved and Change the World!
Save a Girl, Change the World is excited to support the 2010 International Year of the Nurse: Get Inspired, Get Involved and Change the World!
The purpose of 2010 International Year of the Nurse (2010IYNurse) is to:
1) Recognize the 8 U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
2) Honor the contributions of nurses globally.
3) Engage nurses in the promotion of world health.
How this impacts Save a Girl, Change the World…
Save a Girl, Change the World utilizes the eight UN MDG’s as a guiding framework to support girls and young women in developing countries. By increasing awareness of the UN MDG’s and Save a Girl, Change a World we can educate the public.
The mission of Save a Girl, Change the World is to “Empower – Support – Educate” which can help to support the achievement of the UN Millennium Developmental Goals.
The United Nations Development Program stated, “Women’s empowerment helps raise economic productivity and reduce infant mortality. It contributes to improved health and nutrition. It increases the chances of education for the next generation” (as cited in Kristoff & WuDunn, 2009).
Save a Girl, Change the World is a campaign for change. Create a social movement to create awareness and cultivate change. Major social and cultural changes are brought on by grassroots social movements. Knowledge is power and with knowledge comes responsibility!
To learn more about the 2010 IYNurse: www.2010iynurse.net
Reference:
International Year of the Nurse (2010). Nurses – Making a difference in global health. Retrieved on May 2, 2010 from http://www.2010iynurse.net/.
Save a Girl, Change the World is excited to support the 2010 International Year of the Nurse: Get Inspired, Get Involved and Change the World!
The purpose of 2010 International Year of the Nurse (2010IYNurse) is to:
1) Recognize the 8 U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
2) Honor the contributions of nurses globally.
3) Engage nurses in the promotion of world health.
How this impacts Save a Girl, Change the World…
Save a Girl, Change the World utilizes the eight UN MDG’s as a guiding framework to support girls and young women in developing countries. By increasing awareness of the UN MDG’s and Save a Girl, Change a World we can educate the public.
The mission of Save a Girl, Change the World is to “Empower – Support – Educate” which can help to support the achievement of the UN Millennium Developmental Goals.
The United Nations Development Program stated, “Women’s empowerment helps raise economic productivity and reduce infant mortality. It contributes to improved health and nutrition. It increases the chances of education for the next generation” (as cited in Kristoff & WuDunn, 2009).
Save a Girl, Change the World is a campaign for change. Create a social movement to create awareness and cultivate change. Major social and cultural changes are brought on by grassroots social movements. Knowledge is power and with knowledge comes responsibility!
To learn more about the 2010 IYNurse: www.2010iynurse.net
Reference:
International Year of the Nurse (2010). Nurses – Making a difference in global health. Retrieved on May 2, 2010 from http://www.2010iynurse.net/.
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